AIRT vs. DSX, DLNG, FLX, SMHI, SHIP, CACO, TOUR, SPCE, CRGO, and NCT
Should you be buying Air T stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Air T include Diana Shipping (DSX), Dynagas LNG Partners (DLNG), BingEx (FLX), SEACOR Marine (SMHI), Seanergy Maritime (SHIP), Caravelle International Group (CACO), Tuniu (TOUR), Virgin Galactic (SPCE), Freightos (CRGO), and Intercont (Cayman) (NCT). These companies are all part of the "transportation" industry.
Air T vs.
Air T (NASDAQ:AIRT) and Diana Shipping (NYSE:DSX) are both small-cap transportation companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, institutional ownership, profitability, community ranking, earnings, media sentiment, dividends, risk and analyst recommendations.
Diana Shipping received 167 more outperform votes than Air T when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 52.34% of users gave Diana Shipping an outperform vote while only 45.55% of users gave Air T an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Air T had 9 more articles in the media than Diana Shipping. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for Air T and 2 mentions for Diana Shipping. Diana Shipping's average media sentiment score of 0.66 beat Air T's score of -0.26 indicating that Diana Shipping is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Diana Shipping has a consensus target price of $3.00, indicating a potential upside of 95.44%. Given Diana Shipping's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Diana Shipping is more favorable than Air T.
Air T has a beta of 0.61, indicating that its stock price is 39% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Diana Shipping has a beta of 0.72, indicating that its stock price is 28% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Diana Shipping has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Air T. Diana Shipping is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Air T, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
8.9% of Air T shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 48.7% of Diana Shipping shares are owned by institutional investors. 67.7% of Air T shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Air T pays an annual dividend of $0.30 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.6%. Diana Shipping pays an annual dividend of $0.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.6%. Air T pays out -107.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Diana Shipping pays out -400.0% 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. Diana Shipping is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Diana Shipping has a net margin of 5.36% compared to Air T's net margin of -0.27%. Diana Shipping's return on equity of 4.42% beat Air T's return on equity.
Summary
Diana Shipping beats Air T on 16 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:AIRT) was last updated on 5/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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