Diana Shipping Stock Forecast, Price & News

4 Wall Street equities research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Diana Shipping in the last twelve months. There are currently 2 hold ratings and 2 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street equities research analysts is that investors should "buy" Diana Shipping stock.
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4 analysts have issued 1 year price objectives for Diana Shipping's stock. Their DSX stock forecasts range from $5.00 to $9.50. On average, they anticipate Diana Shipping's share price to reach $7.25 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 70.6% from the stock's current price.
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Diana Shipping's stock was trading at $3.89 on January 1st, 2022. Since then, DSX shares have increased by 9.3% and is now trading at $4.25.
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Diana Shipping saw a increase in short interest in May. As of May 31st, there was short interest totaling 2,140,000 shares, an increase of 49.7% from the May 15th total of 1,430,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 1,200,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 1.8 days. Approximately 3.4% of the shares of the stock are sold short.
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Diana Shipping is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, August 2nd 2022.
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Diana Shipping Inc. (NYSE:DSX) issued its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, May, 24th. The shipping company reported $0.31 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $0.28 by $0.03. Diana Shipping had a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 17.10% and a net margin of 35.44%. During the same quarter last year, the firm posted ($0.03) EPS.
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Diana Shipping declared a quarterly dividend on Tuesday, May 24th. Investors of record on Monday, June 6th will be paid a dividend of $0.25 per share on Friday, June 17th. This represents a $1.00 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 23.53%. The ex-dividend date is Friday, June 3rd. This is a boost from Diana Shipping's previous quarterly dividend of $0.20.
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Diana Shipping(NYSE:DSX) pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 21.79%. DSX has a dividend yield higher than 75% of all dividend-paying stocks, making it a leading dividend payer. Diana Shipping does not yet have a strong track record of dividend growth. The dividend payout ratio of Diana Shipping is 103.09%. Payout ratios above 75% are not desirable because they may not be sustainable. Based on EPS estimates, Diana Shipping will have a dividend payout ratio of 111.11% in the coming year. This indicates that Diana Shipping may not be able to sustain their current dividend.
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2 employees have rated Diana Shipping CEO Simeon P. Palios on Glassdoor.com. Simeon P. Palios has an approval rating of 100% among Diana Shipping's employees. This puts Simeon P. Palios in the top 10% of approval ratings compared to other CEOs of publicly-traded companies.

Some companies that are related to Diana Shipping include Costamare (CMRE), SFL (SFL), Danaos (DAC), DHT (DHT), Navigator (NVGS), Genco Shipping & Trading (GNK), Navios Maritime Partners (NMM), Eagle Bulk Shipping (EGLE), Global Ship Lease (GSL), Dorian LPG (LPG), Safe Bulkers (SB), Grindrod Shipping (GRIN), Teekay (TK), Capital Product Partners (CPLP) and Ardmore Shipping (ASC).
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Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other Diana Shipping investors own include SFL (SFL), Navios Maritime Partners (NMM), AT&T (T), Star Bulk Carriers (SBLK), Safe Bulkers (SB), General Electric (GE), Bank of America (BAC), Pfizer (PFE), Energy Transfer (ET) and Apollo Investment (AINV).

Diana Shipping trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "DSX."

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One share of DSX stock can currently be purchased for approximately $4.25.

Diana Shipping (NYSE:DSX) has a market capitalization of $389.05 million and generates $214.20 million in revenue each year. The shipping company earns $57.39 million in net income (profit) each year or $0.97 on an earnings per share basis.

Diana Shipping employs 1,025 workers across the globe.

Diana Shipping's mailing address is 175 64 PALAIO FALIRO, ATHENS J3, 175 64. The official website for Diana Shipping is www.dianashippinginc.com. The shipping company can be reached via phone at 302109470100, via email at enebb@optonline.net, or via fax at 30-210-9470-101.