GNK vs. DKL, ZIM, GEL, SBLK, DHT, INSW, CMBT, DESP, DAC, and TRMD
Should you be buying Genco Shipping & Trading stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Genco Shipping & Trading include Delek Logistics Partners (DKL), ZIM Integrated Shipping Services (ZIM), Genesis Energy (GEL), Star Bulk Carriers (SBLK), DHT (DHT), International Seaways (INSW), Euronav (CMBT), Despegar.com (DESP), Danaos (DAC), and TORM (TRMD). These companies are all part of the "transportation" industry.
Genco Shipping & Trading vs. Its Competitors
Delek Logistics Partners (NYSE:DKL) and Genco Shipping & Trading (NYSE:GNK) are both energy companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, valuation, profitability, institutional ownership, earnings, community ranking, dividends, risk and analyst recommendations.
In the previous week, Delek Logistics Partners had 2 more articles in the media than Genco Shipping & Trading. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Delek Logistics Partners and 1 mentions for Genco Shipping & Trading. Genco Shipping & Trading's average media sentiment score of 1.87 beat Delek Logistics Partners' score of 1.17 indicating that Genco Shipping & Trading is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Delek Logistics Partners has a beta of 0.76, indicating that its share price is 24% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Genco Shipping & Trading has a beta of 1.22, indicating that its share price is 22% more volatile than the S&P 500.
11.8% of Delek Logistics Partners shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 58.6% of Genco Shipping & Trading shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.0% of Delek Logistics Partners shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.4% of Genco Shipping & Trading shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Genco Shipping & Trading has a net margin of 18.06% compared to Delek Logistics Partners' net margin of 13.15%. Genco Shipping & Trading's return on equity of 7.82% beat Delek Logistics Partners' return on equity.
Delek Logistics Partners has higher revenue and earnings than Genco Shipping & Trading. Genco Shipping & Trading is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Delek Logistics Partners, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Delek Logistics Partners pays an annual dividend of $4.44 per share and has a dividend yield of 10.5%. Genco Shipping & Trading pays an annual dividend of $0.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.3%. Delek Logistics Partners pays out 148.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Genco Shipping & Trading pays out 57.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Delek Logistics Partners has increased its dividend for 1 consecutive years. Delek Logistics Partners is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
Delek Logistics Partners presently has a consensus target price of $44.25, indicating a potential upside of 4.31%. Genco Shipping & Trading has a consensus target price of $20.75, indicating a potential upside of 50.25%. Given Genco Shipping & Trading's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Genco Shipping & Trading is more favorable than Delek Logistics Partners.
Delek Logistics Partners received 12 more outperform votes than Genco Shipping & Trading when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 61.89% of users gave Genco Shipping & Trading an outperform vote while only 58.42% of users gave Delek Logistics Partners an outperform vote.
Summary
Genco Shipping & Trading beats Delek Logistics Partners on 11 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
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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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This page (NYSE:GNK) was last updated on 6/11/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
