EURN vs. GRIN, ECO, DLNG, FLNG, CISS, OP, PSHG, CTRM, GLBS, and PXS
Should you be buying Euronav stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Euronav include Grindrod Shipping (GRIN), Okeanis Eco Tankers (ECO), Dynagas LNG Partners (DLNG), FLEX LNG (FLNG), C3is (CISS), OceanPal (OP), Performance Shipping (PSHG), Castor Maritime (CTRM), Globus Maritime (GLBS), and Pyxis Tankers (PXS). These companies are all part of the "transportation" sector.
Grindrod Shipping (NASDAQ:GRIN) and Euronav (NYSE:EURN) are both transportation companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, valuation, institutional ownership, risk, earnings, analyst recommendations, dividends, media sentiment and profitability.
Grindrod Shipping currently has a consensus target price of $12.50, suggesting a potential downside of 9.68%. Euronav has a consensus target price of $19.18, suggesting a potential downside of 1.61%. Given Grindrod Shipping's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Euronav is more favorable than Grindrod Shipping.
Euronav received 422 more outperform votes than Grindrod Shipping when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.92% of users gave Euronav an outperform vote while only 62.50% of users gave Grindrod Shipping an outperform vote.
Grindrod Shipping has a beta of 0.65, indicating that its share price is 35% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Euronav has a beta of 0.04, indicating that its share price is 96% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Grindrod Shipping pays an annual dividend of $0.03 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.2%. Euronav pays an annual dividend of $1.59 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.2%. Grindrod Shipping pays out -6.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Euronav pays out 37.2% 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.
Euronav has higher revenue and earnings than Grindrod Shipping. Grindrod Shipping is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Euronav, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Euronav had 7 more articles in the media than Grindrod Shipping. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for Euronav and 1 mentions for Grindrod Shipping. Euronav's average media sentiment score of 0.00 beat Grindrod Shipping's score of -0.17 indicating that Grindrod Shipping is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Euronav has a net margin of 69.69% compared to Euronav's net margin of -2.49%. Grindrod Shipping's return on equity of 25.45% beat Euronav's return on equity.
Summary
Euronav beats Grindrod Shipping on 13 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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