SBLK vs. DHT, SFL, LPG, DAC, CMRE, NMM, ZIM, TRMD, NVGS, and GNK
Should you be buying Star Bulk Carriers stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Star Bulk Carriers include DHT (DHT), SFL (SFL), Dorian LPG (LPG), Danaos (DAC), Costamare (CMRE), Navios Maritime Partners (NMM), ZIM Integrated Shipping Services (ZIM), TORM (TRMD), Navigator (NVGS), and Genco Shipping & Trading (GNK). These companies are all part of the "deep sea foreign transportation of freight" industry.
Star Bulk Carriers (NASDAQ:SBLK) and DHT (NYSE:DHT) are both small-cap transportation companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, dividends, media sentiment, community ranking, risk, earnings, profitability, analyst recommendations and valuation.
DHT has a net margin of 28.78% compared to Star Bulk Carriers' net margin of 18.28%. DHT's return on equity of 15.52% beat Star Bulk Carriers' return on equity.
In the previous week, DHT had 7 more articles in the media than Star Bulk Carriers. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for DHT and 1 mentions for Star Bulk Carriers. DHT's average media sentiment score of 0.89 beat Star Bulk Carriers' score of 0.50 indicating that DHT is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Star Bulk Carriers has a beta of 1.12, indicating that its stock price is 12% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, DHT has a beta of -0.33, indicating that its stock price is 133% less volatile than the S&P 500.
DHT received 89 more outperform votes than Star Bulk Carriers when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 73.13% of users gave DHT an outperform vote while only 70.46% of users gave Star Bulk Carriers an outperform vote.
Star Bulk Carriers currently has a consensus target price of $53.50, suggesting a potential upside of 128.34%. DHT has a consensus target price of $14.00, suggesting a potential upside of 25.06%. Given Star Bulk Carriers' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe Star Bulk Carriers is more favorable than DHT.
33.9% of Star Bulk Carriers shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 58.5% of DHT shares are owned by institutional investors. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Star Bulk Carriers pays an annual dividend of $1.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.7%. DHT pays an annual dividend of $0.88 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.9%. Star Bulk Carriers pays out 101.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. DHT pays out 88.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. DHT is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Star Bulk Carriers has higher revenue and earnings than DHT. DHT is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Star Bulk Carriers, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
DHT beats Star Bulk Carriers on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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