SB vs. CMRE, FLNG, NMM, DESP, SBLK, GEL, NVGS, LPG, UP, and ULH
Should you be buying Safe Bulkers stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Safe Bulkers include Costamare (CMRE), FLEX LNG (FLNG), Navios Maritime Partners (NMM), Despegar.com (DESP), Star Bulk Carriers (SBLK), Genesis Energy (GEL), Navigator (NVGS), Dorian LPG (LPG), Wheels Up Experience (UP), and Universal Logistics (ULH). These companies are all part of the "transportation" industry.
Safe Bulkers vs.
Safe Bulkers (NYSE:SB) and Costamare (NYSE:CMRE) are both small-cap transportation companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, community ranking, risk, institutional ownership, profitability, earnings, media sentiment, dividends and valuation.
Safe Bulkers has a beta of 0.93, suggesting that its stock price is 7% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Costamare has a beta of 1.33, suggesting that its stock price is 33% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Safe Bulkers pays an annual dividend of $0.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.8%. Costamare pays an annual dividend of $0.46 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.7%. Safe Bulkers pays out 22.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Costamare pays out 15.3% 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.
Safe Bulkers has a net margin of 33.17% compared to Costamare's net margin of 19.11%. Costamare's return on equity of 14.28% beat Safe Bulkers' return on equity.
Safe Bulkers received 45 more outperform votes than Costamare when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 61.38% of users gave Safe Bulkers an outperform vote while only 52.48% of users gave Costamare an outperform vote.
Safe Bulkers presently has a consensus target price of $6.00, suggesting a potential upside of 75.18%. Costamare has a consensus target price of $13.50, suggesting a potential upside of 9.89%. Given Safe Bulkers' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Safe Bulkers is more favorable than Costamare.
Costamare has higher revenue and earnings than Safe Bulkers. Safe Bulkers is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Costamare, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Safe Bulkers and Safe Bulkers both had 2 articles in the media. Costamare's average media sentiment score of 1.17 beat Safe Bulkers' score of 0.44 indicating that Costamare is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
21.7% of Safe Bulkers shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 58.1% of Costamare shares are owned by institutional investors. 40.3% of Safe Bulkers shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
Safe Bulkers beats Costamare on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:SB) was last updated on 1/21/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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