Tuniu (TOUR) Competitors

Tuniu (NASDAQ:TOUR) and Safe Bulkers (NYSE:SB) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, community ranking, profitability, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, dividends, institutional ownership, valuation and risk.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor TOUR or SB?

Safe Bulkers received 201 more outperform votes than Tuniu when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 61.37% of users gave Safe Bulkers an outperform vote while only 55.06% of users gave Tuniu an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Tuniu	Outperform Votes 185 55.06%	Underperform Votes 151 44.94%
Safe Bulkers	Outperform Votes 386 61.37%	Underperform Votes 243 38.63%

Is TOUR or SB more profitable?

Safe Bulkers has a net margin of 31.65% compared to Tuniu's net margin of -6.22%. Safe Bulkers' return on equity of 10.04% beat Tuniu's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Tuniu	-6.22%	9.44%	4.79%
Safe Bulkers	31.65%	10.04%	6.01%

Is TOUR or SB a better dividend stock?

Tuniu pays an annual dividend of $0.03 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.2%. Safe Bulkers pays an annual dividend of $0.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.2%. Tuniu pays out 25.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Safe Bulkers pays out 29.9% 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.

Do analysts recommend TOUR or SB?

Safe Bulkers has a consensus price target of $4.47, indicating a potential upside of 16.32%. Given Safe Bulkers' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Safe Bulkers is more favorable than Tuniu.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Tuniu	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
Safe Bulkers	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Does the media refer more to TOUR or SB?

In the previous week, Tuniu had 4 more articles in the media than Safe Bulkers. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Tuniu and 2 mentions for Safe Bulkers. Safe Bulkers' average media sentiment score of 0.91 beat Tuniu's score of 0.65 indicating that Safe Bulkers is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Tuniu	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Safe Bulkers	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has preferable valuation & earnings, TOUR or SB?

Safe Bulkers has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Tuniu. Safe Bulkers is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Tuniu, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Tuniu	$513.62M	0.21	-$13.99M	$0.12	7.74
Safe Bulkers	$290.31M	1.39	$77.35M	$0.67	5.73

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of TOUR or SB?

21.7% of Safe Bulkers shares are held by institutional investors. 76.1% of Tuniu shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 40.3% of Safe Bulkers shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has more risk and volatility, TOUR or SB?

Tuniu has a beta of 1.63, indicating that its stock price is 63% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Safe Bulkers has a beta of 1.21, indicating that its stock price is 21% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Safe Bulkers beats Tuniu on 15 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.