This company has been marked as potentially delisted and may not be actively trading. Performance Shipping (DCIX) Competitors Add Compare Share Share Competitors Stock AnalysisCompetitorsTrendsBuy This Stock DCIX vs. PANL, FLYX, KNOP, GASS, PAMT, PAL, DSX, SRFM, FLX, and SMHIShould you be buying Performance Shipping stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Performance Shipping include Pangaea Logistics Solutions (PANL), flyExclusive (FLYX), KNOT Offshore Partners (KNOP), StealthGas (GASS), PAMT (PAMT), Proficient Auto Logistics (PAL), Diana Shipping (DSX), Surf Air Mobility (SRFM), BingEx (FLX), and SEACOR Marine (SMHI). These companies are all part of the "transportation" sector. Performance Shipping vs. Its Competitors Pangaea Logistics Solutions flyExclusive KNOT Offshore Partners StealthGas PAMT Proficient Auto Logistics Diana Shipping Surf Air Mobility BingEx SEACOR Marine Pangaea Logistics Solutions (NASDAQ:PANL) and Performance Shipping (NASDAQ:DCIX) are both small-cap transportation companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, dividends, risk, valuation, profitability and institutional ownership. Is PANL or DCIX more profitable? Pangaea Logistics Solutions has a net margin of 1.52% compared to Performance Shipping's net margin of -11.89%. Performance Shipping's return on equity of 8.25% beat Pangaea Logistics Solutions' return on equity.Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets Pangaea Logistics Solutions1.52% 3.38% 1.71% Performance Shipping -11.89%8.25%5.37% Does the media favor PANL or DCIX? In the previous week, Pangaea Logistics Solutions had 2 more articles in the media than Performance Shipping. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Pangaea Logistics Solutions and 0 mentions for Performance Shipping. Pangaea Logistics Solutions' average media sentiment score of 1.80 beat Performance Shipping's score of 0.00 indicating that Pangaea Logistics Solutions is being referred to more favorably in the media. Company Overall Sentiment Pangaea Logistics Solutions Very Positive Performance Shipping Neutral Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of PANL or DCIX? 60.2% of Pangaea Logistics Solutions shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 1.9% of Performance Shipping shares are owned by institutional investors. 17.2% of Pangaea Logistics Solutions shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term. Do analysts recommend PANL or DCIX? Pangaea Logistics Solutions currently has a consensus price target of $9.00, indicating a potential upside of 63.64%. Given Pangaea Logistics Solutions' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe Pangaea Logistics Solutions is more favorable than Performance Shipping.Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score Pangaea Logistics Solutions 0 Sell rating(s) 0 Hold rating(s) 1 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 3.00Performance Shipping 0 Sell rating(s) 0 Hold rating(s) 0 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 0.00 Is PANL or DCIX a better dividend stock? Pangaea Logistics Solutions pays an annual dividend of $0.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.6%. Performance Shipping pays an annual dividend of $0.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.1%. Pangaea Logistics Solutions pays out 90.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Performance Shipping pays out 1.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Which has preferable earnings & valuation, PANL or DCIX? Pangaea Logistics Solutions has higher revenue and earnings than Performance Shipping. Performance Shipping 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. CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings RatioPangaea Logistics Solutions$536.54M0.67$28.90M$0.2225.00Performance Shipping$26.85M3.49-$32.06M$4.040.46 SummaryPangaea Logistics Solutions beats Performance Shipping on 12 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks. 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New MarketBeat Followers Over TimeWhat are MarkeBeat Followers?This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding DCIX and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period. Skip ChartMedia Sentiment Over TimeWhat is Media Sentiment?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.Skip Chart DCIX vs. The Competition Export to ExcelMetricPerformance ShippingDeep Sea Freight Transportation IndustryTransportation SectorNASDAQ ExchangeMarket Cap$93.78M$337.42M$7.20B$10.15BDividend YieldN/A8.94%940.02%4.61%P/E Ratio-20.7814.9813.7325.92Price / Sales3.494.49458.8283.33Price / CashN/A11.107.8959.91Price / Book0.970.012.216.29Net Income-$32.06M$6.96B$559.66M$270.85M Performance Shipping Competitors List Export to ExcelCompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)DCIXPerformance ShippingN/A$1.87-2.6%N/A+1.3%$93.78M$26.85M-20.78137High Trading VolumePANLPangaea Logistics Solutions3.5435 of 5 stars$5.19-2.6%$9.00+73.4%-11.8%$347.74M$536.54M23.59570Positive NewsFLYXflyExclusive0.5266 of 5 stars$4.29+6.7%N/A+8.0%$343.76M$347.75M-3.90N/ANews CoverageGap UpKNOPKNOT Offshore Partners2.1283 of 5 stars$8.46+1.6%N/A+26.6%$285.35M$326.00M20.62640High Trading VolumeGASSStealthGas2.0642 of 5 stars$7.53-1.3%N/A+10.4%$282.15M$167.26M4.56N/AShort Interest ↑PAMTPAMT0.9682 of 5 stars$11.83-3.4%$13.00+9.9%N/A$256.34M$714.65M-5.452,304Positive NewsGap DownPALProficient Auto Logistics2.2812 of 5 stars$7.72-2.3%$14.67+90.0%-55.9%$219.53M$240.85M0.00601News CoveragePositive NewsAnalyst DowngradeDSXDiana Shipping2.8435 of 5 stars$1.64-0.3%N/A-19.4%$189.87M$228.21M27.25820Positive NewsSRFMSurf Air Mobility1.7228 of 5 stars$4.21-2.9%$6.58+56.3%+159.4%$185.87M$119.43M-1.52625Gap DownFLXBingEx2.0088 of 5 stars$3.04-5.3%$4.70+54.6%N/A$179.56M$612.14M-16.891,046Gap DownSMHISEACOR Marine1.1029 of 5 stars$6.73+4.9%N/A-29.3%$172.92M$271.36M-2.861,239News CoverageAnalyst Downgrade Related Companies and Tools Related Companies PANL Alternatives FLYX Alternatives KNOP Alternatives GASS Alternatives PAMT Alternatives PAL Alternatives DSX Alternatives SRFM Alternatives FLX Alternatives SMHI Alternatives Top 10 Stock Comparisons Semiconductor Stocks Artificial Intelligence Stocks Growth Stocks Magnificent Seven Stocks Pharmaceutical Stocks Ecommerce Stocks Bitcoin Stocks Meme Stocks Cryptocurrency Stocks Cybersecurity Stocks This page (NASDAQ:DCIX) was last updated on 9/12/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff From Our PartnersStunning new initiative unfolding in the White House?what I just learned about what’s unfolding in the White House is truly stunning… And you need to see it for...Paradigm Press | SponsoredCritical AI announcement set to ignite AI 2.0I just put together an urgent new presentation that you need to see right away. 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