INSW vs. GOGL, GLNG, TNK, MATX, NAT, KEX, SKYW, TRMD, CAAP, and GBTG
Should you be buying International Seaways stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of International Seaways include Golden Ocean Group (GOGL), Golar LNG (GLNG), Teekay Tankers (TNK), Matson (MATX), Nordic American Tankers (NAT), Kirby (KEX), SkyWest (SKYW), TORM (TRMD), Corporación América Airports (CAAP), and Global Business Travel Group (GBTG). These companies are all part of the "transportation" sector.
International Seaways (NYSE:INSW) and Golden Ocean Group (NASDAQ:GOGL) are both mid-cap transportation companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, earnings, analyst recommendations, dividends, community ranking, profitability, media sentiment, risk and valuation.
67.3% of International Seaways shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 22.0% of Golden Ocean Group shares are held by institutional investors. 1.9% of International Seaways shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
International Seaways currently has a consensus price target of $63.25, indicating a potential downside of 1.36%. Golden Ocean Group has a consensus price target of $12.75, indicating a potential downside of 9.19%. Given International Seaways' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe International Seaways is more favorable than Golden Ocean Group.
International Seaways pays an annual dividend of $0.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.7%. Golden Ocean Group pays an annual dividend of $1.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.5%. International Seaways pays out 4.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Golden Ocean Group pays out 214.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
International Seaways has a net margin of 49.88% compared to Golden Ocean Group's net margin of 12.68%. International Seaways' return on equity of 29.74% beat Golden Ocean Group's return on equity.
In the previous week, Golden Ocean Group had 3 more articles in the media than International Seaways. MarketBeat recorded 18 mentions for Golden Ocean Group and 15 mentions for International Seaways. International Seaways' average media sentiment score of 0.81 beat Golden Ocean Group's score of 0.34 indicating that International Seaways is being referred to more favorably in the media.
International Seaways has a beta of -0.05, suggesting that its stock price is 105% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Golden Ocean Group has a beta of 1.32, suggesting that its stock price is 32% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Golden Ocean Group received 177 more outperform votes than International Seaways when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 60.26% of users gave Golden Ocean Group an outperform vote while only 59.57% of users gave International Seaways an outperform vote.
International Seaways has higher revenue and earnings than Golden Ocean Group. International Seaways is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Golden Ocean Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
International Seaways beats Golden Ocean Group on 13 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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