CPLP vs. PANL, OSG, SMHI, HSHP, NETI, DSX, SB, ESEA, GRIN, and GASS
Should you be buying Capital Product Partners stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Capital Product Partners include Pangaea Logistics Solutions (PANL), Overseas Shipholding Group (OSG), SEACOR Marine (SMHI), Himalaya Shipping (HSHP), Eneti (NETI), Diana Shipping (DSX), Safe Bulkers (SB), Euroseas (ESEA), Grindrod Shipping (GRIN), and StealthGas (GASS). These companies are all part of the "deep sea foreign transportation of freight" industry.
Capital Product Partners vs.
Pangaea Logistics Solutions (NASDAQ:PANL) and Capital Product Partners (NASDAQ:CPLP) are both small-cap transportation companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, community ranking, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, dividends, profitability, valuation, risk and earnings.
Capital Product Partners has a net margin of 35.85% compared to Pangaea Logistics Solutions' net margin of 10.10%. Pangaea Logistics Solutions' return on equity of 20.00% beat Capital Product Partners' return on equity.
Pangaea Logistics Solutions has a beta of 0.71, suggesting that its share price is 29% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Capital Product Partners has a beta of 0.88, suggesting that its share price is 12% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Pangaea Logistics Solutions pays an annual dividend of $0.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.4%. Capital Product Partners pays an annual dividend of $0.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.2%. Pangaea Logistics Solutions pays out 28.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Capital Product Partners pays out 11.1% 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. Pangaea Logistics Solutions has increased its dividend for 2 consecutive years and Capital Product Partners has increased its dividend for 1 consecutive years. Pangaea Logistics Solutions is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
45.4% of Pangaea Logistics Solutions shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 40.5% of Capital Product Partners shares are owned by institutional investors. 22.5% of Pangaea Logistics Solutions shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, Pangaea Logistics Solutions had 2 more articles in the media than Capital Product Partners. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Pangaea Logistics Solutions and 0 mentions for Capital Product Partners. Pangaea Logistics Solutions' average media sentiment score of 0.94 beat Capital Product Partners' score of 0.00 indicating that Pangaea Logistics Solutions is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Capital Product Partners has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Pangaea Logistics Solutions. Capital Product Partners is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Pangaea Logistics Solutions, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Pangaea Logistics Solutions currently has a consensus target price of $7.50, indicating a potential upside of 19.62%. Capital Product Partners has a consensus target price of $18.50, indicating a potential upside of 30.74%. Given Capital Product Partners' higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Capital Product Partners is more favorable than Pangaea Logistics Solutions.
Capital Product Partners received 17 more outperform votes than Pangaea Logistics Solutions when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 67.65% of users gave Pangaea Logistics Solutions an outperform vote while only 61.72% of users gave Capital Product Partners an outperform vote.
Summary
Pangaea Logistics Solutions beats Capital Product Partners on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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