CPLP vs. TNP, ASC, OSG, SB, GBTG, INSW, UP, AZUL, DHT, and LPG
Should you be buying Capital Product Partners stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Capital Product Partners include Tsakos Energy Navigation (TNP), Ardmore Shipping (ASC), Overseas Shipholding Group (OSG), Safe Bulkers (SB), Global Business Travel Group (GBTG), International Seaways (INSW), Wheels Up Experience (UP), Azul (AZUL), DHT (DHT), and Dorian LPG (LPG).
Tsakos Energy Navigation (NYSE:TNP) and Capital Product Partners (NASDAQ:CPLP) are both small-cap transportation companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, dividends, community ranking, institutional ownership, risk, valuation, media sentiment, earnings and analyst recommendations.
Tsakos Energy Navigation pays an annual dividend of $0.60 per share. Capital Product Partners pays an annual dividend of $0.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.7%. Tsakos Energy Navigation pays out 12.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Capital Product Partners pays out 26.2% 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.
In the previous week, Capital Product Partners had 2 more articles in the media than Tsakos Energy Navigation. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Capital Product Partners and 2 mentions for Tsakos Energy Navigation. Tsakos Energy Navigation's average media sentiment score of 0.47 beat Capital Product Partners' score of 0.37 indicating that Capital Product Partners is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Tsakos Energy Navigation has higher revenue and earnings than Capital Product Partners. Tsakos Energy Navigation is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Capital Product Partners, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Tsakos Energy Navigation has a net margin of 21.41% compared to Tsakos Energy Navigation's net margin of 18.51%. Capital Product Partners' return on equity of 22.37% beat Tsakos Energy Navigation's return on equity.
19.2% of Tsakos Energy Navigation shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.0% of Tsakos Energy Navigation shares are owned 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.
Tsakos Energy Navigation has a beta of -0.15, meaning that its share price is 115% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Capital Product Partners has a beta of 0.87, meaning that its share price is 13% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Tsakos Energy Navigation presently has a consensus price target of $30.00, suggesting a potential upside of ∞. Capital Product Partners has a consensus price target of $20.67, suggesting a potential upside of 26.17%. Given Capital Product Partners' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Tsakos Energy Navigation is more favorable than Capital Product Partners.
Tsakos Energy Navigation received 98 more outperform votes than Capital Product Partners when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 70.58% of users gave Tsakos Energy Navigation an outperform vote while only 61.44% of users gave Capital Product Partners an outperform vote.
Summary
Tsakos Energy Navigation beats Capital Product Partners on 13 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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