FIP vs. SBLK, TRMD, GEL, DHT, CMBT, BWLP, DAC, ZIM, ARCB, and CMRE
Should you be buying FTAI Infrastructure stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of FTAI Infrastructure include Star Bulk Carriers (SBLK), Torm (TRMD), Genesis Energy (GEL), DHT (DHT), CMB.TECH (CMBT), BW LPG (BWLP), Danaos (DAC), ZIM Integrated Shipping Services (ZIM), ArcBest (ARCB), and Costamare (CMRE). These companies are all part of the "transportation" industry.
FTAI Infrastructure vs. Its Competitors
FTAI Infrastructure (NASDAQ:FIP) and Star Bulk Carriers (NASDAQ:SBLK) are both transportation companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, profitability, dividends, media sentiment, institutional ownership, valuation, earnings and analyst recommendations.
FTAI Infrastructure pays an annual dividend of $0.12 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.4%. Star Bulk Carriers pays an annual dividend of $0.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.1%. FTAI Infrastructure pays out -7.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Star Bulk Carriers pays out 19.0% 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. FTAI Infrastructure is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
FTAI Infrastructure has a beta of 1.82, suggesting that its stock price is 82% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Star Bulk Carriers has a beta of 0.95, suggesting that its stock price is 5% less volatile than the S&P 500.
FTAI Infrastructure presently has a consensus price target of $12.00, indicating a potential upside of 135.29%. Star Bulk Carriers has a consensus price target of $21.07, indicating a potential upside of 14.37%. Given FTAI Infrastructure's higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe FTAI Infrastructure is more favorable than Star Bulk Carriers.
Star Bulk Carriers has higher revenue and earnings than FTAI Infrastructure. FTAI Infrastructure is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Star Bulk Carriers, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
87.4% of FTAI Infrastructure shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 33.9% of Star Bulk Carriers shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.2% of FTAI Infrastructure shares are owned 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.
In the previous week, Star Bulk Carriers had 3 more articles in the media than FTAI Infrastructure. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Star Bulk Carriers and 3 mentions for FTAI Infrastructure. FTAI Infrastructure's average media sentiment score of 1.00 beat Star Bulk Carriers' score of 0.26 indicating that FTAI Infrastructure is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Star Bulk Carriers has a net margin of 10.98% compared to FTAI Infrastructure's net margin of -20.85%. Star Bulk Carriers' return on equity of 4.97% beat FTAI Infrastructure's return on equity.
Summary
Star Bulk Carriers beats FTAI Infrastructure on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (NASDAQ:FIP) was last updated on 10/8/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
