Free Trial

Diana Shipping (DSX) Competitors

Diana Shipping logo
$1.42 +0.03 (+1.80%)
As of 02:37 PM Eastern
This is a fair market value price provided by Polygon.io. Learn more.

DSX vs. UP, ULH, SNCY, GNK, CVLG, FIP, LIND, VLRS, ASC, and SB

Should you be buying Diana Shipping stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Diana Shipping include Wheels Up Experience (UP), Universal Logistics (ULH), Sun Country Airlines (SNCY), Genco Shipping & Trading (GNK), Covenant Logistics Group (CVLG), FTAI Infrastructure (FIP), Lindblad Expeditions (LIND), Controladora Vuela Compañía de Aviación (VLRS), Ardmore Shipping (ASC), and Safe Bulkers (SB). These companies are all part of the "transportation" industry.

Diana Shipping vs.

Diana Shipping (NYSE:DSX) and Wheels Up Experience (NYSE:UP) are both small-cap transportation companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, valuation, risk, media sentiment, community ranking, institutional ownership, dividends, profitability and earnings.

Diana Shipping has a net margin of 5.36% compared to Wheels Up Experience's net margin of -39.97%. Diana Shipping's return on equity of 4.42% beat Wheels Up Experience's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Diana Shipping5.36% 4.42% 1.89%
Wheels Up Experience -39.97%-796.67%-27.26%

Diana Shipping has a beta of 0.72, suggesting that its stock price is 28% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Wheels Up Experience has a beta of 2.35, suggesting that its stock price is 135% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Diana Shipping currently has a consensus target price of $3.00, suggesting a potential upside of 112.01%. Given Diana Shipping's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Diana Shipping is more favorable than Wheels Up Experience.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Diana Shipping
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.00
Wheels Up Experience
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00

Diana Shipping has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Wheels Up Experience. Diana Shipping is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Wheels Up Experience, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Diana Shipping$228.21M0.72$49.84M-$0.01-141.50
Wheels Up Experience$772.53M1.35-$487.39M-$0.49-3.05

In the previous week, Wheels Up Experience had 4 more articles in the media than Diana Shipping. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Wheels Up Experience and 0 mentions for Diana Shipping. Wheels Up Experience's average media sentiment score of 0.21 beat Diana Shipping's score of 0.00 indicating that Wheels Up Experience is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Diana Shipping Neutral
Wheels Up Experience Neutral

48.7% of Diana Shipping shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 98.2% of Wheels Up Experience shares are held by institutional investors. 0.1% of Wheels Up Experience shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Diana Shipping received 330 more outperform votes than Wheels Up Experience when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 52.34% of users gave Diana Shipping an outperform vote while only 43.24% of users gave Wheels Up Experience an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Diana ShippingOutperform Votes
346
52.34%
Underperform Votes
315
47.66%
Wheels Up ExperienceOutperform Votes
16
43.24%
Underperform Votes
21
56.76%

Summary

Diana Shipping beats Wheels Up Experience on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.

Get Diana Shipping News Delivered to You Automatically

Sign up to receive the latest news and ratings for DSX and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter.

New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding {thisCompany.Symbol} and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
Skip Chart

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.
Skip Chart

DSX vs. The Competition

MetricDiana ShippingDeep sea foreign transportation of freight IndustryTransportation SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$163.82M$769.49M$287.76B$19.45B
Dividend Yield2.88%5.71%3.99%3.94%
P/E Ratio47.185.7613.7834.45
Price / Sales0.721.26275.0634.06
Price / Cash2.054.0411.5417.51
Price / Book0.330.661.944.67
Net Income$49.84M$99.79M$516.25M$1.02B
7 Day Performance-4.07%5.26%4.34%3.56%
1 Year Performance-54.06%-22.99%-8.18%5.96%

Diana Shipping Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
DSX
Diana Shipping
1.8331 of 5 stars
$1.42
+1.8%
$3.00
+112.0%
-54.9%$164.17M$228.21M47.28820Gap Up
UP
Wheels Up Experience
0.3066 of 5 stars
$1.06
-9.8%
N/A-36.4%$737.23M$772.53M-2.112,170
ULH
Universal Logistics
2.7236 of 5 stars
$22.47
-4.0%
$29.00
+29.1%
-52.3%$591.34M$1.74B4.558,000
SNCY
Sun Country Airlines
4.1574 of 5 stars
$11.00
+0.4%
$17.43
+58.4%
+2.7%$585.29M$1.09B11.582,510Gap Up
GNK
Genco Shipping & Trading
4.5034 of 5 stars
$13.59
+0.1%
$23.00
+69.3%
-40.7%$583.68M$423.02M7.761,010Earnings Report
Analyst Downgrade
Gap Up
CVLG
Covenant Logistics Group
4.6749 of 5 stars
$20.63
-1.2%
$33.00
+60.0%
-10.3%$547.70M$1.12B15.934,610Positive News
Gap Up
FIP
FTAI Infrastructure
1.5163 of 5 stars
$4.40
-2.4%
$11.50
+161.4%
-40.2%$504.95M$331.50M-2.22600Earnings Report
Dividend Announcement
News Coverage
Gap Up
LIND
Lindblad Expeditions
3.9774 of 5 stars
$9.12
-0.9%
$15.67
+71.8%
+43.3%$497.82M$644.73M-12.16720Gap Up
VLRS
Controladora Vuela Compañía de Aviación
3.215 of 5 stars
$4.16
+5.5%
$9.27
+123.1%
-53.8%$484.47M$3.05B2.506,710Gap Up
High Trading Volume
ASC
Ardmore Shipping
4.5831 of 5 stars
$9.99
+1.8%
$13.67
+36.8%
-51.4%$404.15M$405.78M3.26990Earnings Report
SB
Safe Bulkers
4.3219 of 5 stars
$3.51
+1.6%
$4.80
+36.9%
-37.3%$369.08M$307.63M4.22920

Related Companies and Tools


This page (NYSE:DSX) was last updated on 5/12/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
From Our Partners