Dynagas LNG Partners (DLNG) Competitors

Safe Bulkers (NYSE:SB) and Dynagas LNG Partners (NYSE:DLNG) are both small-cap transportation companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, community ranking, risk, profitability, institutional ownership, media sentiment, dividends, earnings and analyst recommendations.

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in SB or DLNG?

21.7% of Safe Bulkers shares are owned by institutional investors. 40.3% of Safe Bulkers shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Do analysts prefer SB or DLNG?

Safe Bulkers currently has a consensus target price of $4.47, indicating a potential upside of 15.27%. Given Safe Bulkers' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe Safe Bulkers is more favorable than Dynagas LNG Partners.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Safe Bulkers	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Dynagas LNG Partners	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Is SB or DLNG a better dividend stock?

Safe Bulkers pays an annual dividend of $0.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.2%. Dynagas LNG Partners pays an annual dividend of $0.19 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.2%. Safe Bulkers pays out 29.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Dynagas LNG Partners pays out 17.4% 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. Dynagas LNG Partners is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Which has more risk and volatility, SB or DLNG?

Safe Bulkers has a beta of 1.21, meaning that its stock price is 21% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Dynagas LNG Partners has a beta of 0.8, meaning that its stock price is 20% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media refer more to SB or DLNG?

In the previous week, Safe Bulkers had 3 more articles in the media than Dynagas LNG Partners. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Safe Bulkers and 0 mentions for Dynagas LNG Partners. Safe Bulkers' average media sentiment score of 1.17 beat Dynagas LNG Partners' score of 0.59 indicating that Safe Bulkers is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Safe Bulkers	Positive
Dynagas LNG Partners	Positive

Does the MarketBeat Community favor SB or DLNG?

Dynagas LNG Partners received 4 more outperform votes than Safe Bulkers when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 68.18% of users gave Dynagas LNG Partners an outperform vote while only 61.37% of users gave Safe Bulkers an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Safe Bulkers	Outperform Votes 386 61.37%	Underperform Votes 243 38.63%
Dynagas LNG Partners	Outperform Votes 390 68.18%	Underperform Votes 182 31.82%

Which has stronger earnings and valuation, SB or DLNG?

Safe Bulkers has higher revenue and earnings than Dynagas LNG Partners. Dynagas LNG Partners is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Safe Bulkers, 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
Safe Bulkers	$290.31M	1.41	$77.35M	$0.67	5.78
Dynagas LNG Partners	$157.46M	0.85	$35.85M	$1.09	3.35

Is SB or DLNG more profitable?

Safe Bulkers has a net margin of 31.65% compared to Dynagas LNG Partners' net margin of 31.63%. Dynagas LNG Partners' return on equity of 14.73% beat Safe Bulkers' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Safe Bulkers	31.65%	10.04%	6.01%
Dynagas LNG Partners	31.63%	14.73%	5.74%

Summary

Safe Bulkers beats Dynagas LNG Partners on 14 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.