Safe Bulkers (SB) Competitors

Overseas Shipholding Group (NYSE:OSG) and Safe Bulkers (NYSE:SB) are both small-cap transportation companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, profitability, community ranking, analyst recommendations, dividends, earnings, risk, valuation and institutional ownership.

Which has stronger valuation & earnings, OSG or SB?

Safe Bulkers has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Overseas Shipholding Group. Overseas Shipholding Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Safe Bulkers, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Overseas Shipholding Group	$451.87M	0.93	$62.45M	$0.77	7.83
Safe Bulkers	$284.40M	1.99	$77.35M	$0.62	8.16

Do insiders & institutionals hold more shares of OSG or SB?

80.9% of Overseas Shipholding Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 21.7% of Safe Bulkers shares are held by institutional investors. 8.0% of Overseas Shipholding Group shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 40.3% of Safe Bulkers shares are held 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.

Is OSG or SB a better dividend stock?

Overseas Shipholding Group pays an annual dividend of $0.24 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.0%. Safe Bulkers pays an annual dividend of $0.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.0%. Overseas Shipholding Group pays out 31.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Safe Bulkers pays out 32.3% 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. Overseas Shipholding Group is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer OSG or SB?

Safe Bulkers received 207 more outperform votes than Overseas Shipholding Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 61.43% of users gave Safe Bulkers an outperform vote while only 59.31% of users gave Overseas Shipholding Group an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Overseas Shipholding Group	Outperform Votes 172 59.31%	Underperform Votes 118 40.69%
Safe Bulkers	Outperform Votes 379 61.43%	Underperform Votes 238 38.57%

Does the media favor OSG or SB?

In the previous week, Safe Bulkers had 3 more articles in the media than Overseas Shipholding Group. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Safe Bulkers and 3 mentions for Overseas Shipholding Group. Safe Bulkers' average media sentiment score of 0.75 beat Overseas Shipholding Group's score of 0.59 indicating that Overseas Shipholding Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Overseas Shipholding Group	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Safe Bulkers	1 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do analysts rate OSG or SB?

Safe Bulkers has a consensus target price of $6.00, suggesting a potential upside of 18.58%. Given Overseas Shipholding Group's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Safe Bulkers is more favorable than Overseas Shipholding Group.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Overseas Shipholding Group	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A
Safe Bulkers	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Which has more risk and volatility, OSG or SB?

Overseas Shipholding Group has a beta of 0.33, meaning that its stock price is 67% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Safe Bulkers has a beta of 1.02, meaning that its stock price is 2% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is OSG or SB more profitable?

Safe Bulkers has a net margin of 27.20% compared to Safe Bulkers' net margin of 13.82%. Safe Bulkers' return on equity of 17.84% beat Overseas Shipholding Group's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Overseas Shipholding Group	13.82%	17.84%	5.68%
Safe Bulkers	27.20%	9.05%	5.52%

Summary

Safe Bulkers beats Overseas Shipholding Group on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.