GASS vs. PANL, NM, TOPS, CPLP, GSL, GNK, TNP, ASC, TK, and OSG
Should you be buying StealthGas stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of StealthGas include Pangaea Logistics Solutions (PANL), Navios Maritime (NM), Top Ships (TOPS), Capital Product Partners (CPLP), Global Ship Lease (GSL), Genco Shipping & Trading (GNK), Tsakos Energy Navigation (TNP), Ardmore Shipping (ASC), Teekay (TK), and Overseas Shipholding Group (OSG). These companies are all part of the "deep sea foreign transportation of freight" industry.
Pangaea Logistics Solutions (NASDAQ:PANL) and StealthGas (NASDAQ:GASS) are both small-cap transportation companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, earnings, analyst recommendations, community ranking, media sentiment, institutional ownership, dividends, valuation and risk.
Pangaea Logistics Solutions has a beta of 0.88, meaning that its stock price is 12% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, StealthGas has a beta of 0.84, meaning that its stock price is 16% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Pangaea Logistics Solutions had 4 more articles in the media than StealthGas. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Pangaea Logistics Solutions and 2 mentions for StealthGas. Pangaea Logistics Solutions' average media sentiment score of 1.83 beat StealthGas' score of 0.76 indicating that StealthGas is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Pangaea Logistics Solutions received 32 more outperform votes than StealthGas when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 67.43% of users gave StealthGas an outperform vote while only 67.36% of users gave Pangaea Logistics Solutions an outperform vote.
StealthGas has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Pangaea Logistics Solutions. StealthGas 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.
Pangaea Logistics Solutions presently has a consensus target price of $10.25, suggesting a potential upside of 40.41%. StealthGas has a consensus target price of $8.00, suggesting a potential upside of 22.89%. Given StealthGas' higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Pangaea Logistics Solutions is more favorable than StealthGas.
60.2% of Pangaea Logistics Solutions shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 66.3% of StealthGas shares are held by institutional investors. 23.4% of Pangaea Logistics Solutions shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 22.1% of StealthGas shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
StealthGas has a net margin of 35.95% compared to StealthGas' net margin of 7.04%. Pangaea Logistics Solutions' return on equity of 9.19% beat StealthGas' return on equity.
Summary
StealthGas beats Pangaea Logistics Solutions on 9 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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