ECO vs. ZIM, STNG, SBLK, DHT, CDLR, CMBT, DAC, TRMD, CCEC, and SFL
Should you be buying Okeanis Eco Tankers stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Okeanis Eco Tankers include ZIM Integrated Shipping Services (ZIM), Scorpio Tankers (STNG), Star Bulk Carriers (SBLK), DHT (DHT), Cadeler A/S (CDLR), Euronav (CMBT), Danaos (DAC), TORM (TRMD), Capital Clean Energy Carriers (CCEC), and SFL (SFL). These companies are all part of the "deep sea foreign transportation of freight" industry.
Okeanis Eco Tankers vs. Its Competitors
ZIM Integrated Shipping Services (NYSE:ZIM) and Okeanis Eco Tankers (NYSE:ECO) are both small-cap transportation companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, earnings, institutional ownership, media sentiment, profitability, dividends, risk, analyst recommendations and community ranking.
ZIM Integrated Shipping Services pays an annual dividend of $0.93 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.6%. Okeanis Eco Tankers pays an annual dividend of $1.28 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.7%. ZIM Integrated Shipping Services pays out 4.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Okeanis Eco Tankers pays out 51.6% 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. ZIM Integrated Shipping Services has raised its dividend for 1 consecutive years.
Okeanis Eco Tankers has a net margin of 27.68% compared to ZIM Integrated Shipping Services' net margin of 19.26%. ZIM Integrated Shipping Services' return on equity of 48.63% beat Okeanis Eco Tankers' return on equity.
ZIM Integrated Shipping Services received 34 more outperform votes than Okeanis Eco Tankers when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 100.00% of users gave Okeanis Eco Tankers an outperform vote while only 35.58% of users gave ZIM Integrated Shipping Services an outperform vote.
Okeanis Eco Tankers has lower revenue, but higher earnings than ZIM Integrated Shipping Services. ZIM Integrated Shipping Services is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Okeanis Eco Tankers, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, ZIM Integrated Shipping Services and ZIM Integrated Shipping Services both had 2 articles in the media. ZIM Integrated Shipping Services' average media sentiment score of 0.97 beat Okeanis Eco Tankers' score of 0.13 indicating that ZIM Integrated Shipping Services is being referred to more favorably in the media.
21.4% of ZIM Integrated Shipping Services shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.3% of ZIM Integrated Shipping Services shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
ZIM Integrated Shipping Services has a beta of 1.83, suggesting that its stock price is 83% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Okeanis Eco Tankers has a beta of -0.08, suggesting that its stock price is 108% less volatile than the S&P 500.
ZIM Integrated Shipping Services currently has a consensus target price of $14.70, suggesting a potential downside of 10.96%. Okeanis Eco Tankers has a consensus target price of $40.00, suggesting a potential upside of 78.25%. Given Okeanis Eco Tankers' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Okeanis Eco Tankers is more favorable than ZIM Integrated Shipping Services.
Summary
ZIM Integrated Shipping Services beats Okeanis Eco Tankers on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:ECO) was last updated on 6/12/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
