SB vs. DSX, NETI, ASC, TNP, OSG, TK, CPLP, EGLE, GNK, and SMHI
Should you be buying Safe Bulkers stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Safe Bulkers include Diana Shipping (DSX), Eneti (NETI), Ardmore Shipping (ASC), Tsakos Energy Navigation (TNP), Overseas Shipholding Group (OSG), Teekay (TK), Capital Product Partners (CPLP), Eagle Bulk Shipping (EGLE), Genco Shipping & Trading (GNK), and SEACOR Marine (SMHI). These companies are all part of the "deep sea foreign transportation of freight" industry.
Safe Bulkers vs.
Safe Bulkers (NYSE:SB) and Diana Shipping (NYSE:DSX) are both small-cap transportation companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, valuation, profitability, earnings, risk, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, media sentiment and dividends.
Safe Bulkers received 32 more outperform votes than Diana Shipping when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 61.56% of users gave Safe Bulkers an outperform vote while only 53.07% of users gave Diana Shipping an outperform vote.
Safe Bulkers pays an annual dividend of $0.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.9%. Diana Shipping pays an annual dividend of $0.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 14.5%. Safe Bulkers pays out 16.1% 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.
Safe Bulkers has higher revenue and earnings than Diana Shipping. Safe Bulkers is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Diana Shipping, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Safe Bulkers has a beta of 0.86, meaning that its share price is 14% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Diana Shipping has a beta of 1.13, meaning that its share price is 13% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Safe Bulkers currently has a consensus price target of $2.93, suggesting a potential downside of 13.46%. Diana Shipping has a consensus price target of $5.50, suggesting a potential upside of 33.17%. Given Diana Shipping's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Diana Shipping is more favorable than Safe Bulkers.
Safe Bulkers has a net margin of 45.90% compared to Diana Shipping's net margin of 39.01%. Diana Shipping's return on equity of 25.30% beat Safe Bulkers' return on equity.
26.0% of Safe Bulkers shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 18.5% of Diana Shipping shares are owned by institutional investors. 40.3% of Safe Bulkers shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, Diana Shipping had 5 more articles in the media than Safe Bulkers. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Diana Shipping and 0 mentions for Safe Bulkers. Diana Shipping's average media sentiment score of 0.30 beat Safe Bulkers' score of 0.00 indicating that Diana Shipping is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
Diana Shipping beats Safe Bulkers on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding SB and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
Media Sentiment Over Time
This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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