GASS vs. ESEA, SHIP, HSHP, PANL, DSX, CPLP, SMHI, IMPP, TORO, and TOPS
Should you be buying StealthGas stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of StealthGas include Euroseas (ESEA), Seanergy Maritime (SHIP), Himalaya Shipping (HSHP), Pangaea Logistics Solutions (PANL), Diana Shipping (DSX), Capital Product Partners (CPLP), SEACOR Marine (SMHI), Imperial Petroleum (IMPP), Toro (TORO), and Top Ships (TOPS). These companies are all part of the "deep sea foreign transportation of freight" industry.
StealthGas (NASDAQ:GASS) and Euroseas (NASDAQ:ESEA) are both small-cap transportation companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, profitability, earnings, risk, media sentiment, valuation, community ranking, dividends and analyst recommendations.
StealthGas received 48 more outperform votes than Euroseas when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 67.13% of users gave StealthGas an outperform vote while only 64.71% of users gave Euroseas an outperform vote.
Euroseas has a net margin of 60.50% compared to StealthGas' net margin of 36.19%. Euroseas' return on equity of 45.15% beat StealthGas' return on equity.
StealthGas currently has a consensus target price of $8.00, indicating a potential upside of 31.80%. Given StealthGas' higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe StealthGas is more favorable than Euroseas.
In the previous week, Euroseas had 1 more articles in the media than StealthGas. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Euroseas and 2 mentions for StealthGas. Euroseas' average media sentiment score of 0.75 beat StealthGas' score of 0.51 indicating that Euroseas is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
66.3% of StealthGas shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 6.3% of Euroseas shares are held by institutional investors. 22.1% of StealthGas shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 55.9% of Euroseas shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Euroseas has higher revenue and earnings than StealthGas. Euroseas is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than StealthGas, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
StealthGas has a beta of 0.79, meaning that its stock price is 21% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Euroseas has a beta of 0.86, meaning that its stock price is 14% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Euroseas beats StealthGas on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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