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$3.60 -0.08 (-2.17%)
Closing price 07/11/2025 03:59 PM Eastern
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DLNG vs. ASC, SB, CLCO, BLDE, PANL, ESEA, PAMT, GASS, KNOP, and AZUL

Should you be buying Dynagas LNG Partners stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Dynagas LNG Partners include Ardmore Shipping (ASC), Safe Bulkers (SB), Cool (CLCO), Blade Air Mobility (BLDE), Pangaea Logistics Solutions (PANL), Euroseas (ESEA), PAMT (PAMT), StealthGas (GASS), KNOT Offshore Partners (KNOP), and Azul (AZUL). These companies are all part of the "transportation" industry.

Dynagas LNG Partners vs. Its Competitors

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

Ardmore Shipping has a consensus target price of $13.67, suggesting a potential upside of 30.53%. Given Ardmore Shipping's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Ardmore Shipping 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
Ardmore Shipping
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

Dynagas LNG Partners has a beta of 0.73, indicating that its share price is 27% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ardmore Shipping has a beta of 0.02, indicating that its share price is 98% less volatile than the S&P 500.

In the previous week, Dynagas LNG Partners and Dynagas LNG Partners both had 2 articles in the media. Dynagas LNG Partners' average media sentiment score of 1.16 beat Ardmore Shipping's score of 0.67 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)
1 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Ardmore Shipping
0 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Dynagas LNG Partners pays an annual dividend of $0.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.6%. Ardmore Shipping pays an annual dividend of $0.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.9%. Dynagas LNG Partners pays out 18.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Ardmore Shipping pays out 8.8% 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 has higher revenue and earnings than Dynagas LNG Partners. Dynagas LNG Partners is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Ardmore Shipping, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Dynagas LNG Partners$156.40M0.85$51.55M$1.093.30
Ardmore Shipping$405.78M1.05$133.01M$2.284.59

62.2% of Ardmore Shipping shares are owned by institutional investors. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Dynagas LNG Partners has a net margin of 33.92% compared to Ardmore Shipping's net margin of 26.78%. Dynagas LNG Partners' return on equity of 15.92% beat Ardmore Shipping's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Dynagas LNG Partners33.92% 15.92% 6.68%
Ardmore Shipping 26.78%14.77%12.72%

Summary

Ardmore Shipping beats Dynagas LNG Partners on 12 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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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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DLNG vs. The Competition

MetricDynagas LNG PartnersTRANS IndustryTransportation SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$135.36M$5.88B$7.30B$20.79B
Dividend Yield5.33%2.25%922.82%3.71%
P/E Ratio3.3010.6813.2527.89
Price / Sales0.851.21363.0942.50
Price / Cash1.5511.047.6522.63
Price / Book0.373.012.144.57
Net Income$51.55M$189.74M$563.51M$988.81M
7 Day Performance0.28%-0.51%2.19%0.20%
1 Month Performance-2.17%0.85%5.91%3.93%
1 Year Performance-7.69%-3.84%4.63%10.27%

Dynagas LNG Partners Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
DLNG
Dynagas LNG Partners
N/A$3.60
-2.2%
N/A-5.8%$135.36M$156.40M3.302,020News Coverage
Positive News
ASC
Ardmore Shipping
4.608 of 5 stars
$10.40
+1.5%
$13.67
+31.4%
-47.5%$416.39M$405.78M4.56990
SB
Safe Bulkers
3.0241 of 5 stars
$3.78
flat
$4.47
+18.2%
-28.4%$398.03M$290.31M5.64920
CLCO
Cool
2.1069 of 5 stars
$6.95
flat
N/A-41.5%$373.23M$338.50M10.221,647News Coverage
BLDE
Blade Air Mobility
2.8867 of 5 stars
$4.19
+0.2%
$6.25
+49.2%
+19.5%$338.65M$248.69M-12.32130
PANL
Pangaea Logistics Solutions
3.6787 of 5 stars
$5.04
-1.9%
N/A-31.0%$337.30M$536.54M14.82570
ESEA
Euroseas
4.482 of 5 stars
$48.06
+1.2%
$61.00
+26.9%
+23.7%$332.85M$212.90M2.59360Dividend Announcement
PAMT
PAMT
0.2787 of 5 stars
$13.45
-5.4%
$12.50
-7.1%
N/A$309.90M$714.65M-7.312,304
GASS
StealthGas
3.3119 of 5 stars
$6.56
+1.9%
N/A-2.0%$238.14M$167.26M3.64N/A
KNOP
KNOT Offshore Partners
3.7208 of 5 stars
$6.99
+1.9%
N/A-12.7%$235.28M$318.60M17.05640Dividend Announcement
AZUL
Azul
1.3079 of 5 stars
$0.50
flat
$3.32
+564.0%
N/A$210.79M$20.24B-0.0712,500

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