Dynagas LNG Partners (DLNG) Competitors

Dynagas LNG Partners (NYSE:DLNG) and Controladora Vuela Compañía de Aviación (NYSE:VLRS) are both small-cap transportation companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, risk, earnings, profitability, institutional ownership, media sentiment, valuation, dividends and community ranking.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in DLNG or VLRS?

Dynagas LNG Partners received 9 more outperform votes than Controladora Vuela Compañía de Aviación when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 68.18% of users gave Dynagas LNG Partners an outperform vote while only 65.02% of users gave Controladora Vuela Compañía de Aviación an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Dynagas LNG Partners	Outperform Votes 390 68.18%	Underperform Votes 182 31.82%
Controladora Vuela Compañía de Aviación	Outperform Votes 381 65.02%	Underperform Votes 205 34.98%

Do analysts prefer DLNG or VLRS?

Controladora Vuela Compañía de Aviación has a consensus price target of $7.27, indicating a potential upside of 70.09%. Given Controladora Vuela Compañía de Aviación's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Controladora Vuela Compañía de Aviación is more favorable than Dynagas LNG Partners.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Dynagas LNG Partners	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
Controladora Vuela Compañía de Aviación	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.57

Which has more volatility & risk, DLNG or VLRS?

Dynagas LNG Partners has a beta of 0.77, indicating that its stock price is 23% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Controladora Vuela Compañía de Aviación has a beta of 2.06, indicating that its stock price is 106% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has higher valuation & earnings, DLNG or VLRS?

Dynagas LNG Partners has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Controladora Vuela Compañía de Aviación. Dynagas LNG Partners is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Controladora Vuela Compañía de Aviación, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Dynagas LNG Partners	$156.40M	0.83	$35.85M	$1.04	3.39
Controladora Vuela Compañía de Aviación	$3.05B	0.16	$7.82M	$0.36	11.88

Is DLNG or VLRS more profitable?

Dynagas LNG Partners has a net margin of 31.63% compared to Controladora Vuela Compañía de Aviación's net margin of 5.99%. Controladora Vuela Compañía de Aviación's return on equity of 71.50% beat Dynagas LNG Partners' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Dynagas LNG Partners	31.63%	14.73%	5.74%
Controladora Vuela Compañía de Aviación	5.99%	71.50%	3.61%

Does the media refer more to DLNG or VLRS?

In the previous week, Dynagas LNG Partners had 2 more articles in the media than Controladora Vuela Compañía de Aviación. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Dynagas LNG Partners and 2 mentions for Controladora Vuela Compañía de Aviación. Dynagas LNG Partners' average media sentiment score of 0.24 beat Controladora Vuela Compañía de Aviación's score of -0.04 indicating that Dynagas LNG Partners is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Dynagas LNG Partners	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Controladora Vuela Compañía de Aviación	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Do insiders & institutionals believe in DLNG or VLRS?

53.3% of Controladora Vuela Compañía de Aviación shares are held by institutional investors. 2.5% of Controladora Vuela Compañía de Aviación shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Dynagas LNG Partners beats Controladora Vuela Compañía de Aviación on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.