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 (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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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