PANL vs. CPLP, OSG, HSHP, SMHI, NETI, DSX, GRIN, ESEA, SB, and GASS
Should you be buying Pangaea Logistics Solutions stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Pangaea Logistics Solutions include Capital Product Partners (CPLP), Overseas Shipholding Group (OSG), Himalaya Shipping (HSHP), SEACOR Marine (SMHI), Eneti (NETI), Diana Shipping (DSX), Grindrod Shipping (GRIN), Euroseas (ESEA), Safe Bulkers (SB), and StealthGas (GASS). These companies are all part of the "deep sea foreign transportation of freight" industry.
Pangaea Logistics Solutions vs.
Capital Product Partners (NASDAQ:CPLP) and Pangaea Logistics Solutions (NASDAQ:PANL) are both small-cap transportation companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, risk, institutional ownership, community ranking, dividends, profitability, valuation, media sentiment and analyst recommendations.
Capital Product Partners received 17 more outperform votes than Pangaea Logistics Solutions when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 67.65% of users gave Pangaea Logistics Solutions an outperform vote while only 61.72% of users gave Capital Product Partners an outperform vote.
Capital Product Partners has a net margin of 35.85% compared to Pangaea Logistics Solutions' net margin of 10.10%. Pangaea Logistics Solutions' return on equity of 20.00% beat Capital Product Partners' return on equity.
Capital Product Partners has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Pangaea Logistics Solutions. Capital Product Partners 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.
40.5% of Capital Product Partners shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 45.4% of Pangaea Logistics Solutions shares are owned by institutional investors. 22.5% of Pangaea Logistics Solutions shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, Pangaea Logistics Solutions had 1 more articles in the media than Capital Product Partners. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Pangaea Logistics Solutions and 3 mentions for Capital Product Partners. Pangaea Logistics Solutions' average media sentiment score of 1.20 beat Capital Product Partners' score of 0.95 indicating that Pangaea Logistics Solutions is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Capital Product Partners pays an annual dividend of $0.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.6%. Pangaea Logistics Solutions pays an annual dividend of $0.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.0%. Capital Product Partners pays out 11.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Pangaea Logistics Solutions pays out 28.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Capital Product Partners has raised its dividend for 1 consecutive years and Pangaea Logistics Solutions has raised its dividend for 2 consecutive years. Pangaea Logistics Solutions is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
Capital Product Partners presently has a consensus target price of $18.50, indicating a potential upside of 42.20%. Pangaea Logistics Solutions has a consensus target price of $7.50, indicating a potential upside of 30.66%. Given Capital Product Partners' higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Capital Product Partners is more favorable than Pangaea Logistics Solutions.
Capital Product Partners has a beta of 0.88, suggesting that its share price is 12% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Pangaea Logistics Solutions has a beta of 0.71, suggesting that its share price is 29% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Pangaea Logistics Solutions beats Capital Product Partners on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding PANL and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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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