SB vs. DAC, BWLP, SBLK, CMRE, NMM, FLNG, NVGS, CCEC, VTOL, and LPG
Should you be buying Safe Bulkers stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Safe Bulkers include Danaos (DAC), BW LPG (BWLP), Star Bulk Carriers (SBLK), Costamare (CMRE), Navios Maritime Partners (NMM), FLEX LNG (FLNG), Navigator (NVGS), Capital Clean Energy Carriers (CCEC), Bristow Group (VTOL), and Dorian LPG (LPG). These companies are all part of the "transportation" industry.
Safe Bulkers vs.
Danaos (NYSE:DAC) and Safe Bulkers (NYSE:SB) are both small-cap transportation companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, valuation, profitability, earnings, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, institutional ownership, dividends and community ranking.
19.0% of Danaos shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 21.7% of Safe Bulkers shares are owned by institutional investors. 41.0% of Danaos shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 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 company is poised for long-term growth.
Danaos pays an annual dividend of $3.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.3%. Safe Bulkers pays an annual dividend of $0.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.4%. Danaos pays out 13.1% 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.
Safe Bulkers received 175 more outperform votes than Danaos when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 61.31% of users gave Safe Bulkers an outperform vote while only 56.30% of users gave Danaos an outperform vote.
Danaos has a beta of 1.41, indicating that its share price is 41% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Safe Bulkers has a beta of 0.94, indicating that its share price is 6% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Danaos has higher revenue and earnings than Safe Bulkers. Danaos is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Safe Bulkers, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Safe Bulkers had 2 more articles in the media than Danaos. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Safe Bulkers and 0 mentions for Danaos. Safe Bulkers' average media sentiment score of 1.86 beat Danaos' score of 0.32 indicating that Safe Bulkers is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Danaos has a net margin of 49.81% compared to Safe Bulkers' net margin of 31.65%. Danaos' return on equity of 16.03% beat Safe Bulkers' return on equity.
Danaos currently has a consensus target price of $105.00, suggesting a potential upside of 31.38%. Safe Bulkers has a consensus target price of $4.80, suggesting a potential upside of 30.61%. Given Danaos' higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe Danaos is more favorable than Safe Bulkers.
Summary
Danaos beats Safe Bulkers on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:SB) was last updated on 3/11/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
