AIRT vs. DSX, SMHI, FLX, DLNG, SPCE, SHIP, CRGO, TOUR, NCT, and YGMZ
Should you be buying Air T stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Air T include Diana Shipping (DSX), SEACOR Marine (SMHI), BingEx (FLX), Dynagas LNG Partners (DLNG), Virgin Galactic (SPCE), Seanergy Maritime (SHIP), Freightos (CRGO), Tuniu (TOUR), Intercont (Cayman) (NCT), and MingZhu Logistics (YGMZ). These companies are all part of the "transportation" industry.
Air T vs. Its Competitors
Diana Shipping (NYSE:DSX) and Air T (NASDAQ:AIRT) are both small-cap transportation companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, institutional ownership, dividends, community ranking, media sentiment, profitability, analyst recommendations, risk and valuation.
48.7% of Diana Shipping shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 8.9% of Air T shares are held by institutional investors. 67.7% of Air T 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.
Diana Shipping pays an annual dividend of $0.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.5%. Air T pays an annual dividend of $0.30 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.6%. Diana Shipping pays out -400.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Air T pays out -107.1% 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.
In the previous week, Air T had 10 more articles in the media than Diana Shipping. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for Air T and 3 mentions for Diana Shipping. Diana Shipping's average media sentiment score of 0.56 beat Air T's score of -0.01 indicating that Diana Shipping is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Diana Shipping received 167 more outperform votes than Air T when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 52.27% of users gave Diana Shipping an outperform vote while only 45.55% of users gave Air T an outperform vote.
Diana Shipping has a beta of 0.8, indicating that its stock price is 20% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Air T has a beta of 0.66, indicating that its stock price is 34% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Diana Shipping has higher earnings, but lower revenue 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.
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 14 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding AIRT and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
Media Sentiment Over Time
This chart shows the average media sentiment of NASDAQ and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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This page (NASDAQ:AIRT) was last updated on 6/12/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
