Safe Bulkers (SB) Competitors

Genesis Energy (NYSE:GEL) and Safe Bulkers (NYSE:SB) are both small-cap oils/energy companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, risk, institutional ownership, community ranking, dividends, profitability, valuation, media sentiment and analyst recommendations.

Is GEL or SB more profitable?

Safe Bulkers has a net margin of 31.65% compared to Genesis Energy's net margin of -2.16%. Safe Bulkers' return on equity of 10.12% beat Genesis Energy's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Genesis Energy	-2.16%	-7.71%	-0.92%
Safe Bulkers	31.65%	10.12%	6.07%

Which has more risk & volatility, GEL or SB?

Genesis Energy has a beta of 2.13, suggesting that its share price is 113% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Safe Bulkers has a beta of 0.9, suggesting that its share price is 10% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of GEL or SB?

66.8% of Genesis Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 21.7% of Safe Bulkers shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.7% of Genesis Energy shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 40.3% of Safe Bulkers shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer GEL or SB?

Genesis Energy received 89 more outperform votes than Safe Bulkers when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.47% of users gave Genesis Energy an outperform vote while only 61.40% of users gave Safe Bulkers an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Genesis Energy	Outperform Votes 474 65.47%	Underperform Votes 250 34.53%
Safe Bulkers	Outperform Votes 385 61.40%	Underperform Votes 242 38.60%

Which has higher earnings and valuation, GEL or SB?

Safe Bulkers has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Genesis Energy. Genesis Energy 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
Genesis Energy	$2.97B	0.50	-$63.95M	-$1.24	-9.69
Safe Bulkers	$307.63M	1.30	$77.35M	$0.83	4.51

Does the media prefer GEL or SB?

In the previous week, Safe Bulkers had 11 more articles in the media than Genesis Energy. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for Safe Bulkers and 0 mentions for Genesis Energy. Genesis Energy's average media sentiment score of 1.66 beat Safe Bulkers' score of 1.06 indicating that Genesis Energy is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Genesis Energy	Very Positive
Safe Bulkers	Positive

Do analysts recommend GEL or SB?

Genesis Energy presently has a consensus target price of $16.00, indicating a potential upside of 33.11%. Safe Bulkers has a consensus target price of $5.10, indicating a potential upside of 36.18%. Given Safe Bulkers' higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Safe Bulkers is more favorable than Genesis Energy.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Genesis Energy	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Safe Bulkers	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Is GEL or SB a better dividend stock?

Genesis Energy pays an annual dividend of $0.66 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.5%. Safe Bulkers pays an annual dividend of $0.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.3%. Genesis Energy pays out -53.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Safe Bulkers pays out 24.1% 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. Genesis Energy is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Summary

Safe Bulkers beats Genesis Energy on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.