NVGS vs. HAFN, GBTG, INSW, BWLP, ZIM, UP, SBLK, DHT, AZUL, and LPG
Should you be buying Navigator stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Navigator include Hafnia (HAFN), Global Business Travel Group (GBTG), International Seaways (INSW), BW LPG (BWLP), ZIM Integrated Shipping Services (ZIM), Wheels Up Experience (UP), Star Bulk Carriers (SBLK), DHT (DHT), Azul (AZUL), and Dorian LPG (LPG). These companies are all part of the "transportation" industry.
Hafnia (NYSE:HAFN) and Navigator (NYSE:NVGS) are both transportation companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, community ranking, profitability, institutional ownership, valuation, dividends, risk, media sentiment and earnings.
Navigator has higher revenue and earnings than Hafnia.
Hafnia pays an annual dividend of $1.38 per share and has a dividend yield of 18.3%. Navigator pays an annual dividend of $0.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.2%. Navigator pays out 17.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.
In the previous week, Hafnia had 3 more articles in the media than Navigator. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for Hafnia and 5 mentions for Navigator. Hafnia's average media sentiment score of 0.77 beat Navigator's score of -0.39 indicating that Navigator is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Hafnia currently has a consensus target price of $10.00, indicating a potential upside of 32.54%. Navigator has a consensus target price of $20.00, indicating a potential upside of 23.23%. Given Navigator's higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Hafnia is more favorable than Navigator.
Navigator has a net margin of 15.68% compared to Navigator's net margin of 0.00%. Hafnia's return on equity of 6.86% beat Navigator's return on equity.
Navigator received 312 more outperform votes than Hafnia when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 100.00% of users gave Hafnia an outperform vote while only 69.71% of users gave Navigator an outperform vote.
19.0% of Navigator shares are held by institutional investors. 0.4% of Navigator shares are held by 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.
Summary
Navigator beats Hafnia on 8 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.
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