NVGS vs. ZIM, NMM, CMRE, GNK, DAC, GSL, TNP, EGLE, TK, and ASC
Should you be buying Navigator stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Navigator include ZIM Integrated Shipping Services (ZIM), Navios Maritime Partners (NMM), Costamare (CMRE), Genco Shipping & Trading (GNK), Danaos (DAC), Global Ship Lease (GSL), Tsakos Energy Navigation (TNP), Eagle Bulk Shipping (EGLE), Teekay (TK), and Ardmore Shipping (ASC). These companies are all part of the "deep sea foreign transportation of freight" industry.
Navigator (NYSE:NVGS) and ZIM Integrated Shipping Services (NYSE:ZIM) are both small-cap transportation companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, risk, community ranking, analyst recommendations, valuation, institutional ownership, media sentiment, dividends and profitability.
Navigator has higher earnings, but lower revenue than ZIM Integrated Shipping Services. ZIM Integrated Shipping Services is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Navigator, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Navigator received 278 more outperform votes than ZIM Integrated Shipping Services when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 69.80% of users gave Navigator an outperform vote while only 42.50% of users gave ZIM Integrated Shipping Services an outperform vote.
Navigator has a beta of 1.46, meaning that its stock price is 46% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, ZIM Integrated Shipping Services has a beta of 1.84, meaning that its stock price is 84% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Navigator presently has a consensus price target of $20.00, suggesting a potential upside of 31.49%. ZIM Integrated Shipping Services has a consensus price target of $10.51, suggesting a potential downside of 20.48%. Given Navigator's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Navigator is more favorable than ZIM Integrated Shipping Services.
Navigator has a net margin of 14.94% compared to ZIM Integrated Shipping Services' net margin of -52.22%. Navigator's return on equity of 6.96% beat ZIM Integrated Shipping Services' return on equity.
In the previous week, ZIM Integrated Shipping Services had 6 more articles in the media than Navigator. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for ZIM Integrated Shipping Services and 1 mentions for Navigator. Navigator's average media sentiment score of 0.98 beat ZIM Integrated Shipping Services' score of 0.31 indicating that Navigator is being referred to more favorably in the media.
19.0% of Navigator shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 21.4% of ZIM Integrated Shipping Services shares are held by institutional investors. 0.4% of Navigator shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.3% of ZIM Integrated Shipping Services 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.
Summary
Navigator beats ZIM Integrated Shipping Services on 12 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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