DSX vs. CPLP, HSHP, SMHI, PANL, OSG, SHIP, SB, TORO, ASC, and TK
Should you be buying Diana Shipping stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Diana Shipping include Capital Product Partners (CPLP), Himalaya Shipping (HSHP), SEACOR Marine (SMHI), Pangaea Logistics Solutions (PANL), Overseas Shipholding Group (OSG), Seanergy Maritime (SHIP), Safe Bulkers (SB), Toro (TORO), Ardmore Shipping (ASC), and Teekay (TK). These companies are all part of the "deep sea foreign transportation of freight" industry.
Diana Shipping (NYSE:DSX) and Capital Product Partners (NASDAQ:CPLP) are both small-cap transportation companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, institutional ownership, risk, valuation, earnings, profitability, community ranking, media sentiment and analyst recommendations.
Diana Shipping has a net margin of 19.02% compared to Capital Product Partners' net margin of 13.09%. Diana Shipping's return on equity of 10.34% beat Capital Product Partners' return on equity.
In the previous week, Capital Product Partners had 2 more articles in the media than Diana Shipping. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Capital Product Partners and 2 mentions for Diana Shipping. Capital Product Partners' average media sentiment score of 0.74 beat Diana Shipping's score of 0.25 indicating that Capital Product Partners is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Capital Product Partners has a consensus price target of $20.67, indicating a potential upside of 24.65%. Given Capital Product Partners' higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Capital Product Partners is more favorable than Diana Shipping.
Diana Shipping received 6 more outperform votes than Capital Product Partners when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 61.37% of users gave Capital Product Partners an outperform vote while only 52.58% of users gave Diana Shipping an outperform vote.
Diana Shipping pays an annual dividend of $0.30 per share and has a dividend yield of 10.3%. Capital Product Partners pays an annual dividend of $0.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.6%. Diana Shipping pays out 69.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Capital Product Partners pays out 27.6% 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.
48.7% of Diana Shipping shares are owned by institutional investors. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Diana Shipping has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Capital Product Partners. Diana Shipping is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Capital Product Partners, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Diana Shipping has a beta of 1.2, suggesting that its stock price is 20% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Capital Product Partners has a beta of 0.86, suggesting that its stock price is 14% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Diana Shipping and Capital Product Partners tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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