SBLK vs. ZIM, DHT, SFL, CDLR, LPG, CMRE, DAC, NMM, TRMD, and NVGS
Should you be buying Star Bulk Carriers stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Star Bulk Carriers include ZIM Integrated Shipping Services (ZIM), 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.
ZIM Integrated Shipping Services (NYSE:ZIM) and Star Bulk Carriers (NASDAQ:SBLK) are both mid-cap transportation companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, risk, analyst recommendations, profitability, media sentiment, dividends, earnings, valuation and community ranking.
21.4% of ZIM Integrated Shipping Services shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 33.9% of Star Bulk Carriers shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.3% of ZIM Integrated Shipping Services shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
ZIM Integrated Shipping Services has a beta of 1.64, suggesting that its stock price is 64% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Star Bulk Carriers has a beta of 1.07, suggesting that its stock price is 7% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Star Bulk Carriers has lower revenue, but higher earnings 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.
Star Bulk Carriers has a net margin of 20.57% compared to Star Bulk Carriers' net margin of -47.59%. ZIM Integrated Shipping Services' return on equity of 12.19% beat Star Bulk Carriers' return on equity.
Star Bulk Carriers received 445 more outperform votes than ZIM Integrated Shipping Services when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 70.59% of users gave Star Bulk Carriers an outperform vote while only 42.68% of users gave ZIM Integrated Shipping Services an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Star Bulk Carriers had 3 more articles in the media than ZIM Integrated Shipping Services. MarketBeat recorded 27 mentions for Star Bulk Carriers and 24 mentions for ZIM Integrated Shipping Services. ZIM Integrated Shipping Services' average media sentiment score of 0.39 beat Star Bulk Carriers' score of 0.07 indicating that Star Bulk Carriers is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
ZIM Integrated Shipping Services currently has a consensus price target of $11.76, indicating a potential downside of 44.36%. Star Bulk Carriers has a consensus price target of $31.00, indicating a potential upside of 14.99%. Given ZIM Integrated Shipping Services' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Star Bulk Carriers is more favorable than ZIM Integrated Shipping Services.
Summary
Star Bulk Carriers beats ZIM Integrated Shipping Services on 15 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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