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GASS vs. GSL, ULCC, UP, FIP, ULH, CVLG, LIND, SNCY, GNK, and VLRS

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

StealthGas vs. Its Competitors

Global Ship Lease (NYSE:GSL) and StealthGas (NASDAQ:GASS) are both small-cap transportation companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, media sentiment, dividends, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, valuation, earnings and risk.

Global Ship Lease presently has a consensus target price of $29.00, suggesting a potential upside of 3.94%. Given Global Ship Lease's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe Global Ship Lease is more favorable than StealthGas.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Global Ship Lease
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.50
StealthGas
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00

In the previous week, Global Ship Lease had 3 more articles in the media than StealthGas. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Global Ship Lease and 1 mentions for StealthGas. Global Ship Lease's average media sentiment score of 0.63 beat StealthGas' score of 0.62 indicating that Global Ship Lease is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Global Ship Lease Positive
StealthGas Positive

Global Ship Lease has a beta of 1.19, indicating that its stock price is 19% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, StealthGas has a beta of 0.34, indicating that its stock price is 66% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Global Ship Lease has a net margin of 53.31% compared to StealthGas' net margin of 39.49%. Global Ship Lease's return on equity of 25.56% beat StealthGas' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Global Ship Lease53.31% 25.56% 15.65%
StealthGas 39.49%10.79%9.21%

Global Ship Lease has higher revenue and earnings than StealthGas. Global Ship Lease 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
Global Ship Lease$711.05M1.39$353.63M$10.592.63
StealthGas$167.26M1.49$69.86M$1.803.76

50.1% of Global Ship Lease shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 66.3% of StealthGas shares are owned by institutional investors. 7.4% of Global Ship Lease 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, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Global Ship Lease beats StealthGas on 12 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$249.98M$2.54B$7.28B$9.10B
Dividend YieldN/A5.12%922.81%4.02%
P/E Ratio3.766.9613.2320.26
Price / Sales1.492.34355.55153.06
Price / Cash2.574.197.6257.67
Price / Book0.400.792.145.49
Net Income$69.86M$527.30M$563.51M$250.45M
7 Day Performance4.00%3.11%2.13%4.79%
1 Month Performance0.45%0.11%5.33%9.59%
1 Year Performance0.75%-21.80%4.98%16.41%

StealthGas Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
GASS
StealthGas
3.3108 of 5 stars
$6.76
+1.2%
N/A+0.7%$249.98M$167.26M3.76N/A
GSL
Global Ship Lease
2.6445 of 5 stars
$26.30
-1.0%
$29.00
+10.3%
+8.1%$932.34M$711.05M2.487
ULCC
Frontier Group
4.1728 of 5 stars
$3.63
+0.6%
$6.00
+65.3%
-2.1%$826.77M$3.78B12.527,938News Coverage
Positive News
UP
Wheels Up Experience
0.9964 of 5 stars
$1.06
-13.8%
N/A-58.0%$740.72M$792.10M-2.161,866News Coverage
Gap Down
High Trading Volume
FIP
FTAI Infrastructure
2.0096 of 5 stars
$6.17
-1.8%
$12.00
+94.5%
-31.1%$708.07M$331.50M-4.67600
ULH
Universal Logistics
3.4934 of 5 stars
$25.38
-1.4%
$29.00
+14.3%
-33.8%$677.55M$1.74B7.9810,821
CVLG
Covenant Logistics Group
4.2746 of 5 stars
$24.09
-0.8%
$33.00
+37.0%
+1.2%$639.59M$1.12B18.604,610
LIND
Lindblad Expeditions
4.0597 of 5 stars
$11.67
+0.7%
$15.67
+34.2%
+28.6%$638.47M$644.73M-19.451,300Trending News
SNCY
Sun Country Airlines
3.6337 of 5 stars
$11.75
-1.0%
$16.83
+43.3%
+4.1%$625.22M$1.08B12.113,141News Coverage
Positive News
High Trading Volume
GNK
Genco Shipping & Trading
3.8939 of 5 stars
$13.10
-0.5%
$20.75
+58.4%
-28.0%$562.76M$376.85M12.601,010
VLRS
Controladora Vuela Compania de Aviacion
2.2212 of 5 stars
$4.77
+2.1%
$7.44
+55.9%
-26.0%$556.17M$3.05B13.256,901

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This page (NASDAQ:GASS) was last updated on 7/13/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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