Himalaya Shipping (HSHP) Competitors

Himalaya Shipping (NYSE:HSHP) and Covenant Logistics Group (NASDAQ:CVLG) are both small-cap transportation companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, valuation, earnings, community ranking, profitability, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, risk and institutional ownership.

Which has more risk & volatility, HSHP or CVLG?

Himalaya Shipping has a beta of 2.57, meaning that its share price is 157% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Covenant Logistics Group has a beta of 1.41, meaning that its share price is 41% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is HSHP or CVLG a better dividend stock?

Himalaya Shipping pays an annual dividend of $0.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.1%. Covenant Logistics Group pays an annual dividend of $0.22 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.8%. Covenant Logistics Group pays out 14.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

Does the media prefer HSHP or CVLG?

In the previous week, Covenant Logistics Group had 1 more articles in the media than Himalaya Shipping. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Covenant Logistics Group and 2 mentions for Himalaya Shipping. Himalaya Shipping's average media sentiment score of 0.49 beat Covenant Logistics Group's score of 0.00 indicating that Himalaya Shipping is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Himalaya Shipping	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Covenant Logistics Group	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Do insiders & institutionals hold more shares of HSHP or CVLG?

22.3% of Himalaya Shipping shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 83.7% of Covenant Logistics Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 36.5% of Covenant Logistics Group shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Do analysts prefer HSHP or CVLG?

Covenant Logistics Group has a consensus price target of $34.75, indicating a potential upside of 24.69%. Given Covenant Logistics Group's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Covenant Logistics Group is more favorable than Himalaya Shipping.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Himalaya Shipping	1 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	1.00
Covenant Logistics Group	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in HSHP or CVLG?

Covenant Logistics Group received 16 more outperform votes than Himalaya Shipping when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 42.11% of users gave Covenant Logistics Group an outperform vote while only 0.00% of users gave Himalaya Shipping an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Himalaya Shipping	Outperform Votes No Votes	Underperform Votes 1 100.00%
Covenant Logistics Group	Outperform Votes 16 42.11%	Underperform Votes 22 57.89%

Which has preferable earnings & valuation, HSHP or CVLG?

Covenant Logistics Group has higher revenue and earnings than Himalaya Shipping.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Himalaya Shipping	$36.74M	5.26	$1.51M	N/A	N/A
Covenant Logistics Group	$1.10B	0.67	$55.23M	$1.52	18.34

Is HSHP or CVLG more profitable?

Himalaya Shipping has a net margin of 21.93% compared to Covenant Logistics Group's net margin of 3.72%. Himalaya Shipping's return on equity of 15.72% beat Covenant Logistics Group's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Himalaya Shipping	21.93%	15.72%	3.14%
Covenant Logistics Group	3.72%	13.43%	5.72%

Summary

Covenant Logistics Group beats Himalaya Shipping on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.