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GASS vs. ULCC, NVGS, VTOL, GSL, LIND, GNK, VLRS, SNCY, ULH, and CVLG

Should you be buying StealthGas stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of StealthGas include Frontier Group (ULCC), Navigator (NVGS), Bristow Group (VTOL), Global Ship Lease (GSL), Lindblad Expeditions (LIND), Genco Shipping & Trading (GNK), Controladora Vuela Compania de Aviacion (VLRS), Sun Country Airlines (SNCY), Universal Logistics (ULH), and Covenant Logistics Group (CVLG). These companies are all part of the "transportation" industry.

StealthGas vs. Its Competitors

Frontier Group (NASDAQ:ULCC) 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.

In the previous week, Frontier Group had 5 more articles in the media than StealthGas. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for Frontier Group and 3 mentions for StealthGas. Frontier Group's average media sentiment score of 1.37 beat StealthGas' score of 0.74 indicating that Frontier Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Frontier Group
5 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
StealthGas
0 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Frontier Group has higher revenue and earnings than StealthGas. Frontier Group 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
Frontier Group$3.78B0.31$85M-$0.16-32.38
StealthGas$167.26M1.62$69.86M$1.654.42

Frontier Group has a beta of 2.63, indicating that its share price is 163% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, StealthGas has a beta of 0.32, indicating that its share price is 68% less volatile than the S&P 500.

66.3% of StealthGas shares are owned by institutional investors. 48.0% of Frontier Group 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.

Frontier Group currently has a consensus price target of $5.61, suggesting a potential upside of 8.32%. Given Frontier Group's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Frontier Group is more favorable than StealthGas.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Frontier Group
0 Sell rating(s)
8 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.20
StealthGas
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00

StealthGas has a net margin of 35.16% compared to Frontier Group's net margin of -0.87%. StealthGas' return on equity of 9.68% beat Frontier Group's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Frontier Group-0.87% -12.56% -1.12%
StealthGas 35.16%9.68%8.52%

Summary

Frontier Group beats StealthGas on 9 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding GASS and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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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$271.28M$2.56B$7.28B$10.15B
Dividend YieldN/A4.56%939.99%4.59%
P/E Ratio4.4211.2213.7325.93
Price / Sales1.623.42461.88122.58
Price / Cash2.774.618.0260.44
Price / Book0.430.872.206.29
Net Income$69.86M$498.97M$556.72M$270.77M
7 Day Performance-1.75%2.04%0.89%3.36%
1 Month Performance6.88%4.19%4.48%6.41%
1 Year Performance6.73%-9.57%11.38%28.26%

StealthGas Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
GASS
StealthGas
2.0578 of 5 stars
$7.30
flat
N/A+10.4%$271.28M$167.26M4.42N/AShort Interest ↑
ULCC
Frontier Group
1.9783 of 5 stars
$4.90
+4.0%
$5.61
+14.5%
+32.5%$1.12B$3.78B-30.637,938
NVGS
Navigator
4.0508 of 5 stars
$16.09
+0.2%
$21.67
+34.7%
+9.1%$1.12B$566.68M12.67120News Coverage
Positive News
Short Interest ↑
VTOL
Bristow Group
2.2714 of 5 stars
$38.51
+0.1%
N/A+13.6%$1.11B$1.42B9.603,447Positive News
GSL
Global Ship Lease
3.0158 of 5 stars
$30.06
-0.3%
$30.50
+1.5%
+35.5%$1.07B$711.05M2.797News Coverage
Positive News
Dividend Increase
LIND
Lindblad Expeditions
3.9999 of 5 stars
$14.58
-1.7%
$17.00
+16.6%
+48.9%$798.83M$644.73M-48.601,300
GNK
Genco Shipping & Trading
2.9203 of 5 stars
$16.85
-1.5%
$19.33
+14.7%
+4.4%$723.44M$423.02M49.571,010News Coverage
Insider Trade
VLRS
Controladora Vuela Compania de Aviacion
2.1542 of 5 stars
$6.19
+0.2%
$7.44
+20.3%
-2.9%$718.24M$3.14B-22.916,901Positive News
SNCY
Sun Country Airlines
4.2662 of 5 stars
$13.25
+1.5%
$17.38
+31.1%
+22.9%$706.44M$1.08B12.503,141News Coverage
Positive News
Analyst Forecast
ULH
Universal Logistics
3.282 of 5 stars
$25.94
-1.8%
$29.00
+11.8%
-37.2%$682.99M$1.85B11.1310,821Positive News
CVLG
Covenant Logistics Group
3.3719 of 5 stars
$24.12
-0.1%
$33.00
+36.8%
-7.4%$603.72M$1.13B18.414,800Positive News

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This page (NASDAQ:GASS) was last updated on 9/12/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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