DHT vs. FRO, STNG, TRMD, ZIM, SBLK, CDLR, LPG, SFL, CMRE, and DAC
Should you be buying DHT stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of DHT include Frontline (FRO), Scorpio Tankers (STNG), TORM (TRMD), ZIM Integrated Shipping Services (ZIM), Star Bulk Carriers (SBLK), Cadeler A/S (CDLR), Dorian LPG (LPG), SFL (SFL), Costamare (CMRE), and Danaos (DAC). These companies are all part of the "deep sea foreign transportation of freight" industry.
DHT (NYSE:DHT) and Frontline (NYSE:FRO) are both transportation companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, media sentiment, profitability, community ranking, risk, earnings and dividends.
58.5% of DHT shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 22.7% of Frontline shares are held by institutional investors. 1.6% of DHT shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 48.1% of Frontline shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Frontline has higher revenue and earnings than DHT. Frontline is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than DHT, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Frontline had 11 more articles in the media than DHT. MarketBeat recorded 19 mentions for Frontline and 8 mentions for DHT. DHT's average media sentiment score of 0.65 beat Frontline's score of 0.38 indicating that DHT is being referred to more favorably in the media.
DHT has a beta of -0.34, indicating that its stock price is 134% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Frontline has a beta of 0.03, indicating that its stock price is 97% less volatile than the S&P 500.
DHT pays an annual dividend of $1.16 per share and has a dividend yield of 9.6%. Frontline pays an annual dividend of $1.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.2%. DHT pays out 110.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Frontline pays out 51.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.
DHT received 93 more outperform votes than Frontline when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 73.03% of users gave DHT an outperform vote while only 58.25% of users gave Frontline an outperform vote.
Frontline has a net margin of 32.94% compared to DHT's net margin of 29.58%. Frontline's return on equity of 23.42% beat DHT's return on equity.
DHT presently has a consensus price target of $14.33, suggesting a potential upside of 18.46%. Frontline has a consensus price target of $26.10, suggesting a potential downside of 7.84%. Given DHT's higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe DHT is more favorable than Frontline.
Summary
DHT and Frontline tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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