SBLK vs. DHT, SFL, LPG, CDLR, DAC, ZIM, CMRE, TRMD, NMM, and NVGS
Should you be buying Star Bulk Carriers stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Star Bulk Carriers include DHT (DHT), SFL (SFL), Dorian LPG (LPG), Cadeler A/S (CDLR), Danaos (DAC), ZIM Integrated Shipping Services (ZIM), Costamare (CMRE), TORM (TRMD), Navios Maritime Partners (NMM), and Navigator (NVGS). These companies are all part of the "deep sea foreign transportation of freight" industry.
Star Bulk Carriers (NASDAQ:SBLK) and DHT (NYSE:DHT) are both transportation companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, risk, earnings, dividends, institutional ownership, media sentiment, profitability, community ranking and analyst recommendations.
Star Bulk Carriers pays an annual dividend of $1.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.3%. DHT pays an annual dividend of $0.88 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.6%. Star Bulk Carriers pays out 101.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. DHT pays out 88.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. DHT is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Star Bulk Carriers has a beta of 1.12, suggesting that its share price is 12% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, DHT has a beta of -0.33, suggesting that its share price is 133% less volatile than the S&P 500.
DHT has a net margin of 28.78% compared to Star Bulk Carriers' net margin of 18.28%. DHT's return on equity of 15.52% beat Star Bulk Carriers' return on equity.
Star Bulk Carriers has higher revenue and earnings than DHT. DHT is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Star Bulk Carriers, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Star Bulk Carriers currently has a consensus target price of $53.50, indicating a potential upside of 116.51%. DHT has a consensus target price of $14.00, indicating a potential upside of 21.63%. Given Star Bulk Carriers' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Star Bulk Carriers is more favorable than DHT.
In the previous week, DHT had 6 more articles in the media than Star Bulk Carriers. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for DHT and 3 mentions for Star Bulk Carriers. Star Bulk Carriers' average media sentiment score of 0.82 beat DHT's score of 0.55 indicating that Star Bulk Carriers is being referred to more favorably in the media.
33.9% of Star Bulk Carriers shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 58.5% of DHT shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.9% of Star Bulk Carriers shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.6% of DHT shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
DHT received 89 more outperform votes than Star Bulk Carriers when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 73.13% of users gave DHT an outperform vote while only 70.46% of users gave Star Bulk Carriers an outperform vote.
Summary
DHT beats Star Bulk Carriers on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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