GSL vs. NMM, TNP, GNK, TK, ASC, EGLE, NETI, DSX, SB, and SMHI
Should you be buying Global Ship Lease stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Global Ship Lease include Navios Maritime Partners (NMM), Tsakos Energy Navigation (TNP), Genco Shipping & Trading (GNK), Teekay (TK), Ardmore Shipping (ASC), Eagle Bulk Shipping (EGLE), Eneti (NETI), Diana Shipping (DSX), Safe Bulkers (SB), and SEACOR Marine (SMHI). These companies are all part of the "deep sea foreign transportation of freight" industry.
Navios Maritime Partners (NYSE:NMM) and Global Ship Lease (NYSE:GSL) are both small-cap transportation companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, community ranking, media sentiment, earnings, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, risk, valuation and profitability.
In the previous week, Global Ship Lease had 2 more articles in the media than Navios Maritime Partners. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Global Ship Lease and 1 mentions for Navios Maritime Partners. Global Ship Lease's average media sentiment score of 0.67 beat Navios Maritime Partners' score of 0.45 indicating that Navios Maritime Partners is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Navios Maritime Partners pays an annual dividend of $0.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.9%. Global Ship Lease pays an annual dividend of $1.50 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.5%. Navios Maritime Partners pays out 1.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Global Ship Lease pays out 17.4% 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. Global Ship Lease has raised its dividend for 1 consecutive years. Global Ship Lease is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
Navios Maritime Partners received 207 more outperform votes than Global Ship Lease when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 60.92% of users gave Navios Maritime Partners an outperform vote while only 58.37% of users gave Global Ship Lease an outperform vote.
Navios Maritime Partners has a beta of 1.99, indicating that its stock price is 99% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Global Ship Lease has a beta of 1.69, indicating that its stock price is 69% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Navios Maritime Partners has higher revenue and earnings than Global Ship Lease. Navios Maritime Partners is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Global Ship Lease, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Global Ship Lease has a net margin of 48.47% compared to Global Ship Lease's net margin of 43.48%. Navios Maritime Partners' return on equity of 32.67% beat Global Ship Lease's return on equity.
Global Ship Lease has a consensus price target of $25.00, indicating a potential upside of 41.80%. Given Navios Maritime Partners' higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Global Ship Lease is more favorable than Navios Maritime Partners.
21.4% of Navios Maritime Partners shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 47.5% of Global Ship Lease shares are held by institutional investors. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
Global Ship Lease beats Navios Maritime Partners on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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