ASC vs. TK, EGLE, GSL, TNP, SB, GNK, OSG, SMHI, CPLP, and DSX
Should you be buying Ardmore Shipping stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Ardmore Shipping include Teekay (TK), Eagle Bulk Shipping (EGLE), Global Ship Lease (GSL), Tsakos Energy Navigation (TNP), Safe Bulkers (SB), Genco Shipping & Trading (GNK), Overseas Shipholding Group (OSG), SEACOR Marine (SMHI), Capital Product Partners (CPLP), and Diana Shipping (DSX). These companies are all part of the "deep sea foreign transportation of freight" industry.
Ardmore Shipping (NYSE:ASC) and Teekay (NYSE:TK) are both small-cap transportation companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, valuation, institutional ownership, earnings, analyst recommendations, community ranking, risk, media sentiment and profitability.
Ardmore Shipping has a net margin of 29.50% compared to Teekay's net margin of 10.28%. Ardmore Shipping's return on equity of 22.76% beat Teekay's return on equity.
In the previous week, Teekay had 1 more articles in the media than Ardmore Shipping. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Teekay and 1 mentions for Ardmore Shipping. Teekay's average media sentiment score of 0.50 beat Ardmore Shipping's score of -0.06 indicating that Teekay is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Ardmore Shipping received 97 more outperform votes than Teekay when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.86% of users gave Ardmore Shipping an outperform vote while only 63.64% of users gave Teekay an outperform vote.
62.2% of Ardmore Shipping shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 46.7% of Teekay shares are held by institutional investors. 2.4% of Teekay shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Ardmore Shipping has a beta of 0.39, meaning that its stock price is 61% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Teekay has a beta of 0.64, meaning that its stock price is 36% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Ardmore Shipping presently has a consensus target price of $20.50, suggesting a potential upside of 25.38%. Given Ardmore Shipping's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Ardmore Shipping is more favorable than Teekay.
Teekay has higher revenue and earnings than Ardmore Shipping. Teekay is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Ardmore Shipping, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Ardmore Shipping beats Teekay on 11 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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