ASC vs. BWLP, CCEC, FLNG, NMM, CMRE, LPG, NVGS, UP, VTOL, and GSL
Should you be buying Ardmore Shipping stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Ardmore Shipping include BW LPG (BWLP), Capital Clean Energy Carriers (CCEC), Flex LNG (FLNG), Navios Maritime Partners (NMM), Costamare (CMRE), Dorian LPG (LPG), Navigator (NVGS), Wheels Up Experience (UP), Bristow Group (VTOL), and Global Ship Lease (GSL). These companies are all part of the "transportation" industry.
Ardmore Shipping vs. Its Competitors
Ardmore Shipping (NYSE:ASC) and BW LPG (NYSE:BWLP) are both small-cap transportation companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, media sentiment, earnings, analyst recommendations, valuation, risk, dividends and institutional ownership.
62.2% of Ardmore Shipping shares are held by institutional investors. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Ardmore Shipping has a net margin of 26.78% compared to BW LPG's net margin of 7.63%. Ardmore Shipping's return on equity of 14.77% beat BW LPG's return on equity.
Ardmore Shipping pays an annual dividend of $0.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.0%. BW LPG pays an annual dividend of $1.12 per share and has a dividend yield of 9.3%. Ardmore Shipping pays out 8.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. BW LPG pays out 59.3% 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.
Ardmore Shipping currently has a consensus target price of $13.67, indicating a potential upside of 38.13%. Given Ardmore Shipping's higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Ardmore Shipping is more favorable than BW LPG.
BW LPG has higher revenue and earnings than Ardmore Shipping. Ardmore Shipping is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than BW LPG, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Ardmore Shipping had 3 more articles in the media than BW LPG. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Ardmore Shipping and 0 mentions for BW LPG. Ardmore Shipping's average media sentiment score of 0.51 beat BW LPG's score of 0.00 indicating that Ardmore Shipping is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
Ardmore Shipping beats BW LPG on 12 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (NYSE:ASC) was last updated on 7/2/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
