DAC vs. ZIM, CMRE, CDLR, NMM, LPG, NVGS, SFL, DHT, GNK, and SBLK
Should you be buying Danaos stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Danaos include ZIM Integrated Shipping Services (ZIM), Costamare (CMRE), Cadeler A/S (CDLR), Navios Maritime Partners (NMM), Dorian LPG (LPG), Navigator (NVGS), SFL (SFL), DHT (DHT), Genco Shipping & Trading (GNK), and Star Bulk Carriers (SBLK). These companies are all part of the "deep sea foreign transportation of freight" industry.
ZIM Integrated Shipping Services (NYSE:ZIM) and Danaos (NYSE:DAC) are both small-cap transportation companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, analyst recommendations, earnings, media sentiment, dividends, profitability, risk, institutional ownership and community ranking.
In the previous week, Danaos had 2 more articles in the media than ZIM Integrated Shipping Services. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Danaos and 1 mentions for ZIM Integrated Shipping Services. ZIM Integrated Shipping Services' average media sentiment score of -0.20 beat Danaos' score of -0.50 indicating that Danaos is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Danaos received 172 more outperform votes than ZIM Integrated Shipping Services when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 55.98% of users gave Danaos an outperform vote while only 42.50% of users gave ZIM Integrated Shipping Services an outperform vote.
Danaos has lower revenue, but higher earnings than ZIM Integrated Shipping Services. ZIM Integrated Shipping Services is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Danaos, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Danaos has a net margin of 59.19% compared to Danaos' net margin of -52.22%. ZIM Integrated Shipping Services' return on equity of 19.94% beat Danaos' return on equity.
ZIM Integrated Shipping Services has a beta of 1.84, suggesting that its share price is 84% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Danaos has a beta of 1.3, suggesting that its share price is 30% more volatile than the S&P 500.
21.4% of ZIM Integrated Shipping Services shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 19.0% of Danaos shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.3% of ZIM Integrated Shipping Services shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 41.0% of Danaos shares are owned by 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.
ZIM Integrated Shipping Services presently has a consensus price target of $10.51, indicating a potential downside of 7.38%. Danaos has a consensus price target of $90.00, indicating a potential upside of 21.51%. Given ZIM Integrated Shipping Services' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Danaos is more favorable than ZIM Integrated Shipping Services.
Summary
Danaos beats ZIM Integrated Shipping Services on 14 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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