ZIM vs. SBLK, DHT, SFL, CDLR, LPG, CMRE, DAC, NMM, TRMD, and NVGS
Should you be buying ZIM Integrated Shipping Services stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of ZIM Integrated Shipping Services include Star Bulk Carriers (SBLK), DHT (DHT), SFL (SFL), Cadeler A/S (CDLR), Dorian LPG (LPG), Costamare (CMRE), Danaos (DAC), Navios Maritime Partners (NMM), TORM (TRMD), and Navigator (NVGS). These companies are all part of the "deep sea foreign transportation of freight" industry.
Star Bulk Carriers (NASDAQ:SBLK) and ZIM Integrated Shipping Services (NYSE:ZIM) are both mid-cap industrials companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, valuation, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, profitability, risk, community ranking, dividends and earnings.
Star Bulk Carriers has higher earnings, but lower revenue than ZIM Integrated Shipping Services. ZIM Integrated Shipping Services is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Star Bulk Carriers, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, ZIM Integrated Shipping Services had 2 more articles in the media than Star Bulk Carriers. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for ZIM Integrated Shipping Services and 11 mentions for Star Bulk Carriers. ZIM Integrated Shipping Services' average media sentiment score of 0.57 beat Star Bulk Carriers' score of 0.07 indicating that Star Bulk Carriers is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Star Bulk Carriers has a beta of 1.07, meaning that its stock price is 7% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, ZIM Integrated Shipping Services has a beta of 1.64, meaning that its stock price is 64% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Star Bulk Carriers received 443 more outperform votes than ZIM Integrated Shipping Services when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 70.50% of users gave Star Bulk Carriers an outperform vote while only 43.21% of users gave ZIM Integrated Shipping Services an outperform vote.
Star Bulk Carriers currently has a consensus price target of $56.50, suggesting a potential upside of 116.39%. ZIM Integrated Shipping Services has a consensus price target of $10.51, suggesting a potential downside of 44.67%. Given ZIM Integrated Shipping Services' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Star Bulk Carriers is more favorable than ZIM Integrated Shipping Services.
33.9% of Star Bulk Carriers shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 21.4% of ZIM Integrated Shipping Services shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.9% of Star Bulk Carriers shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.3% of ZIM Integrated Shipping Services shares are owned by company insiders. 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.
Star Bulk Carriers has a net margin of 18.28% compared to Star Bulk Carriers' net margin of -47.59%. ZIM Integrated Shipping Services' return on equity of 9.77% beat Star Bulk Carriers' return on equity.
Summary
Star Bulk Carriers beats ZIM Integrated Shipping Services on 14 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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