Air T (AIRT) Competitors

KNOT Offshore Partners (NYSE:KNOP) and Air T (NASDAQ:AIRT) are both small-cap transportation companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, community ranking, risk, dividends, earnings, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership and profitability.

Which has more risk & volatility, KNOP or AIRT?

KNOT Offshore Partners has a beta of 0.74, meaning that its stock price is 26% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Air T has a beta of 0.76, meaning that its stock price is 24% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media refer more to KNOP or AIRT?

In the previous week, Air T had 5 more articles in the media than KNOT Offshore Partners. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Air T and 0 mentions for KNOT Offshore Partners. Air T's average media sentiment score of 0.89 beat KNOT Offshore Partners' score of 0.00 indicating that Air T is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
KNOT Offshore Partners	Neutral
Air T	Positive

Is KNOP or AIRT more profitable?

Air T has a net margin of -0.88% compared to KNOT Offshore Partners' net margin of -4.82%. KNOT Offshore Partners' return on equity of -0.29% beat Air T's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
KNOT Offshore Partners	-4.82%	-0.29%	-0.10%
Air T	-0.88%	-35.95%	-1.40%

Do insiders & institutionals hold more shares of KNOP or AIRT?

26.8% of KNOT Offshore Partners shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 8.9% of Air T 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, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor KNOP or AIRT?

KNOT Offshore Partners received 137 more outperform votes than Air T when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.33% of users gave KNOT Offshore Partners an outperform vote while only 46.37% of users gave Air T an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
KNOT Offshore Partners	Outperform Votes 316 63.33%	Underperform Votes 183 36.67%
Air T	Outperform Votes 179 46.37%	Underperform Votes 207 53.63%

Is KNOP or AIRT a better dividend stock?

KNOT Offshore Partners pays an annual dividend of $0.10 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.7%. Air T pays an annual dividend of $0.30 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.5%. KNOT Offshore Partners pays out -23.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Air T pays out -34.5% 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.

Which has higher valuation & earnings, KNOP or AIRT?

Air T has lower revenue, but higher earnings than KNOT Offshore Partners. Air T is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than KNOT Offshore Partners, 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
KNOT Offshore Partners	$290.72M	0.70	-$33.57M	-$0.43	-13.83
Air T	$284.09M	0.20	-$6.82M	-$0.87	-23.28

Summary

KNOT Offshore Partners beats Air T on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.