Safe Bulkers (SB) Competitors

Golden Ocean Group (NASDAQ:GOGL) and Safe Bulkers (NYSE:SB) are both small-cap transportation companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, dividends, profitability, earnings, media sentiment, valuation and risk.

Is GOGL or SB a better dividend stock?

Golden Ocean Group pays an annual dividend of $0.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.3%. Safe Bulkers pays an annual dividend of $0.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.8%. Golden Ocean Group pays out 35.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Safe Bulkers pays out 46.5% 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.

Which has stronger valuation & earnings, GOGL or SB?

Golden Ocean Group has higher revenue and earnings than Safe Bulkers. Safe Bulkers is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Golden Ocean Group, 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
Golden Ocean Group	$968.42M	1.75	$223.21M	$0.57	14.95
Safe Bulkers	$307.63M	1.39	$97.38M	$0.43	9.74

Which has more volatility & risk, GOGL or SB?

Golden Ocean Group has a beta of 1.09, meaning that its stock price is 9% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Safe Bulkers has a beta of 1.17, meaning that its stock price is 17% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts rate GOGL or SB?

Golden Ocean Group currently has a consensus target price of $10.25, suggesting a potential upside of 20.31%. Safe Bulkers has a consensus target price of $4.47, suggesting a potential upside of 6.60%. Given Golden Ocean Group's higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe Golden Ocean Group is more favorable than Safe Bulkers.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Golden Ocean Group	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00
Safe Bulkers	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Is GOGL or SB more profitable?

Safe Bulkers has a net margin of 19.25% compared to Golden Ocean Group's net margin of 13.16%. Safe Bulkers' return on equity of 5.80% beat Golden Ocean Group's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Golden Ocean Group	13.16%	5.56%	3.08%
Safe Bulkers	19.25%	5.80%	3.45%

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of GOGL or SB?

22.0% of Golden Ocean Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 21.7% of Safe Bulkers shares are owned by institutional investors. 40.3% of Safe Bulkers shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Does the media refer more to GOGL or SB?

In the previous week, Safe Bulkers had 1 more articles in the media than Golden Ocean Group. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Safe Bulkers and 1 mentions for Golden Ocean Group. Golden Ocean Group's average media sentiment score of 1.70 beat Safe Bulkers' score of 1.60 indicating that Golden Ocean Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Golden Ocean Group	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive
Safe Bulkers	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive

Summary

Golden Ocean Group and Safe Bulkers tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.