Navios Maritime Partners (NMM) Competitors

Star Bulk Carriers (NASDAQ:SBLK) and Navios Maritime Partners (NYSE:NMM) are both transportation companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, valuation, risk, dividends, institutional ownership, media sentiment, analyst recommendations and earnings.

Do analysts prefer SBLK or NMM?

Star Bulk Carriers presently has a consensus target price of $22.05, indicating a potential upside of 19.64%. Navios Maritime Partners has a consensus target price of $80.00, indicating a potential upside of 99.75%. Given Navios Maritime Partners' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Navios Maritime Partners is more favorable than Star Bulk Carriers.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Star Bulk Carriers	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50
Navios Maritime Partners	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of SBLK or NMM?

33.9% of Star Bulk Carriers shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 62.7% of Navios Maritime Partners shares are owned by institutional investors. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has preferable valuation & earnings, SBLK or NMM?

Navios Maritime Partners has higher revenue and earnings than Star Bulk Carriers. Navios Maritime Partners is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Star Bulk Carriers, 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
Star Bulk Carriers	$1.27B	1.71	$304.65M	$1.98	9.31
Navios Maritime Partners	$1.33B	0.89	$367.31M	$10.99	3.64

Is SBLK or NMM a better dividend stock?

Star Bulk Carriers pays an annual dividend of $0.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.1%. Navios Maritime Partners pays an annual dividend of $0.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.5%. Star Bulk Carriers pays out 10.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Navios Maritime Partners pays out 1.8% 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.

Does the media prefer SBLK or NMM?

In the previous week, Star Bulk Carriers and Star Bulk Carriers both had 1 articles in the media. Star Bulk Carriers' average media sentiment score of 1.45 beat Navios Maritime Partners' score of 0.00 indicating that Star Bulk Carriers is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Star Bulk Carriers	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Navios Maritime Partners	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Which has more risk and volatility, SBLK or NMM?

Star Bulk Carriers has a beta of 0.93, indicating that its stock price is 7% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Navios Maritime Partners has a beta of 1.34, indicating that its stock price is 34% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is SBLK or NMM more profitable?

Navios Maritime Partners has a net margin of 25.44% compared to Star Bulk Carriers' net margin of 18.62%. Navios Maritime Partners' return on equity of 10.41% beat Star Bulk Carriers' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Star Bulk Carriers	18.62%	8.20%	4.92%
Navios Maritime Partners	25.44%	10.41%	5.70%

Summary

Navios Maritime Partners beats Star Bulk Carriers on 11 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.