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GASS vs. LIND, GNK, VLRS, SNCY, ULH, CVLG, FIP, SB, ASC, and ESEA

Should you be buying StealthGas stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of StealthGas include Lindblad Expeditions (LIND), Genco Shipping & Trading (GNK), Controladora Vuela Compania de Aviacion (VLRS), Sun Country Airlines (SNCY), Universal Logistics (ULH), Covenant Logistics Group (CVLG), FTAI Infrastructure (FIP), Safe Bulkers (SB), Ardmore Shipping (ASC), and Euroseas (ESEA). These companies are all part of the "transportation" industry.

StealthGas vs. Its Competitors

Lindblad Expeditions (NASDAQ:LIND) and StealthGas (NASDAQ:GASS) are both small-cap transportation companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, risk, earnings, profitability, dividends, valuation, institutional ownership and media sentiment.

StealthGas has a net margin of 39.49% compared to Lindblad Expeditions' net margin of -1.19%. StealthGas' return on equity of 10.79% beat Lindblad Expeditions' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Lindblad Expeditions-1.19% N/A -0.92%
StealthGas 39.49%10.79%9.21%

Lindblad Expeditions has a beta of 2.71, indicating that its stock price is 171% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, StealthGas has a beta of 0.39, indicating that its stock price is 61% less volatile than the S&P 500.

75.9% of Lindblad Expeditions shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 66.3% of StealthGas shares are held by institutional investors. 34.0% of Lindblad Expeditions shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 22.1% of StealthGas shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Lindblad Expeditions currently has a consensus target price of $16.67, indicating a potential upside of 12.31%. Given Lindblad Expeditions' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Lindblad Expeditions is more favorable than StealthGas.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Lindblad Expeditions
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00
StealthGas
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00

StealthGas has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Lindblad Expeditions. Lindblad Expeditions is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than StealthGas, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Lindblad Expeditions$644.73M1.26-$31.18M-$0.30-49.47
StealthGas$167.26M1.60$69.86M$1.804.02

In the previous week, Lindblad Expeditions had 8 more articles in the media than StealthGas. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for Lindblad Expeditions and 2 mentions for StealthGas. StealthGas' average media sentiment score of 0.76 beat Lindblad Expeditions' score of 0.30 indicating that StealthGas is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Lindblad Expeditions
2 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
4 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
StealthGas
1 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Summary

Lindblad Expeditions and StealthGas tied by winning 8 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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.
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GASS vs. The Competition

MetricStealthGasTRANS IndustryTransportation SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$265.14M$2.73B$7.32B$9.58B
Dividend YieldN/A5.02%949.34%4.09%
P/E Ratio4.0210.2714.7626.05
Price / Sales1.602.53499.37116.07
Price / Cash2.724.367.8158.48
Price / Book0.420.952.226.61
Net Income$69.86M$527.30M$574.20M$265.56M
7 Day Performance5.54%1.88%1.55%1.98%
1 Month Performance8.06%2.96%2.00%1.33%
1 Year Performance23.97%-13.76%7.26%21.15%

StealthGas Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
GASS
StealthGas
2.4135 of 5 stars
$7.24
+1.0%
N/A+20.3%$265.14M$167.26M4.02N/ANews Coverage
Upcoming Earnings
High Trading Volume
LIND
Lindblad Expeditions
3.6596 of 5 stars
$13.70
+1.5%
$16.67
+21.7%
+68.2%$739.65M$702.28M-45.671,300Insider Trade
GNK
Genco Shipping & Trading
3.0369 of 5 stars
$16.30
-0.1%
$19.33
+18.6%
-4.9%$701.10M$423.02M47.941,010
VLRS
Controladora Vuela Compania de Aviacion
3.0912 of 5 stars
$6.11
+4.5%
$7.94
+30.0%
+5.8%$680.93M$3.14B-22.616,901Analyst Downgrade
SNCY
Sun Country Airlines
4.1816 of 5 stars
$12.22
+0.2%
$17.38
+42.2%
+22.1%$650.46M$1.08B11.533,141News Coverage
ULH
Universal Logistics
2.3079 of 5 stars
$24.23
+0.9%
$29.00
+19.7%
-40.0%$632.44M$1.85B10.4010,821Gap Up
CVLG
Covenant Logistics Group
4.0102 of 5 stars
$23.66
-0.7%
$33.00
+39.5%
-9.4%$596.22M$1.13B13.204,800Dividend Announcement
FIP
FTAI Infrastructure
2.824 of 5 stars
$4.54
-3.4%
$12.00
+164.3%
-50.2%$539.38M$331.50M-2.97600Options Volume
Gap Up
SB
Safe Bulkers
4.0509 of 5 stars
$4.32
+1.6%
$4.47
+3.4%
-15.1%$434.86M$307.63M10.05920Positive News
ASC
Ardmore Shipping
4.6918 of 5 stars
$10.93
+2.6%
$12.67
+15.9%
-39.2%$432.64M$405.78M10.61990Positive News
Analyst Upgrade
ESEA
Euroseas
3.8125 of 5 stars
$60.72
+1.6%
$61.00
+0.5%
+39.5%$418.64M$212.90M3.57360Positive News
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This page (NASDAQ:GASS) was last updated on 8/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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