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Dorian LPG (LPG) Competitors

$42.13
+0.84 (+2.03%)
(As of 10:29 AM ET)

LPG vs. FRO, STNG, TRMD, ZIM, SBLK, CDLR, SFL, DHT, CMRE, and DAC

Should you be buying Dorian LPG stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Dorian LPG include Frontline (FRO), Scorpio Tankers (STNG), TORM (TRMD), ZIM Integrated Shipping Services (ZIM), Star Bulk Carriers (SBLK), Cadeler A/S (CDLR), SFL (SFL), DHT (DHT), Costamare (CMRE), and Danaos (DAC). These companies are all part of the "deep sea foreign transportation of freight" industry.

Dorian LPG vs.

Dorian LPG (NYSE:LPG) and Frontline (NYSE:FRO) are both transportation companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, profitability, earnings, media sentiment, valuation, risk, community ranking and dividends.

Dorian LPG has a net margin of 54.83% compared to Frontline's net margin of 32.94%. Dorian LPG's return on equity of 32.22% beat Frontline's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Dorian LPG54.83% 32.22% 17.21%
Frontline 32.94%23.14%9.74%

Dorian LPG has a beta of 1.06, indicating that its stock price is 6% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Frontline has a beta of 0.03, indicating that its stock price is 97% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Frontline has higher revenue and earnings than Dorian LPG. Dorian LPG is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Frontline, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Dorian LPG$560.72M3.05$307.45M$7.605.54
Frontline$1.83B2.99$656.41M$2.868.56

Dorian LPG currently has a consensus target price of $43.00, suggesting a potential upside of 2.07%. Frontline has a consensus target price of $26.10, suggesting a potential upside of 6.53%. Given Frontline's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Frontline is more favorable than Dorian LPG.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Dorian LPG
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.67
Frontline
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.67

62.5% of Dorian LPG shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 22.7% of Frontline shares are owned by institutional investors. 15.9% of Dorian LPG shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 48.1% of Frontline shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Frontline received 191 more outperform votes than Dorian LPG when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 65.43% of users gave Dorian LPG an outperform vote while only 58.25% of users gave Frontline an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Dorian LPGOutperform Votes
282
65.43%
Underperform Votes
149
34.57%
FrontlineOutperform Votes
473
58.25%
Underperform Votes
339
41.75%

In the previous week, Frontline had 4 more articles in the media than Dorian LPG. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Frontline and 1 mentions for Dorian LPG. Frontline's average media sentiment score of 0.88 beat Dorian LPG's score of 0.86 indicating that Frontline is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Dorian LPG
1 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Frontline
2 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Dorian LPG pays an annual dividend of $2.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.7%. Frontline pays an annual dividend of $2.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 10.1%. Dorian LPG pays out 26.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Frontline pays out 86.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

Summary

Dorian LPG and Frontline tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.

New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding LPG and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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LPG vs. The Competition

MetricDorian LPGDeep sea foreign transportation of freight IndustryTransportation SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$1.71B$1.04B$9.86B$17.71B
Dividend Yield4.92%6.06%4.14%3.62%
P/E Ratio5.5412.9618.7520.85
Price / Sales3.052.0723.0416.56
Price / Cash4.065.438.1515.53
Price / Book1.670.962.024.93
Net Income$307.45M$96.45M$615.52M$973.87M
7 Day Performance-0.75%-4.32%-1.93%-0.50%
1 Month Performance-3.66%-4.09%-4.33%-3.86%
1 Year Performance72.17%51.16%10.14%7.33%

Dorian LPG Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
FRO
Frontline
1.5554 of 5 stars
$24.05
-6.7%
$26.10
+8.5%
+57.1%$5.73B$1.83B8.4178Short Interest ↓
STNG
Scorpio Tankers
2.2882 of 5 stars
$75.35
-4.0%
$80.17
+6.4%
+70.2%$4.28B$1.34B6.9924Analyst Forecast
TRMD
TORM
2.9997 of 5 stars
$33.96
-2.7%
N/A+35.3%$2.85B$1.52B4.55579Upcoming Earnings
Positive News
Gap Up
ZIM
ZIM Integrated Shipping Services
0.7739 of 5 stars
$18.52
-1.3%
$12.01
-35.2%
+44.9%$2.26B$5.16B-0.874,778Gap Down
SBLK
Star Bulk Carriers
4.0995 of 5 stars
$23.77
-4.4%
$31.00
+30.4%
+29.3%$2.09B$949.27M10.71216
CDLR
Cadeler A/S
3.034 of 5 stars
$23.40
-0.6%
$35.00
+49.6%
N/A$2.05B$117.55M0.00570Positive News
SFL
SFL
0.8442 of 5 stars
$13.10
-2.6%
$12.33
-5.9%
+43.1%$1.86B$752.29M13.5121Analyst Upgrade
DHT
DHT
3.762 of 5 stars
$11.20
-1.4%
$14.33
+28.0%
+28.1%$1.81B$560.56M10.671,212Short Interest ↓
CMRE
Costamare
1.4681 of 5 stars
$15.00
-2.7%
$11.67
-22.2%
+64.7%$1.76B$1.51B5.812,750
DAC
Danaos
2.7805 of 5 stars
$90.34
-2.2%
$105.00
+16.2%
+38.1%$1.75B$973.58M3.071,718Positive News

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This page (NYSE:LPG) was last updated on 6/18/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff

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