EDRY vs. KNOP, OMEX, USEA, DLNG, FLNG, RCL, CCL, BIP, KEX, and NCLH
Should you be buying EuroDry stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of EuroDry include KNOT Offshore Partners (KNOP), Odyssey Marine Exploration (OMEX), United Maritime (USEA), Dynagas LNG Partners (DLNG), FLEX LNG (FLNG), Royal Caribbean Cruises (RCL), Carnival Co. & (CCL), Brookfield Infrastructure Partners (BIP), Kirby (KEX), and Norwegian Cruise Line (NCLH). These companies are all part of the "water transportation" industry.
EuroDry (NASDAQ:EDRY) and KNOT Offshore Partners (NYSE:KNOP) are both small-cap transportation companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, profitability, dividends, analyst recommendations, earnings, community ranking, institutional ownership, media sentiment and risk.
In the previous week, EuroDry had 2 more articles in the media than KNOT Offshore Partners. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for EuroDry and 1 mentions for KNOT Offshore Partners. EuroDry's average media sentiment score of 0.86 beat KNOT Offshore Partners' score of 0.50 indicating that EuroDry is being referred to more favorably in the media.
EuroDry presently has a consensus target price of $30.00, suggesting a potential upside of 37.99%. Given EuroDry's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe EuroDry is more favorable than KNOT Offshore Partners.
EuroDry has a net margin of -6.22% compared to KNOT Offshore Partners' net margin of -8.64%. KNOT Offshore Partners' return on equity of 4.57% beat EuroDry's return on equity.
EuroDry has a beta of 0.74, meaning that its share price is 26% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, KNOT Offshore Partners has a beta of 0.65, meaning that its share price is 35% less volatile than the S&P 500.
2.4% of EuroDry shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 26.8% of KNOT Offshore Partners shares are owned by institutional investors. 51.4% of EuroDry shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
EuroDry has higher earnings, but lower revenue than KNOT Offshore Partners. EuroDry is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than KNOT Offshore Partners, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
KNOT Offshore Partners received 119 more outperform votes than EuroDry when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 64.86% of users gave EuroDry an outperform vote while only 63.21% of users gave KNOT Offshore Partners an outperform vote.
Summary
EuroDry beats KNOT Offshore Partners on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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