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DSX vs. SBLK, GNK, SB, LIND, FIP, SNCY, CLCO, CVLG, ULH, and ASC

Should you be buying Diana Shipping stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Diana Shipping include Star Bulk Carriers (SBLK), Genco Shipping & Trading (GNK), Safe Bulkers (SB), Lindblad Expeditions (LIND), FTAI Infrastructure (FIP), Sun Country Airlines (SNCY), Cool (CLCO), Covenant Logistics Group (CVLG), Universal Logistics (ULH), and Ardmore Shipping (ASC). These companies are all part of the "transportation" industry.

Diana Shipping vs. Its Competitors

Diana Shipping (NYSE:DSX) and Star Bulk Carriers (NASDAQ:SBLK) are both transportation companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, valuation, analyst recommendations, profitability, media sentiment, dividends, earnings and risk.

Star Bulk Carriers has higher revenue and earnings than Diana Shipping. Star Bulk Carriers is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Diana Shipping, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Diana Shipping$228.21M0.83$12.75M$0.0627.42
Star Bulk Carriers$1.27B1.63$304.65M$1.0516.70

In the previous week, Diana Shipping had 1 more articles in the media than Star Bulk Carriers. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Diana Shipping and 2 mentions for Star Bulk Carriers. Star Bulk Carriers' average media sentiment score of 1.19 beat Diana Shipping's score of 0.18 indicating that Star Bulk Carriers is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Diana Shipping
0 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
Star Bulk Carriers
2 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Diana Shipping has a beta of 0.82, suggesting that its share price is 18% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Star Bulk Carriers has a beta of 0.95, suggesting that its share price is 5% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Diana Shipping pays an annual dividend of $0.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.4%. Star Bulk Carriers pays an annual dividend of $0.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.1%. Diana Shipping pays out 66.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Star Bulk Carriers pays out 19.0% 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.

Star Bulk Carriers has a net margin of 10.98% compared to Diana Shipping's net margin of 9.36%. Star Bulk Carriers' return on equity of 4.97% beat Diana Shipping's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Diana Shipping9.36% 4.09% 1.76%
Star Bulk Carriers 10.98%4.97%3.03%

48.7% of Diana Shipping shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 33.9% of Star Bulk Carriers shares are held by institutional investors. 0.9% of Star Bulk Carriers shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Star Bulk Carriers has a consensus price target of $21.10, suggesting a potential upside of 20.37%. Given Star Bulk Carriers' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Star Bulk Carriers is more favorable than Diana Shipping.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Diana Shipping
1 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
1.00
Star Bulk Carriers
0 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.25

Summary

Star Bulk Carriers beats Diana Shipping on 14 of the 18 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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DSX vs. The Competition

MetricDiana ShippingTRANS IndustryTransportation SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$188.71M$2.40B$7.18B$21.97B
Dividend Yield2.45%4.68%471.65%3.62%
P/E Ratio27.4214.2915.1232.44
Price / Sales0.834.23729.6879.67
Price / Cash2.944.467.9124.33
Price / Book0.410.852.324.60
Net Income$12.75M$495.14M$558.42M$1.02B
7 Day Performance-5.19%0.19%-1.05%0.53%
1 Month Performance-11.80%-3.10%-3.21%-0.49%
1 Year Performance-26.07%-0.71%13.21%11.60%

Diana Shipping Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
DSX
Diana Shipping
2.1684 of 5 stars
$1.65
+0.9%
N/A-28.9%$188.71M$228.21M27.42820News Coverage
SBLK
Star Bulk Carriers
4.1848 of 5 stars
$17.37
+3.5%
$21.07
+21.3%
-12.0%$1.98B$1.27B16.54180
GNK
Genco Shipping & Trading
4.479 of 5 stars
$16.13
+3.6%
$19.67
+22.0%
-3.5%$668.88M$423.02M47.431,010
SB
Safe Bulkers
4.2922 of 5 stars
$4.27
+3.1%
$4.47
+4.6%
+0.6%$423.61M$307.63M9.93920
LIND
Lindblad Expeditions
3.7782 of 5 stars
$11.82
+0.5%
$17.00
+43.8%
+27.4%$644.32M$644.73M-39.401,300
FIP
FTAI Infrastructure
1.8098 of 5 stars
$5.29
+4.8%
$12.00
+126.8%
-37.9%$581.19M$331.50M-3.46600Upcoming Earnings
SNCY
Sun Country Airlines
3.9251 of 5 stars
$11.12
+3.2%
$18.71
+68.3%
-7.6%$574.22M$1.08B10.493,141Upcoming Earnings
CLCO
Cool
3.263 of 5 stars
$9.58
+0.1%
N/A-13.0%$513.94M$338.50M14.091,647Positive News
High Trading Volume
CVLG
Covenant Logistics Group
3.445 of 5 stars
$20.81
+1.3%
$33.00
+58.6%
-16.7%$513.90M$1.13B15.894,800News Coverage
Earnings Report
ULH
Universal Logistics
4.0021 of 5 stars
$19.00
+1.5%
$24.00
+26.3%
-53.2%$492.89M$1.85B8.1510,821News Coverage
Gap Up
ASC
Ardmore Shipping
4.161 of 5 stars
$11.14
+1.4%
$12.67
+13.7%
-26.6%$446.46M$405.78M10.82990

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This page (NYSE:DSX) was last updated on 10/23/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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