EGLE vs. ASC, TK, TNP, GSL, SB, GNK, OSG, SMHI, CPLP, and DSX
Should you be buying Eagle Bulk Shipping stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Eagle Bulk Shipping include Ardmore Shipping (ASC), Teekay (TK), Tsakos Energy Navigation (TNP), Global Ship Lease (GSL), Safe Bulkers (SB), Genco Shipping & Trading (GNK), Overseas Shipholding Group (OSG), SEACOR Marine (SMHI), Capital Product Partners (CPLP), and Diana Shipping (DSX). These companies are all part of the "deep sea foreign transportation of freight" industry.
Eagle Bulk Shipping (NASDAQ:EGLE) and Ardmore Shipping (NYSE:ASC) are both small-cap transportation companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, institutional ownership, valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, earnings, profitability, risk and dividends.
Ardmore Shipping has a net margin of 29.50% compared to Eagle Bulk Shipping's net margin of 5.77%. Ardmore Shipping's return on equity of 22.76% beat Eagle Bulk Shipping's return on equity.
Eagle Bulk Shipping pays an annual dividend of $2.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.8%. Ardmore Shipping pays an annual dividend of $0.84 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.0%. Eagle Bulk Shipping pays out 156.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Ardmore Shipping pays out 30.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Ardmore Shipping is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Eagle Bulk Shipping currently has a consensus price target of $56.75, suggesting a potential downside of 9.35%. Ardmore Shipping has a consensus price target of $21.00, suggesting a potential upside of 24.33%. Given Ardmore Shipping's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Ardmore Shipping is more favorable than Eagle Bulk Shipping.
70.6% of Eagle Bulk Shipping shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 62.2% of Ardmore Shipping shares are held by institutional investors. 1.9% of Eagle Bulk Shipping 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.
In the previous week, Ardmore Shipping had 2 more articles in the media than Eagle Bulk Shipping. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Ardmore Shipping and 1 mentions for Eagle Bulk Shipping. Ardmore Shipping's average media sentiment score of 0.83 beat Eagle Bulk Shipping's score of 0.00 indicating that Ardmore Shipping is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Ardmore Shipping has higher revenue and earnings than Eagle Bulk Shipping. Ardmore Shipping is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Eagle Bulk Shipping, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Eagle Bulk Shipping has a beta of 1.49, meaning that its share price is 49% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ardmore Shipping has a beta of 0.38, meaning that its share price is 62% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Ardmore Shipping received 111 more outperform votes than Eagle Bulk Shipping when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.88% of users gave Ardmore Shipping an outperform vote while only 57.24% of users gave Eagle Bulk Shipping an outperform vote.
Summary
Ardmore Shipping beats Eagle Bulk Shipping on 15 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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