NETI vs. DSX, SB, OSG, PANL, CPLP, ASC, HSHP, TNP, SMHI, and GNK
Should you be buying Eneti stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Eneti include Diana Shipping (DSX), Safe Bulkers (SB), Overseas Shipholding Group (OSG), Pangaea Logistics Solutions (PANL), Capital Product Partners (CPLP), Ardmore Shipping (ASC), Himalaya Shipping (HSHP), Tsakos Energy Navigation (TNP), SEACOR Marine (SMHI), and Genco Shipping & Trading (GNK). These companies are all part of the "deep sea foreign transportation of freight" industry.
Eneti vs.
Eneti (NYSE:NETI) and Diana Shipping (NYSE:DSX) are both small-cap transportation companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, dividends, profitability, risk, community ranking, valuation, earnings, analyst recommendations and media sentiment.
Eneti has a net margin of 43.52% compared to Diana Shipping's net margin of 39.01%. Diana Shipping's return on equity of 25.30% beat Eneti's return on equity.
Eneti pays an annual dividend of $0.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.4%. Diana Shipping pays an annual dividend of $0.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 15.4%. Eneti pays out 1.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Diana Shipping pays out 46.9% 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.
Diana Shipping has higher revenue and earnings than Eneti. Diana Shipping is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Eneti, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Diana Shipping received 331 more outperform votes than Eneti when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 60.00% of users gave Eneti an outperform vote while only 53.15% of users gave Diana Shipping an outperform vote.
Eneti has a beta of 1.07, suggesting that its share price is 7% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Diana Shipping has a beta of 1.13, suggesting that its share price is 13% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Eneti and Eneti both had 3 articles in the media. Eneti's average media sentiment score of 1.28 beat Diana Shipping's score of 0.34 indicating that Eneti is being referred to more favorably in the media.
65.1% of Eneti shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 18.5% of Diana Shipping shares are held by institutional investors. 6.2% of Eneti shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Eneti currently has a consensus price target of $13.40, indicating a potential upside of 34.40%. Diana Shipping has a consensus price target of $5.50, indicating a potential upside of 41.03%. Given Diana Shipping's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Diana Shipping is more favorable than Eneti.
Summary
Eneti beats Diana Shipping on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
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