SB vs. ZIM, SBLK, CDLR, LPG, SFL, DHT, CMRE, DAC, NMM, and NVGS
Should you be buying Safe Bulkers stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Safe Bulkers include ZIM Integrated Shipping Services (ZIM), Star Bulk Carriers (SBLK), Cadeler A/S (CDLR), Dorian LPG (LPG), SFL (SFL), DHT (DHT), Costamare (CMRE), Danaos (DAC), Navios Maritime Partners (NMM), and Navigator (NVGS). These companies are all part of the "deep sea foreign transportation of freight" industry.
Safe Bulkers (NYSE:SB) and ZIM Integrated Shipping Services (NYSE:ZIM) are both transportation companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, media sentiment, risk, earnings, dividends, institutional ownership, profitability, valuation and community ranking.
21.7% of Safe Bulkers shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 21.4% of ZIM Integrated Shipping Services shares are owned by institutional investors. 40.3% of Safe Bulkers 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 stock is poised for long-term growth.
Safe Bulkers pays an annual dividend of $0.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.3%. ZIM Integrated Shipping Services pays an annual dividend of $0.92 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.7%. Safe Bulkers pays out 29.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. ZIM Integrated Shipping Services pays out -4.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. ZIM Integrated Shipping Services is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Safe Bulkers received 345 more outperform votes than ZIM Integrated Shipping Services when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 61.49% of users gave Safe Bulkers an outperform vote while only 42.17% of users gave ZIM Integrated Shipping Services an outperform vote.
Safe Bulkers 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 Safe Bulkers, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Safe Bulkers has a beta of 0.93, suggesting that its stock price is 7% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, ZIM Integrated Shipping Services has a beta of 1.88, suggesting that its stock price is 88% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Safe Bulkers has a net margin of 27.85% compared to ZIM Integrated Shipping Services' net margin of -47.59%. Safe Bulkers' return on equity of 10.29% beat ZIM Integrated Shipping Services' return on equity.
In the previous week, ZIM Integrated Shipping Services had 18 more articles in the media than Safe Bulkers. MarketBeat recorded 20 mentions for ZIM Integrated Shipping Services and 2 mentions for Safe Bulkers. Safe Bulkers' average media sentiment score of 0.76 beat ZIM Integrated Shipping Services' score of 0.36 indicating that Safe Bulkers is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Safe Bulkers presently has a consensus price target of $6.00, suggesting a potential downside of 0.33%. ZIM Integrated Shipping Services has a consensus price target of $12.01, suggesting a potential downside of 38.54%. Given Safe Bulkers' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Safe Bulkers is more favorable than ZIM Integrated Shipping Services.
Summary
Safe Bulkers beats ZIM Integrated Shipping Services on 14 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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