CPLP vs. DSX, NVGS, GSL, GNK, ASC, TNP, TK, OSG, SB, and SMHI
Should you be buying Capital Product Partners stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Capital Product Partners include Diana Shipping (DSX), Navigator (NVGS), Global Ship Lease (GSL), Genco Shipping & Trading (GNK), Ardmore Shipping (ASC), Tsakos Energy Navigation (TNP), Teekay (TK), Overseas Shipholding Group (OSG), Safe Bulkers (SB), and SEACOR Marine (SMHI). These companies are all part of the "deep sea foreign transportation of freight" industry.
Capital Product Partners (NASDAQ:CPLP) and Diana Shipping (NYSE:DSX) are both small-cap transportation companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, media sentiment, earnings, profitability, risk, analyst recommendations, dividends, valuation and institutional ownership.
Diana Shipping has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Capital Product Partners. Diana Shipping is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Capital Product Partners, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
48.7% of Diana Shipping shares are held by institutional investors. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, Diana Shipping had 5 more articles in the media than Capital Product Partners. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for Diana Shipping and 5 mentions for Capital Product Partners. Capital Product Partners' average media sentiment score of 1.07 beat Diana Shipping's score of -0.39 indicating that Capital Product Partners is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Diana Shipping received 6 more outperform votes than Capital Product Partners when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 61.37% of users gave Capital Product Partners an outperform vote while only 52.50% of users gave Diana Shipping an outperform vote.
Diana Shipping has a net margin of 19.02% compared to Capital Product Partners' net margin of 18.51%. Diana Shipping's return on equity of 10.34% beat Capital Product Partners' return on equity.
Capital Product Partners presently has a consensus price target of $20.67, indicating a potential upside of 18.23%. Given Capital Product Partners' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Capital Product Partners is more favorable than Diana Shipping.
Capital Product Partners has a beta of 0.87, suggesting that its share price is 13% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Diana Shipping has a beta of 1.17, suggesting that its share price is 17% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Capital Product Partners pays an annual dividend of $0.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.4%. Diana Shipping pays an annual dividend of $0.30 per share and has a dividend yield of 9.9%. Capital Product Partners pays out 26.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Diana Shipping pays out 69.8% 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.
Summary
Diana Shipping beats Capital Product Partners on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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