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StealthGas (GASS) Competitors

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

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

StealthGas vs. Its Competitors

Genco Shipping & Trading (NYSE:GNK) and StealthGas (NASDAQ:GASS) are both small-cap transportation companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, risk, earnings, institutional ownership, media sentiment, profitability, valuation and analyst recommendations.

58.6% of Genco Shipping & Trading shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 66.3% of StealthGas shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.1% of Genco Shipping & Trading shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 22.1% of StealthGas shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Genco Shipping & Trading currently has a consensus price target of $19.67, suggesting a potential upside of 17.27%. Given Genco Shipping & Trading's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Genco Shipping & Trading is more favorable than StealthGas.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Genco Shipping & Trading
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
2 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00
StealthGas
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

In the previous week, Genco Shipping & Trading had 1 more articles in the media than StealthGas. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Genco Shipping & Trading and 2 mentions for StealthGas. StealthGas' average media sentiment score of 1.21 beat Genco Shipping & Trading's score of 0.29 indicating that StealthGas is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Genco Shipping & Trading
0 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
2 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
StealthGas
1 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Genco Shipping & Trading has a beta of 1.22, indicating that its share price is 22% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, StealthGas has a beta of 0.3, indicating that its share price is 70% less volatile than the S&P 500.

StealthGas has a net margin of 35.16% compared to Genco Shipping & Trading's net margin of 4.40%. StealthGas' return on equity of 9.68% beat Genco Shipping & Trading's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Genco Shipping & Trading4.40% 1.40% 1.23%
StealthGas 35.16%9.68%8.52%

Genco Shipping & Trading has higher revenue and earnings than StealthGas. StealthGas is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Genco Shipping & Trading, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Genco Shipping & Trading$423.02M1.70$76.40M$0.3449.32
StealthGas$167.26M1.42$69.86M$1.653.88

Summary

Genco Shipping & Trading beats StealthGas on 8 of the 15 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$237.82M$2.34B$7.19B$10.63B
Dividend YieldN/A4.57%940.03%4.74%
P/E Ratio3.8814.1915.0827.24
Price / Sales1.424.60802.98138.72
Price / Cash2.494.627.9761.77
Price / Book0.380.832.486.75
Net Income$69.86M$495.14M$558.45M$276.53M
7 Day Performance-2.14%-1.19%0.67%3.39%
1 Month Performance-13.63%-0.26%5.42%9.84%
1 Year Performance-6.84%-9.97%5.26%35.49%

StealthGas Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
GASS
StealthGas
3.5796 of 5 stars
$6.40
-0.6%
N/A-11.0%$237.82M$167.26M3.88N/ANews Coverage
Positive News
Short Interest ↓
GNK
Genco Shipping & Trading
3.6392 of 5 stars
$17.95
-2.0%
$19.67
+9.5%
-6.4%$787.02M$423.02M52.811,010
VLRS
Controladora Vuela Compania de Aviacion
1.8839 of 5 stars
$6.82
+1.3%
$8.06
+18.2%
+7.7%$784.70M$3.14B-25.246,901News Coverage
LIND
Lindblad Expeditions
3.9837 of 5 stars
$12.65
-2.3%
$17.00
+34.4%
+32.3%$709.52M$644.73M-42.171,300Analyst Upgrade
SNCY
Sun Country Airlines
3.9552 of 5 stars
$11.97
+1.6%
$17.88
+49.3%
+14.1%$628.07M$1.08B11.293,141
ULH
Universal Logistics
4.1761 of 5 stars
$23.46
-0.2%
$29.00
+23.6%
-54.6%$618.74M$1.85B10.0710,821
CVLG
Covenant Logistics Group
3.1599 of 5 stars
$21.52
-0.4%
$33.00
+53.3%
-17.3%$540.42M$1.13B16.434,800
ASC
Ardmore Shipping
4.4032 of 5 stars
$12.07
-3.1%
$12.67
+5.0%
-37.7%$506.17M$405.78M11.72990Positive News
FIP
FTAI Infrastructure
2.4846 of 5 stars
$4.46
+1.8%
$12.00
+169.1%
-46.3%$504.08M$331.50M-2.92600
CLCO
Cool
2.0369 of 5 stars
$9.51
+2.5%
N/A-18.1%$497.83M$338.50M13.981,647High Trading Volume
SB
Safe Bulkers
3.6978 of 5 stars
$4.52
-1.8%
$4.47
-1.1%
-13.3%$470.67M$277.51M10.50920News Coverage
Positive News

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This page (NASDAQ:GASS) was last updated on 10/8/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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