DSX vs. NETI, SB, OSG, PANL, CPLP, ASC, TNP, HSHP, SMHI, and GNK
Should you be buying Diana Shipping stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Diana Shipping include Eneti (NETI), Safe Bulkers (SB), Overseas Shipholding Group (OSG), Pangaea Logistics Solutions (PANL), Capital Product Partners (CPLP), Ardmore Shipping (ASC), Tsakos Energy Navigation (TNP), Himalaya Shipping (HSHP), SEACOR Marine (SMHI), and Genco Shipping & Trading (GNK). These companies are all part of the "deep sea foreign transportation of freight" industry.
Diana Shipping vs.
Eneti (NYSE:NETI) and Diana Shipping (NYSE:DSX) are both small-cap transportation companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, profitability, valuation, risk, community ranking, dividends and earnings.
Eneti has a net margin of 43.52% compared to Diana Shipping's net margin of 39.01%. Diana Shipping's return on equity of 25.95% beat Eneti's return on equity.
Diana Shipping received 331 more outperform votes than Eneti when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 60.00% of users gave Eneti an outperform vote while only 53.15% of users gave Diana Shipping an outperform vote.
Eneti has a beta of 1.08, indicating that its share price is 8% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Diana Shipping has a beta of 1.15, indicating that its share price is 15% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Eneti pays an annual dividend of $0.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.4%. Diana Shipping pays an annual dividend of $0.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 15.9%. Eneti pays out 1.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Diana Shipping pays out 46.9% 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.
65.1% of Eneti shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 18.5% of Diana Shipping shares are owned by institutional investors. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Diana Shipping has higher revenue and earnings than Eneti. Diana Shipping is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Eneti, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Eneti presently has a consensus price target of $13.40, suggesting a potential upside of 37.15%. Diana Shipping has a consensus price target of $5.50, suggesting a potential upside of 45.50%. Given Diana Shipping's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Diana Shipping is more favorable than Eneti.
In the previous week, Diana Shipping had 10 more articles in the media than Eneti. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for Diana Shipping and 2 mentions for Eneti. Diana Shipping's average media sentiment score of 0.09 beat Eneti's score of -1.00 indicating that Diana Shipping is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
Diana Shipping beats Eneti on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding DSX and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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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