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$16.24 -0.05 (-0.31%)
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GNK vs. SBLK, CMRE, DSX, GSL, NMM, SB, DKL, INSW, TRMD, and DHT

Should you be buying Genco Shipping & Trading stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Genco Shipping & Trading include Star Bulk Carriers (SBLK), Costamare (CMRE), Diana Shipping (DSX), Global Ship Lease (GSL), Navios Maritime Partners (NMM), Safe Bulkers (SB), Delek Logistics Partners (DKL), International Seaways (INSW), Torm (TRMD), and DHT (DHT). These companies are all part of the "transportation" industry.

Genco Shipping & Trading vs. Its Competitors

Genco Shipping & Trading (NYSE:GNK) and Star Bulk Carriers (NASDAQ:SBLK) are both transportation companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, media sentiment, risk, earnings, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, valuation and profitability.

Genco Shipping & Trading presently has a consensus price target of $19.67, suggesting a potential upside of 21.10%. Star Bulk Carriers has a consensus price target of $21.07, suggesting a potential upside of 19.16%. Given Genco Shipping & Trading's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Genco Shipping & Trading is more favorable than Star Bulk Carriers.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Genco Shipping & Trading
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
2 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00
Star Bulk Carriers
0 Sell rating(s)
4 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.20

Star Bulk Carriers has higher revenue and earnings than Genco Shipping & Trading. Star Bulk Carriers is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Genco Shipping & Trading, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Genco Shipping & Trading$350.74M1.99$76.40M$0.3447.76
Star Bulk Carriers$1.13B1.84$304.65M$1.0516.84

Star Bulk Carriers has a net margin of 10.98% compared to Genco Shipping & Trading's net margin of 4.40%. Star Bulk Carriers' return on equity of 4.97% beat Genco Shipping & Trading's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Genco Shipping & Trading4.40% 1.40% 1.23%
Star Bulk Carriers 10.98%4.97%3.03%

58.6% of Genco Shipping & Trading shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 33.9% of Star Bulk Carriers shares are held by institutional investors. 2.4% of Genco Shipping & Trading shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.9% of Star Bulk Carriers shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

In the previous week, Genco Shipping & Trading had 1 more articles in the media than Star Bulk Carriers. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Genco Shipping & Trading and 2 mentions for Star Bulk Carriers. Star Bulk Carriers' average media sentiment score of 0.88 beat Genco Shipping & Trading's score of 0.38 indicating that Star Bulk Carriers is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Genco Shipping & Trading
1 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
Star Bulk Carriers
1 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Genco Shipping & Trading has a beta of 1.22, indicating that its stock price is 22% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Star Bulk Carriers has a beta of 0.95, indicating that its stock price is 5% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Genco Shipping & Trading pays an annual dividend of $0.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.7%. Star Bulk Carriers pays an annual dividend of $0.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.1%. Genco Shipping & Trading pays out 176.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Star Bulk Carriers pays out 19.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

Summary

Genco Shipping & Trading beats Star Bulk Carriers on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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GNK vs. The Competition

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MetricGenco Shipping & TradingTRANS IndustryTransportation SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$696.80M$2.42B$7.21B$21.83B
Dividend Yield3.68%4.63%471.64%3.62%
P/E Ratio47.7614.4015.1532.43
Price / Sales1.995.44511.5591.26
Price / Cash4.664.527.8624.21
Price / Book0.750.842.414.59
Net Income$76.40M$495.14M$555.48M$1.02B
7 Day Performance4.37%3.16%20.17%1.31%
1 Month Performance-13.16%-2.32%-1.60%-0.93%
1 Year Performance-4.30%-2.45%3.23%9.51%

Genco Shipping & Trading Competitors List

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CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
GNK
Genco Shipping & Trading
4.0459 of 5 stars		$16.24
-0.3%		$19.67
+21.1%		-4.3%$696.80M$350.74M47.761,010News Coverage
SBLK
Star Bulk Carriers
4.0636 of 5 stars		$17.37
+3.5%		$21.07
+21.3%		-13.3%$1.98B$1.27B16.54180
CMRE
Costamare
3.6604 of 5 stars		$11.23
+3.3%		$13.00
+15.8%		-19.4%$1.31B$2.08B4.762,870
DSX
Diana Shipping
2.4524 of 5 stars		$1.62
+2.9%		N/A-29.4%$181.76M$228.21M26.92820
GSL
Global Ship Lease
3.7043 of 5 stars		$27.80
+1.4%		$30.50
+9.7%		+13.6%$980.47M$711.05M2.587
NMM
Navios Maritime Partners
3.563 of 5 stars		$44.88
+3.3%		N/A-22.7%$1.29B$1.33B4.47186News Coverage
SB
Safe Bulkers
4.2828 of 5 stars		$4.27
+3.1%		$4.47
+4.6%		-3.0%$423.61M$307.63M9.93920News Coverage
DKL
Delek Logistics Partners
2.591 of 5 stars		$43.39
+1.4%		$44.25
+2.0%		+12.8%$2.29B$940.64M14.712,020
INSW
International Seaways
3.6872 of 5 stars		$44.00
+1.1%		$53.50
+21.6%		-7.6%$2.15B$951.61M9.152,824Trending News
Analyst Revision
TRMD
Torm
4.1069 of 5 stars		$19.82
-0.2%		$27.50
+38.7%		-31.0%$1.87B$1.56B6.01440News Coverage
Positive News
DHT
DHT
3.8003 of 5 stars		$11.38
-0.3%		$12.94
+13.8%		+6.3%$1.83B$571.77M9.6420

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This page (NYSE:GNK) was last updated on 10/19/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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