Global Ship Lease (GSL) Competitors

Plains GP (NYSE:PAGP) and Global Ship Lease (NYSE:GSL) are both energy companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, earnings, valuation, community ranking, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, profitability, institutional ownership and risk.

Which has more risk and volatility, PAGP or GSL?

Plains GP has a beta of 0.63, suggesting that its stock price is 37% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Global Ship Lease has a beta of 1.19, suggesting that its stock price is 19% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of PAGP or GSL?

88.3% of Plains GP shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 50.1% of Global Ship Lease shares are held by institutional investors. 6.8% of Plains GP shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 7.4% of Global Ship Lease shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the media refer more to PAGP or GSL?

In the previous week, Global Ship Lease had 3 more articles in the media than Plains GP. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Global Ship Lease and 1 mentions for Plains GP. Plains GP's average media sentiment score of 1.82 beat Global Ship Lease's score of 0.66 indicating that Plains GP is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Plains GP	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive
Global Ship Lease	1 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer PAGP or GSL?

Plains GP received 276 more outperform votes than Global Ship Lease when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 61.98% of users gave Global Ship Lease an outperform vote while only 57.24% of users gave Plains GP an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Plains GP	Outperform Votes 439 57.24%	Underperform Votes 328 42.76%
Global Ship Lease	Outperform Votes 163 61.98%	Underperform Votes 100 38.02%

Is PAGP or GSL a better dividend stock?

Plains GP pays an annual dividend of $1.52 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.1%. Global Ship Lease pays an annual dividend of $2.10 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.3%. Plains GP pays out 205.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Global Ship Lease pays out 19.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Global Ship Lease has increased its dividend for 2 consecutive years. Global Ship Lease is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Is PAGP or GSL more profitable?

Global Ship Lease has a net margin of 46.38% compared to Plains GP's net margin of 0.21%. Global Ship Lease's return on equity of 27.88% beat Plains GP's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Plains GP	0.21%	0.70%	0.36%
Global Ship Lease	46.38%	27.88%	16.36%

Do analysts prefer PAGP or GSL?

Plains GP currently has a consensus target price of $20.71, indicating a potential upside of 10.65%. Global Ship Lease has a consensus target price of $29.00, indicating a potential upside of 14.94%. Given Global Ship Lease's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Global Ship Lease is more favorable than Plains GP.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Plains GP	1 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.43
Global Ship Lease	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50

Which has stronger earnings and valuation, PAGP or GSL?

Global Ship Lease has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Plains GP. Global Ship Lease is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Plains GP, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Plains GP	$50.09B	0.07	$103M	$0.74	25.30
Global Ship Lease	$715.23M	1.25	$304.50M	$10.59	2.38

Summary

Global Ship Lease beats Plains GP on 15 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.