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Ardmore Shipping (ASC) Competitors

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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.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Ardmore Shipping26.78% 14.77% 12.72%
BW LPG 7.63%14.58%9.04%

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.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Ardmore Shipping
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00
BW LPG
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Ardmore Shipping$405.78M0.99$133.01M$2.284.34
BW LPG$3.56B0.45$354.30M$1.896.39

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.

Company Overall Sentiment
Ardmore Shipping Positive
BW LPG Neutral

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

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.
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Media Sentiment Over Time

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.
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ASC vs. The Competition

MetricArdmore ShippingTRANS IndustryTransportation SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$401.61M$2.46B$7.08B$20.43B
Dividend Yield2.08%5.31%922.94%3.76%
P/E Ratio4.346.3112.6427.62
Price / Sales0.992.12296.4836.40
Price / Cash2.443.867.3221.79
Price / Book0.660.742.134.52
Net Income$133.01M$527.30M$563.51M$984.47M
7 Day Performance-2.04%-2.76%0.83%2.61%
1 Month Performance2.26%4.38%3.76%4.99%
1 Year Performance-55.91%-30.61%0.95%13.53%

Ardmore Shipping Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
ASC
Ardmore Shipping
4.8636 of 5 stars
$9.89
+1.9%
$13.67
+38.1%
-56.7%$401.61M$405.78M4.34990
BWLP
BW LPG
N/A$11.92
-1.5%
N/A-36.6%$1.57B$3.56B6.311,429
CCEC
Capital Clean Energy Carriers
N/A$23.76
-1.6%
$24.00
+1.0%
N/A$1.39B$369.41M7.20N/APositive News
FLNG
Flex LNG
1.5198 of 5 stars
$23.82
-0.8%
$23.00
-3.4%
-18.9%$1.28B$354.55M12.478
NMM
Navios Maritime Partners
4.4102 of 5 stars
$39.23
-2.0%
$80.00
+103.9%
-27.0%$1.16B$1.33B3.57186
CMRE
Costamare
3.5168 of 5 stars
$9.09
-1.1%
$13.50
+48.5%
-45.1%$1.09B$2.08B3.732,870Trending News
Dividend Announcement
LPG
Dorian LPG
4.1641 of 5 stars
$24.91
-2.5%
$43.50
+74.6%
-40.9%$1.06B$353.34M11.53540
NVGS
Navigator
4.2466 of 5 stars
$14.62
0.0%
$21.60
+47.8%
-20.8%$1.01B$566.68M11.42120High Trading Volume
UP
Wheels Up Experience
0.1975 of 5 stars
$1.33
-1.3%
N/A-51.7%$931.49M$792.10M-2.721,866High Trading Volume
VTOL
Bristow Group
3.4382 of 5 stars
$31.92
-4.0%
$50.00
+56.6%
+2.9%$918.34M$1.42B8.183,447
GSL
Global Ship Lease
3.0992 of 5 stars
$25.63
-1.6%
$29.00
+13.1%
-9.1%$908.62M$711.05M2.427

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This page (NYSE:ASC) was last updated on 7/2/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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