Ardmore Shipping (ASC) Competitors $9.97 +0.15 (+1.53%) As of 12:52 PM Eastern Add Compare Share Share Competitors Stock AnalysisAnalyst ForecastsChartCompetitorsDividendEarningsFinancialsHeadlinesInsider TradesOptions ChainOwnershipSEC FilingsShort InterestSustainabilityTrendsBuy This Stock ASC vs. ARCB, BWLP, CCEC, FLNG, NMM, CMRE, NVGS, UP, ULCC, and LPGShould you be buying Ardmore Shipping stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Ardmore Shipping include ArcBest (ARCB), BW LPG (BWLP), Capital Clean Energy Carriers (CCEC), FLEX LNG (FLNG), Navios Maritime Partners (NMM), Costamare (CMRE), Navigator (NVGS), Wheels Up Experience (UP), Frontier Group (ULCC), and Dorian LPG (LPG). These companies are all part of the "transportation" industry. Ardmore Shipping vs. Its Competitors ArcBest BW LPG Capital Clean Energy Carriers FLEX LNG Navios Maritime Partners Costamare Navigator Wheels Up Experience Frontier Group Dorian LPG ArcBest (NASDAQ:ARCB) and Ardmore Shipping (NYSE:ASC) are both small-cap transportation companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, risk, earnings, profitability, analyst recommendations, dividends, valuation, community ranking and media sentiment. Do institutionals and insiders believe in ARCB or ASC? 99.3% of ArcBest shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 62.2% of Ardmore Shipping shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.3% of ArcBest shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term. Is ARCB or ASC more profitable? Ardmore Shipping has a net margin of 32.78% compared to ArcBest's net margin of 4.16%. Ardmore Shipping's return on equity of 20.48% beat ArcBest's return on equity.Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets ArcBest4.16% 11.79% 6.23% Ardmore Shipping 32.78%20.48%17.25% Is ARCB or ASC a better dividend stock? ArcBest pays an annual dividend of $0.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.7%. Ardmore Shipping pays an annual dividend of $0.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.0%. ArcBest pays out 6.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Ardmore Shipping pays out 8.8% 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. Which has preferable earnings and valuation, ARCB or ASC? ArcBest has higher revenue and earnings than Ardmore Shipping. Ardmore Shipping is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than ArcBest, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks. CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings RatioArcBest$4.11B0.38$173.96M$7.569.13Ardmore Shipping$405.78M1.00$133.01M$2.284.37 Which has more risk & volatility, ARCB or ASC? ArcBest has a beta of 1.68, indicating that its share price is 68% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ardmore Shipping has a beta of 0.01, indicating that its share price is 99% less volatile than the S&P 500. Do analysts prefer ARCB or ASC? ArcBest presently has a consensus target price of $89.42, suggesting a potential upside of 29.61%. Ardmore Shipping has a consensus target price of $13.67, suggesting a potential upside of 37.08%. Given Ardmore Shipping's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Ardmore Shipping is more favorable than ArcBest.Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score ArcBest 0 Sell rating(s) 7 Hold rating(s) 6 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 2.46Ardmore Shipping 0 Sell rating(s) 1 Hold rating(s) 2 Buy rating(s) 1 Strong Buy rating(s) 3.00 Does the media refer more to ARCB or ASC? In the previous week, ArcBest had 9 more articles in the media than Ardmore Shipping. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for ArcBest and 4 mentions for Ardmore Shipping. ArcBest's average media sentiment score of 0.46 beat Ardmore Shipping's score of 0.00 indicating that ArcBest is being referred to more favorably in the media. Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment ArcBest 2 Very Positive mention(s) 4 Positive mention(s) 2 Neutral mention(s) 2 Negative mention(s) 0 Very Negative mention(s) Neutral Ardmore Shipping 0 Very Positive mention(s) 0 Positive mention(s) 2 Neutral mention(s) 0 Negative mention(s) 0 Very Negative mention(s) Neutral Does the MarketBeat Community favor ARCB or ASC? ArcBest received 10 more outperform votes than Ardmore Shipping when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 63.81% of users gave Ardmore Shipping an outperform vote while only 52.35% of users gave ArcBest an outperform vote. CompanyUnderperformOutperformArcBestOutperform Votes45652.35% Underperform Votes41547.65% Ardmore ShippingOutperform Votes44663.81% Underperform Votes25336.19% SummaryArcBest beats Ardmore Shipping on 12 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks. Get Ardmore Shipping News Delivered to You Automatically Sign up to receive the latest news and ratings for ASC and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter. Email Address New MarketBeat Followers Over TimeWhat are MarkeBeat Followers?This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding ASC and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period. Skip ChartMedia Sentiment Over TimeWhat is Media Sentiment?This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE 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.Skip Chart ASC vs. The Competition Export to ExcelMetricArdmore ShippingDeep sea foreign transportation of freight IndustryTransportation SectorNYSE ExchangeMarket Cap$405.02M$800.59M$286.54B$19.85BDividend Yield2.09%4.65%3.56%3.83%P/E Ratio3.266.2513.6735.64Price / Sales1.001.29368.8645.93Price / Cash2.644.0411.5417.51Price / Book0.690.671.964.85Net Income$133.01M$99.79M$515.10M$1.02B7 Day Performance3.16%3.02%2.26%1.87%1 Month Performance1.84%3.07%1.59%2.97%1 Year Performance-55.22%-28.66%-6.39%9.80% Ardmore Shipping Competitors List Export to ExcelCompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)ASCArdmore Shipping4.2805 of 5 stars$9.97+1.5%$13.67+37.1%-55.5%$405.02M$405.78M3.26990Short Interest ↑ARCBArcBest4.8866 of 5 stars$62.39-0.5%$89.67+43.7%-36.2%$1.43B$4.11B8.5115,700Analyst ForecastBWLPBW LPGN/A$10.45-0.1%N/A-37.1%$1.38B$3.39B5.531,500Short Interest ↑CCECCapital Clean Energy CarriersN/A$23.10-0.3%$24.00+3.9%N/A$1.35B$402.63M9.02N/ANews CoveragePositive NewsFLNGFLEX LNG1.2195 of 5 stars$24.36+1.9%$23.00-5.6%-10.9%$1.31B$354.55M11.178NMMNavios Maritime Partners4.5356 of 5 stars$39.50+0.8%$80.00+102.6%-24.2%$1.17B$1.33B3.29186CMRECostamare3.733 of 5 stars$8.59+0.2%$13.50+57.3%-41.0%$1.03B$2.05B3.522,870NVGSNavigator4.2278 of 5 stars$14.16-0.1%$21.60+52.5%-11.6%$982.68M$583.93M12.53120Positive NewsShort Interest ↑UPWheels Up Experience0.7314 of 5 stars$1.32+0.4%N/A-22.0%$918.91M$772.53M-2.632,170ULCCFrontier Group4.1188 of 5 stars$4.01-0.2%$6.00+49.6%-26.2%$913.34M$3.82B11.146,470Positive NewsGap DownLPGDorian LPG4.8021 of 5 stars$21.31-0.5%$43.50+104.1%-45.6%$912.15M$353.34M5.42540Positive News Related Companies and Tools Related Companies ARCB Competitors BWLP Competitors CCEC Competitors FLNG Competitors NMM Competitors CMRE Competitors NVGS Competitors UP Competitors ULCC Competitors LPG Competitors Top 10 Stock Comparisons Semiconductor Stocks Artificial Intelligence Stocks Growth Stocks Magnificent Seven Stocks Pharmaceutical Stocks Ecommerce Stocks Bitcoin Stocks Meme Stocks Cryptocurrency Stocks Cybersecurity Stocks This page (NYSE:ASC) was last updated on 6/12/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff From Our PartnersTrump’s Exec Order #14154 could be a “Millionaire-Maker”Former Presidential Advisor, Jim Rickards, says Trump could “rewire our economy and hand millions of Americans...Paradigm Press | SponsoredTrump wipes out trillions overnight…Is there anybody more powerful than Donald Trump right now? 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