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Navigator (NVGS) Competitors

$17.49
-0.14 (-0.79%)
(As of 05/31/2024 ET)

NVGS vs. STNG, TRMD, ZIM, SBLK, CDLR, LPG, SFL, DHT, CMRE, and DAC

Should you be buying Navigator stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Navigator include Scorpio Tankers (STNG), TORM (TRMD), ZIM Integrated Shipping Services (ZIM), Star Bulk Carriers (SBLK), Cadeler A/S (CDLR), Dorian LPG (LPG), SFL (SFL), DHT (DHT), Costamare (CMRE), and Danaos (DAC). These companies are all part of the "deep sea foreign transportation of freight" industry.

Navigator vs.

Navigator (NYSE:NVGS) and Scorpio Tankers (NYSE:STNG) are both transportation companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, valuation, profitability, earnings, institutional ownership, community ranking, analyst recommendations, risk and media sentiment.

Scorpio Tankers has a net margin of 42.12% compared to Navigator's net margin of 15.68%. Scorpio Tankers' return on equity of 22.84% beat Navigator's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Navigator15.68% 6.86% 3.78%
Scorpio Tankers 42.12%22.84%13.62%

Scorpio Tankers has higher revenue and earnings than Navigator. Scorpio Tankers is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Navigator, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Navigator$550.74M2.32$82.25M$1.1714.95
Scorpio Tankers$1.34B3.34$546.90M$10.787.61

Navigator pays an annual dividend of $0.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.1%. Scorpio Tankers pays an annual dividend of $1.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.9%. Navigator pays out 17.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Scorpio Tankers pays out 14.8% 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. Scorpio Tankers is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

19.0% of Navigator shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 54.6% of Scorpio Tankers shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.4% of Navigator shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 7.3% of Scorpio Tankers shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Navigator has a beta of 1.45, meaning that its share price is 45% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Scorpio Tankers has a beta of 0.18, meaning that its share price is 82% less volatile than the S&P 500.

In the previous week, Scorpio Tankers had 1 more articles in the media than Navigator. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Scorpio Tankers and 3 mentions for Navigator. Scorpio Tankers' average media sentiment score of 1.12 beat Navigator's score of 0.38 indicating that Scorpio Tankers is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Navigator
1 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
Scorpio Tankers
3 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Navigator currently has a consensus price target of $20.00, indicating a potential upside of 14.35%. Scorpio Tankers has a consensus price target of $80.17, indicating a potential downside of 2.32%. Given Navigator's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe Navigator is more favorable than Scorpio Tankers.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Navigator
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00
Scorpio Tankers
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
5 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.83

Scorpio Tankers received 233 more outperform votes than Navigator when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 69.71% of users gave Navigator an outperform vote while only 66.59% of users gave Scorpio Tankers an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
NavigatorOutperform Votes
313
69.71%
Underperform Votes
136
30.29%
Scorpio TankersOutperform Votes
546
66.59%
Underperform Votes
274
33.41%

Summary

Scorpio Tankers beats Navigator on 15 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.

New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding NVGS and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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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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NVGS vs. The Competition

MetricNavigatorDeep sea foreign transportation of freight IndustryTransportation SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$1.28B$1.11B$10.17B$17.88B
Dividend Yield1.14%4.92%3.52%3.50%
P/E Ratio14.9514.2019.8622.61
Price / Sales2.322.1823.2110.18
Price / Cash6.025.8015.9819.14
Price / Book1.020.992.165.90
Net Income$82.25M$95.29M$671.06M$976.46M
7 Day Performance0.98%2.21%0.90%0.62%
1 Month Performance15.07%15.65%4.98%3.61%
1 Year Performance31.70%64.00%17.38%20.81%

Navigator Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
STNG
Scorpio Tankers
2.4469 of 5 stars
$82.03
-0.1%
$80.17
-2.3%
+74.4%$4.48B$1.34B7.6124Positive News
TRMD
TORM
2.7628 of 5 stars
$37.05
-3.5%
N/A+46.9%$3.02B$1.52B4.97579Upcoming Earnings
Positive News
Gap Down
High Trading Volume
ZIM
ZIM Integrated Shipping Services
0.4904 of 5 stars
$22.55
+4.0%
$11.76
-47.8%
+70.4%$2.71B$5.35B-1.074,778Analyst Forecast
Short Interest ↓
News Coverage
Gap Up
SBLK
Star Bulk Carriers
3.5107 of 5 stars
$27.08
-0.6%
$31.00
+14.5%
+52.6%$2.28B$949.27M12.20216Short Interest ↑
CDLR
Cadeler A/S
3.5026 of 5 stars
$25.01
+2.0%
$35.00
+39.9%
N/A$2.19B$117.55M0.00570Short Interest ↓
Positive News
Gap Up
High Trading Volume
LPG
Dorian LPG
3.5123 of 5 stars
$50.62
-1.1%
$43.00
-15.1%
+110.9%$2.06B$560.72M6.66602
SFL
SFL
0.8749 of 5 stars
$14.31
+0.4%
$12.33
-13.8%
+64.9%$1.98B$808.08M14.7521
DHT
DHT
2.9369 of 5 stars
$12.10
-0.9%
$14.33
+18.5%
+50.5%$1.95B$560.56M11.521,212Short Interest ↑
CMRE
Costamare
1.9241 of 5 stars
$16.02
+2.4%
$11.67
-27.2%
+102.4%$1.88B$1.51B6.212,750News Coverage
DAC
Danaos
1.8481 of 5 stars
$96.74
+2.8%
$105.00
+8.5%
+62.3%$1.88B$973.58M3.281,718Earnings Report
Dividend Announcement
Analyst Forecast
News Coverage

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This page (NYSE:NVGS) was last updated on 6/2/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff

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