SBLK vs. NVGS, FRO, STNG, TRMD, ZIM, CDLR, LPG, SFL, DHT, and DAC
Should you be buying Star Bulk Carriers stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Star Bulk Carriers include Navigator (NVGS), Frontline (FRO), Scorpio Tankers (STNG), TORM (TRMD), ZIM Integrated Shipping Services (ZIM), Cadeler A/S (CDLR), Dorian LPG (LPG), SFL (SFL), DHT (DHT), and Danaos (DAC). These companies are all part of the "deep sea foreign transportation of freight" industry.
Star Bulk Carriers (NASDAQ:SBLK) and Navigator (NYSE:NVGS) are both transportation companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, dividends, institutional ownership, profitability, risk, community ranking, earnings, analyst recommendations and valuation.
Star Bulk Carriers has a beta of 1.07, meaning that its stock price is 7% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Navigator has a beta of 1.45, meaning that its stock price is 45% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Star Bulk Carriers had 3 more articles in the media than Navigator. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Star Bulk Carriers and 3 mentions for Navigator. Star Bulk Carriers' average media sentiment score of 0.72 beat Navigator's score of 0.38 indicating that Star Bulk Carriers is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Star Bulk Carriers has a net margin of 20.57% compared to Navigator's net margin of 15.68%. Star Bulk Carriers' return on equity of 12.19% beat Navigator's return on equity.
Star Bulk Carriers received 167 more outperform votes than Navigator when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 70.59% of users gave Star Bulk Carriers an outperform vote while only 69.71% of users gave Navigator an outperform vote.
Star Bulk Carriers pays an annual dividend of $1.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.6%. Navigator pays an annual dividend of $0.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.1%. Star Bulk Carriers pays out 81.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Navigator pays out 17.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.
33.9% of Star Bulk Carriers shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 19.0% of Navigator shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.9% of Star Bulk Carriers shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.4% of Navigator shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Star Bulk Carriers has higher revenue and earnings than Navigator. Star Bulk Carriers is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Navigator, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Star Bulk Carriers presently has a consensus price target of $31.00, suggesting a potential upside of 14.48%. Navigator has a consensus price target of $20.00, suggesting a potential upside of 14.35%. Given Star Bulk Carriers' higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe Star Bulk Carriers is more favorable than Navigator.
Summary
Star Bulk Carriers beats Navigator on 16 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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