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DSX vs. GOGL, SBLK, GNK, SB, ULH, CVLG, LIND, SNCY, VLRS, and ASC

Should you be buying Diana Shipping stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Diana Shipping include Golden Ocean Group (GOGL), Star Bulk Carriers (SBLK), Genco Shipping & Trading (GNK), Safe Bulkers (SB), Universal Logistics (ULH), Covenant Logistics Group (CVLG), Lindblad Expeditions (LIND), Sun Country Airlines (SNCY), Controladora Vuela Compania de Aviacion (VLRS), and Ardmore Shipping (ASC).

Diana Shipping vs. Its Competitors

Golden Ocean Group (NASDAQ:GOGL) and Diana Shipping (NYSE:DSX) are both small-cap transportation companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, risk, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, profitability, institutional ownership, earnings and valuation.

Golden Ocean Group currently has a consensus price target of $10.25, indicating a potential upside of 28.45%. Given Golden Ocean Group's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe Golden Ocean Group is more favorable than Diana Shipping.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Golden Ocean Group
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.00
Diana Shipping
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00

22.0% of Golden Ocean Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 48.7% of Diana Shipping shares are held by institutional investors. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Golden Ocean Group$968.42M1.65$223.21M$0.5714.00
Diana Shipping$228.21M0.77$12.75M-$0.01-152.50

Golden Ocean Group pays an annual dividend of $0.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.5%. Diana Shipping pays an annual dividend of $0.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.6%. Golden Ocean Group pays out 35.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Diana Shipping pays out -400.0% 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. Diana Shipping is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

In the previous week, Diana Shipping had 1 more articles in the media than Golden Ocean Group. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Diana Shipping and 0 mentions for Golden Ocean Group. Diana Shipping's average media sentiment score of 1.85 beat Golden Ocean Group's score of 0.00 indicating that Diana Shipping is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Golden Ocean Group Neutral
Diana Shipping Very Positive

Golden Ocean Group has a beta of 1.05, indicating that its stock price is 5% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Diana Shipping has a beta of 0.77, indicating that its stock price is 23% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Golden Ocean Group has a net margin of 13.16% compared to Diana Shipping's net margin of 6.07%. Golden Ocean Group's return on equity of 5.56% beat Diana Shipping's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Golden Ocean Group13.16% 5.56% 3.08%
Diana Shipping 6.07%3.73%1.60%

Summary

Golden Ocean Group beats Diana Shipping on 11 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.

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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$173.66M$2.49B$7.11B$20.52B
Dividend Yield2.67%5.18%914.36%3.76%
P/E Ratio-152.506.7512.9127.79
Price / Sales0.772.25342.9140.48
Price / Cash2.714.047.4722.26
Price / Book0.380.772.114.58
Net Income$12.75M$527.30M$563.51M$982.91M
7 Day Performance4.10%3.30%2.04%1.31%
1 Month Performance-1.93%6.16%4.68%4.85%
1 Year Performance-45.63%-25.41%4.24%14.09%

Diana Shipping Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
DSX
Diana Shipping
1.6884 of 5 stars
$1.53
+1.7%
N/A-48.1%$173.66M$228.21M-152.50820
GOGL
Golden Ocean Group
2.892 of 5 stars
$7.32
-2.1%
$10.25
+40.0%
-41.7%$1.50B$968.42M12.8440
SBLK
Star Bulk Carriers
4.214 of 5 stars
$17.25
+0.8%
$22.05
+27.8%
-24.8%$2.01B$1.27B8.71180News Coverage
GNK
Genco Shipping & Trading
4.4837 of 5 stars
$13.10
-0.5%
$20.75
+58.4%
-33.7%$565.78M$423.02M12.601,010Positive News
SB
Safe Bulkers
4.3862 of 5 stars
$3.62
-1.9%
$4.47
+23.4%
-35.5%$388.56M$307.63M5.40920
ULH
Universal Logistics
2.9226 of 5 stars
$25.38
-1.4%
$29.00
+14.3%
-33.8%$677.55M$1.85B7.9810,821News Coverage
CVLG
Covenant Logistics Group
4.2954 of 5 stars
$24.09
-0.8%
$33.00
+37.0%
+3.9%$639.59M$1.12B18.604,610
LIND
Lindblad Expeditions
3.5157 of 5 stars
$11.67
+0.7%
$15.67
+34.2%
+37.4%$634.07M$644.73M-19.451,300
SNCY
Sun Country Airlines
3.932 of 5 stars
$11.75
-1.0%
$16.83
+43.3%
+3.8%$631.58M$1.08B12.113,141Positive News
High Trading Volume
VLRS
Controladora Vuela Compania de Aviacion
3.4513 of 5 stars
$4.77
+2.1%
$7.44
+55.9%
-25.0%$544.51M$3.14B13.256,901
ASC
Ardmore Shipping
4.9026 of 5 stars
$9.61
-1.4%
$13.67
+42.2%
-51.6%$396.08M$405.78M4.21990News Coverage
Positive News

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This page (NYSE:DSX) was last updated on 7/8/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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