MMLP vs. SRLP, GLP, FLYX, WLFC, SAVE, YELLQ, PTSI, SMHI, PANL, and PAL
Should you be buying Martin Midstream Partners stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Martin Midstream Partners include Sprague Resources (SRLP), Global Partners (GLP), flyExclusive (FLYX), Willis Lease Finance (WLFC), Spirit Airlines (SAVE), Yellow (YELLQ), P.A.M. Transportation Services (PTSI), SEACOR Marine (SMHI), Pangaea Logistics Solutions (PANL), and Proficient Auto Logistics (PAL).
Martin Midstream Partners (NASDAQ:MMLP) and Sprague Resources (NYSE:SRLP) are both small-cap transportation companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, analyst recommendations, community ranking, institutional ownership, media sentiment, risk, valuation, earnings and dividends.
Martin Midstream Partners has a beta of 2.15, indicating that its share price is 115% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Sprague Resources has a beta of 0.37, indicating that its share price is 63% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Martin Midstream Partners pays an annual dividend of $0.02 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.6%. Sprague Resources pays an annual dividend of $1.74 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.7%. Martin Midstream Partners pays out 22.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Sprague Resources pays out -45.8% 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. Sprague Resources is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Martin Midstream Partners has a net margin of 0.52% compared to Sprague Resources' net margin of -2.03%. Martin Midstream Partners' return on equity of -5.98% beat Sprague Resources' return on equity.
34.9% of Martin Midstream Partners shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 92.7% of Sprague Resources shares are held by institutional investors. 17.0% of Martin Midstream Partners shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Sprague Resources received 59 more outperform votes than Martin Midstream Partners when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.39% of users gave Sprague Resources an outperform vote while only 59.44% of users gave Martin Midstream Partners an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Martin Midstream Partners had 4 more articles in the media than Sprague Resources. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Martin Midstream Partners and 0 mentions for Sprague Resources. Martin Midstream Partners' average media sentiment score of 0.48 beat Sprague Resources' score of 0.20 indicating that Martin Midstream Partners is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Martin Midstream Partners has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Sprague Resources. Sprague Resources is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Martin Midstream Partners, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Martin Midstream Partners beats Sprague Resources on 11 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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