Performance Shipping (DCIX) Competitors

Euroseas (NASDAQ:ESEA) and Performance Shipping (NASDAQ:DCIX) are both small-cap transportation companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, profitability, earnings, dividends and risk.

Is ESEA or DCIX a better dividend stock?

Euroseas pays an annual dividend of $2.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.1%. Performance Shipping pays an annual dividend of $0.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.2%. Euroseas pays out 15.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Performance Shipping pays out 1.0% 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. Euroseas has increased its dividend for 3 consecutive years. Euroseas is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Do insiders and institutionals believe in ESEA or DCIX?

6.3% of Euroseas shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 1.9% of Performance Shipping shares are held by institutional investors. 55.9% of Euroseas shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Is ESEA or DCIX more profitable?

Euroseas has a net margin of 53.75% compared to Performance Shipping's net margin of -11.89%. Euroseas' return on equity of 28.56% beat Performance Shipping's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Euroseas	53.75%	28.56%	17.10%
Performance Shipping	-11.89%	8.25%	5.37%

Do analysts rate ESEA or DCIX?

Euroseas currently has a consensus price target of $61.00, suggesting a potential downside of 3.02%. Given Euroseas' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Euroseas is more favorable than Performance Shipping.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Euroseas	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Performance Shipping	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Does the media refer more to ESEA or DCIX?

In the previous week, Euroseas had 12 more articles in the media than Performance Shipping. MarketBeat recorded 14 mentions for Euroseas and 2 mentions for Performance Shipping. Euroseas' average media sentiment score of 1.15 beat Performance Shipping's score of 0.00 indicating that Euroseas is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Euroseas	6 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Performance Shipping	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Which has preferable earnings & valuation, ESEA or DCIX?

Euroseas has higher revenue and earnings than Performance Shipping. Performance Shipping is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Euroseas, 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
Euroseas	$212.90M	2.07	$112.78M	$17.02	3.70
Performance Shipping	$26.85M	3.46	-$32.06M	$4.04	0.46

Summary

Euroseas beats Performance Shipping on 16 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.