PANL vs. DSX, NVGS, ECO, CPLP, GSL, GNK, ASC, TNP, TK, and OSG
Should you be buying Pangaea Logistics Solutions stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Pangaea Logistics Solutions include Diana Shipping (DSX), Navigator (NVGS), Okeanis Eco Tankers (ECO), Capital Product Partners (CPLP), Global Ship Lease (GSL), Genco Shipping & Trading (GNK), Ardmore Shipping (ASC), Tsakos Energy Navigation (TNP), Teekay (TK), and Overseas Shipholding Group (OSG). These companies are all part of the "deep sea foreign transportation of freight" industry.
Diana Shipping (NYSE:DSX) and Pangaea Logistics Solutions (NASDAQ:PANL) are both small-cap transportation companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, analyst recommendations, risk, institutional ownership, profitability, earnings, dividends, media sentiment and valuation.
48.7% of Diana Shipping shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 60.2% of Pangaea Logistics Solutions shares are held by institutional investors. 23.4% of Pangaea Logistics Solutions shares are held by 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.
Diana Shipping has a beta of 1.14, meaning that its share price is 14% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Pangaea Logistics Solutions has a beta of 0.88, meaning that its share price is 12% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Diana Shipping currently has a consensus price target of $3.00, suggesting a potential upside of 11.11%. Pangaea Logistics Solutions has a consensus price target of $10.25, suggesting a potential upside of 40.41%. Given Diana Shipping's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Pangaea Logistics Solutions is more favorable than Diana Shipping.
Diana Shipping has a net margin of 11.81% compared to Diana Shipping's net margin of 7.04%. Diana Shipping's return on equity of 8.86% beat Pangaea Logistics Solutions' return on equity.
Diana Shipping pays an annual dividend of $0.30 per share and has a dividend yield of 11.1%. Pangaea Logistics Solutions pays an annual dividend of $0.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.5%. Diana Shipping pays out 136.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Pangaea Logistics Solutions pays out 52.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.
Diana Shipping received 20 more outperform votes than Pangaea Logistics Solutions when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 67.36% of users gave Pangaea Logistics Solutions an outperform vote while only 52.50% of users gave Diana Shipping an outperform vote.
Diana Shipping has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Pangaea Logistics Solutions. Pangaea Logistics Solutions is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Diana Shipping, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Pangaea Logistics Solutions had 2 more articles in the media than Diana Shipping. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Pangaea Logistics Solutions and 4 mentions for Diana Shipping. Diana Shipping's average media sentiment score of 0.76 beat Pangaea Logistics Solutions' score of 0.00 indicating that Pangaea Logistics Solutions is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
Pangaea Logistics Solutions beats Diana Shipping on 13 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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