Safe Bulkers (SB) Competitors

Safe Bulkers (NYSE:SB) and TORM (NASDAQ:TRMD) are both small-cap transportation companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, dividends, valuation, community ranking, risk, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, earnings and profitability.

Do analysts prefer SB or TRMD?

Safe Bulkers presently has a consensus price target of $4.80, suggesting a potential upside of 38.13%. TORM has a consensus price target of $40.00, suggesting a potential upside of 152.21%. Given TORM's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe TORM is more favorable than Safe Bulkers.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Safe Bulkers	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
TORM	1 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.25

Which has better earnings and valuation, SB or TRMD?

TORM has higher revenue and earnings than Safe Bulkers. TORM is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Safe Bulkers, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Safe Bulkers	$307.63M	1.19	$77.35M	$0.83	4.19
TORM	$1.56B	0.96	$648.27M	$6.38	2.49

Does the media favor SB or TRMD?

In the previous week, TORM had 6 more articles in the media than Safe Bulkers. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for TORM and 2 mentions for Safe Bulkers. Safe Bulkers' average media sentiment score of 1.14 beat TORM's score of 0.75 indicating that Safe Bulkers is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Safe Bulkers	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
TORM	4 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer SB or TRMD?

Safe Bulkers received 378 more outperform votes than TORM when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 61.31% of users gave Safe Bulkers an outperform vote while only 38.89% of users gave TORM an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Safe Bulkers	Outperform Votes 385 61.31%	Underperform Votes 243 38.69%
TORM	Outperform Votes 7 38.89%	Underperform Votes 11 61.11%

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in SB or TRMD?

21.7% of Safe Bulkers shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 73.9% of TORM shares are held by institutional investors. 40.3% of Safe Bulkers shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.4% of TORM shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Is SB or TRMD a better dividend stock?

Safe Bulkers pays an annual dividend of $0.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.8%. TORM pays an annual dividend of $1.75 per share and has a dividend yield of 11.0%. Safe Bulkers pays out 24.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. TORM pays out 27.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years.

Which has more risk & volatility, SB or TRMD?

Safe Bulkers has a beta of 0.92, suggesting that its share price is 8% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, TORM has a beta of 0.2, suggesting that its share price is 80% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is SB or TRMD more profitable?

TORM has a net margin of 43.81% compared to Safe Bulkers' net margin of 31.65%. TORM's return on equity of 34.45% beat Safe Bulkers' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Safe Bulkers	31.65%	10.04%	6.01%
TORM	43.81%	34.45%	20.31%

Summary

TORM beats Safe Bulkers on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.