TRMD vs. SBLK, ZIM, DHT, SFL, CDLR, LPG, CMRE, STNG, DAC, and NMM
Should you be buying TORM stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of TORM include Star Bulk Carriers (SBLK), ZIM Integrated Shipping Services (ZIM), DHT (DHT), SFL (SFL), Cadeler A/S (CDLR), Dorian LPG (LPG), Costamare (CMRE), Scorpio Tankers (STNG), Danaos (DAC), and Navios Maritime Partners (NMM). These companies are all part of the "deep sea foreign transportation of freight" industry.
Star Bulk Carriers (NASDAQ:SBLK) and TORM (NASDAQ:TRMD) are both mid-cap transportation companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, valuation, dividends, media sentiment, profitability, analyst recommendations, community ranking, institutional ownership and risk.
Star Bulk Carriers received 475 more outperform votes than TORM when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 70.59% of users gave Star Bulk Carriers an outperform vote while only 35.71% of users gave TORM an outperform vote.
Star Bulk Carriers has a beta of 1.07, meaning that its stock price is 7% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, TORM has a beta of 0.16, meaning that its stock price is 84% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Star Bulk Carriers had 25 more articles in the media than TORM. MarketBeat recorded 27 mentions for Star Bulk Carriers and 2 mentions for TORM. Star Bulk Carriers' average media sentiment score of 1.21 beat TORM's score of 0.39 indicating that TORM is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
33.9% of Star Bulk Carriers shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 73.9% of TORM shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.4% of TORM shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
TORM has higher revenue and earnings than Star Bulk Carriers. TORM 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 pays an annual dividend of $3.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 11.1%. TORM pays an annual dividend of $4.38 per share and has a dividend yield of 11.5%. Star Bulk Carriers pays out 135.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. TORM pays out 58.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. TORM is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
TORM has a net margin of 42.64% compared to TORM's net margin of 20.57%. Star Bulk Carriers' return on equity of 36.99% beat TORM's return on equity.
Star Bulk Carriers presently has a consensus target price of $31.00, indicating a potential upside of 14.99%. Given TORM's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Star Bulk Carriers is more favorable than TORM.
Summary
TORM beats Star Bulk Carriers on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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