DAC vs. CMRE, ZIM, CDLR, NMM, LPG, DHT, SFL, NVGS, SBLK, and GNK
Should you be buying Danaos stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Danaos include Costamare (CMRE), ZIM Integrated Shipping Services (ZIM), Cadeler A/S (CDLR), Navios Maritime Partners (NMM), Dorian LPG (LPG), DHT (DHT), SFL (SFL), Navigator (NVGS), Star Bulk Carriers (SBLK), and Genco Shipping & Trading (GNK). These companies are all part of the "deep sea foreign transportation of freight" industry.
Costamare (NYSE:CMRE) and Danaos (NYSE:DAC) are both small-cap transportation companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, profitability, valuation, institutional ownership, earnings, dividends, risk, media sentiment and community ranking.
Costamare received 129 more outperform votes than Danaos when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 55.98% of users gave Danaos an outperform vote while only 52.76% of users gave Costamare an outperform vote.
Danaos has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Costamare. Danaos is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Costamare, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Costamare has a beta of 1.32, meaning that its share price is 32% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Danaos has a beta of 1.3, meaning that its share price is 30% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Costamare had 1 more articles in the media than Danaos. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Costamare and 2 mentions for Danaos. Danaos' average media sentiment score of 0.28 beat Costamare's score of 0.10 indicating that Costamare is being referred to more favorably in the media.
58.1% of Costamare shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 19.0% of Danaos shares are held by institutional investors. 41.0% of Danaos shares are held 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.
Danaos has a net margin of 59.19% compared to Danaos' net margin of 25.26%. Costamare's return on equity of 19.94% beat Danaos' return on equity.
Costamare currently has a consensus price target of $11.50, indicating a potential downside of 8.59%. Danaos has a consensus price target of $90.00, indicating a potential upside of 13.25%. Given Costamare's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Danaos is more favorable than Costamare.
Costamare pays an annual dividend of $0.46 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.7%. Danaos pays an annual dividend of $3.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.0%. Costamare pays out 15.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Danaos pays out 11.0% 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. Danaos has raised its dividend for 2 consecutive years. Danaos is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
Summary
Danaos beats Costamare on 13 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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