INSW vs. KEX, NCLH, TDW, MATX, GOGL, GLNG, CUK, TNK, NAT, and CLCO
Should you be buying International Seaways stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of International Seaways include Kirby (KEX), Norwegian Cruise Line (NCLH), Tidewater (TDW), Matson (MATX), Golden Ocean Group (GOGL), Golar LNG (GLNG), Carnival Co. & (CUK), Teekay Tankers (TNK), Nordic American Tankers (NAT), and Cool (CLCO). These companies are all part of the "water transportation" industry.
Kirby (NYSE:KEX) and International Seaways (NYSE:INSW) are both mid-cap transportation companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, valuation, dividends, community ranking, risk, profitability, media sentiment, analyst recommendations and institutional ownership.
Kirby received 336 more outperform votes than International Seaways when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 60.73% of users gave Kirby an outperform vote while only 59.57% of users gave International Seaways an outperform vote.
96.2% of Kirby shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 67.3% of International Seaways shares are held by institutional investors. 1.5% of Kirby shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.9% of International Seaways 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.
International Seaways has a net margin of 49.88% compared to International Seaways' net margin of 8.01%. Kirby's return on equity of 29.74% beat International Seaways' return on equity.
Kirby currently has a consensus target price of $119.50, suggesting a potential downside of 3.76%. International Seaways has a consensus target price of $63.25, suggesting a potential downside of 1.82%. Given Kirby's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe International Seaways is more favorable than Kirby.
In the previous week, Kirby had 5 more articles in the media than International Seaways. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for Kirby and 8 mentions for International Seaways. Kirby's average media sentiment score of 0.72 beat International Seaways' score of 0.55 indicating that International Seaways is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Kirby has a beta of 1.14, suggesting that its stock price is 14% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, International Seaways has a beta of -0.05, suggesting that its stock price is 105% less volatile than the S&P 500.
International Seaways has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Kirby. International Seaways is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Kirby, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
International Seaways beats Kirby on 9 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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