DSX vs. NVGS, GSL, GNK, ASC, TNP, TK, OSG, SB, SMHI, and PANL
Should you be buying Diana Shipping stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Diana Shipping include 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), SEACOR Marine (SMHI), and Pangaea Logistics Solutions (PANL). These companies are all part of the "deep sea foreign transportation of freight" industry.
Navigator (NYSE:NVGS) and Diana Shipping (NYSE:DSX) are both small-cap transportation companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, dividends, analyst recommendations, valuation, profitability, institutional ownership, risk, community ranking and earnings.
19.0% of Navigator shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 48.7% of Diana Shipping shares are owned by institutional investors. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Diana Shipping has a net margin of 19.02% compared to Diana Shipping's net margin of 15.68%. Navigator's return on equity of 10.34% beat Diana Shipping's return on equity.
Navigator has a beta of 1.45, indicating that its stock price is 45% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Diana Shipping has a beta of 1.17, indicating that its stock price is 17% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Diana Shipping received 33 more outperform votes than Navigator when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 69.71% of users gave Navigator an outperform vote while only 52.58% of users gave Diana Shipping an outperform vote.
Navigator currently has a consensus target price of $20.00, indicating a potential upside of 15.21%. Given Diana Shipping's higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Navigator is more favorable than Diana Shipping.
Navigator pays an annual dividend of $0.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.2%. Diana Shipping pays an annual dividend of $0.30 per share and has a dividend yield of 9.8%. Navigator pays out 17.1% 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.
Navigator has higher revenue and earnings than Diana Shipping. Diana Shipping is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Navigator, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Diana Shipping had 3 more articles in the media than Navigator. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Diana Shipping and 4 mentions for Navigator. Diana Shipping's average media sentiment score of 0.66 beat Navigator's score of 0.00 indicating that Navigator is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
Navigator beats Diana Shipping on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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