DSX vs. NVGS, ULH, CPLP, GSL, GNK, DESP, ULCC, OSG, SB, and LIND
Should you be buying Diana Shipping stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Diana Shipping include Navigator (NVGS), Universal Logistics (ULH), Capital Product Partners (CPLP), Global Ship Lease (GSL), Genco Shipping & Trading (GNK), Despegar.com (DESP), Frontier Group (ULCC), Overseas Shipholding Group (OSG), Safe Bulkers (SB), and Lindblad Expeditions (LIND). These companies are all part of the "transportation" industry.
Diana Shipping (NYSE:DSX) and Navigator (NYSE:NVGS) are both small-cap transportation companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, institutional ownership, community ranking, analyst recommendations, valuation, profitability, earnings, dividends and risk.
Diana Shipping pays an annual dividend of $0.30 per share and has a dividend yield of 11.1%. Navigator pays an annual dividend of $0.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.2%. Diana Shipping pays out 136.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Navigator pays out 17.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.
Navigator has a net margin of 15.68% compared to Diana Shipping's net margin of 11.81%. Diana Shipping's return on equity of 7.06% beat Navigator's return on equity.
Diana Shipping received 33 more outperform votes than Navigator when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 69.71% of users gave Navigator an outperform vote while only 52.50% of users gave Diana Shipping an outperform vote.
Navigator has higher revenue and earnings than Diana Shipping. Diana Shipping is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Navigator, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Navigator had 1 more articles in the media than Diana Shipping. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Navigator and 4 mentions for Diana Shipping. Navigator's average media sentiment score of 0.77 beat Diana Shipping's score of 0.00 indicating that Navigator is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
48.7% of Diana Shipping shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 19.0% of Navigator shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.4% of Navigator shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Diana Shipping has a beta of 1.14, meaning that its share price is 14% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Navigator has a beta of 1.51, meaning that its share price is 51% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Diana Shipping currently has a consensus price target of $3.00, suggesting a potential upside of 11.11%. Navigator has a consensus price target of $20.00, suggesting a potential upside of 23.23%. Given Navigator's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Navigator is more favorable than Diana Shipping.
Summary
Navigator beats Diana Shipping on 16 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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