GLOP vs. KNOP, NAT, TNK, GOGL, FLNG, LITT, DESP, HA, ASC, and CVLG
Should you be buying GasLog Partners stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of GasLog Partners include KNOT Offshore Partners (KNOP), Nordic American Tankers (NAT), Teekay Tankers (TNK), Golden Ocean Group (GOGL), FLEX LNG (FLNG), Logistics Innovation Technologies (LITT), Despegar.com (DESP), Hawaiian (HA), Ardmore Shipping (ASC), and Covenant Logistics Group (CVLG). These companies are all part of the "transportation" sector.
GasLog Partners vs.
KNOT Offshore Partners (NYSE:KNOP) and GasLog Partners (NYSE:GLOP) are both small-cap transportation companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, valuation, institutional ownership, risk, profitability, dividends, earnings, media sentiment and community ranking.
GasLog Partners has a net margin of 29.49% compared to KNOT Offshore Partners' net margin of 11.14%. GasLog Partners' return on equity of 21.63% beat KNOT Offshore Partners' return on equity.
GasLog Partners has higher revenue and earnings than KNOT Offshore Partners. GasLog Partners is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than KNOT Offshore Partners, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
KNOT Offshore Partners has a beta of 0.82, indicating that its stock price is 18% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, GasLog Partners has a beta of 2.4, indicating that its stock price is 140% more volatile than the S&P 500.
GasLog Partners received 171 more outperform votes than KNOT Offshore Partners when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.02% of users gave GasLog Partners an outperform vote while only 63.33% of users gave KNOT Offshore Partners an outperform vote.
KNOT Offshore Partners presently has a consensus price target of $15.50, suggesting a potential upside of 197.50%. Given KNOT Offshore Partners' higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe KNOT Offshore Partners is more favorable than GasLog Partners.
In the previous week, KNOT Offshore Partners had 7 more articles in the media than GasLog Partners. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for KNOT Offshore Partners and 3 mentions for GasLog Partners. GasLog Partners' average media sentiment score of 0.77 beat KNOT Offshore Partners' score of 0.37 indicating that GasLog Partners is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
KNOT Offshore Partners pays an annual dividend of $0.10 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.9%. GasLog Partners pays an annual dividend of $0.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.5%. KNOT Offshore Partners pays out 11.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. GasLog Partners pays out 2.3% 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.
15.9% of KNOT Offshore Partners shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 12.3% of GasLog Partners shares are owned by institutional investors. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
GasLog Partners beats KNOT Offshore Partners on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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