Dorian LPG (LPG) Competitors

Verra Mobility (NASDAQ:VRRM) and Dorian LPG (NYSE:LPG) are both industrials companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, risk, profitability, media sentiment, valuation, dividends, institutional ownership, community ranking and analyst recommendations.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in VRRM or LPG?

Dorian LPG received 216 more outperform votes than Verra Mobility when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.75% of users gave Dorian LPG an outperform vote while only 50.00% of users gave Verra Mobility an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Verra Mobility	Outperform Votes 70 50.00%	Underperform Votes 70 50.00%
Dorian LPG	Outperform Votes 286 65.75%	Underperform Votes 149 34.25%

Do analysts rate VRRM or LPG?

Verra Mobility currently has a consensus target price of $26.33, suggesting a potential upside of 15.90%. Dorian LPG has a consensus target price of $43.50, suggesting a potential upside of 97.19%. Given Dorian LPG's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Dorian LPG is more favorable than Verra Mobility.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Verra Mobility	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Dorian LPG	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of VRRM or LPG?

62.5% of Dorian LPG shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.1% of Verra Mobility shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 13.4% of Dorian LPG shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Which has higher valuation and earnings, VRRM or LPG?

Dorian LPG has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Verra Mobility. Dorian LPG is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Verra Mobility, 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
Verra Mobility	$879.21M	4.12	$57.01M	$0.17	133.65
Dorian LPG	$418.84M	2.25	$307.45M	$3.93	5.61

Is VRRM or LPG more profitable?

Dorian LPG has a net margin of 38.51% compared to Verra Mobility's net margin of 11.64%. Verra Mobility's return on equity of 38.97% beat Dorian LPG's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Verra Mobility	11.64%	38.97%	9.74%
Dorian LPG	38.51%	15.14%	8.76%

Does the media favor VRRM or LPG?

In the previous week, Verra Mobility and Verra Mobility both had 6 articles in the media. Verra Mobility's average media sentiment score of 1.47 beat Dorian LPG's score of 0.57 indicating that Verra Mobility is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Verra Mobility	6 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Dorian LPG	4 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has more risk and volatility, VRRM or LPG?

Verra Mobility has a beta of 0.91, indicating that its share price is 9% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Dorian LPG has a beta of 0.71, indicating that its share price is 29% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Dorian LPG beats Verra Mobility on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.