SB vs. TK, ASC, OSG, EGLE, TNP, SMHI, CPLP, GSL, DSX, and PANL
Should you be buying Safe Bulkers stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Safe Bulkers include Teekay (TK), Ardmore Shipping (ASC), Overseas Shipholding Group (OSG), Eagle Bulk Shipping (EGLE), Tsakos Energy Navigation (TNP), SEACOR Marine (SMHI), Capital Product Partners (CPLP), Global Ship Lease (GSL), Diana Shipping (DSX), and Pangaea Logistics Solutions (PANL). These companies are all part of the "deep sea foreign transportation of freight" industry.
Safe Bulkers (NYSE:SB) and Teekay (NYSE:TK) are both small-cap transportation companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, risk, media sentiment, earnings, community ranking, dividends, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership and valuation.
Safe Bulkers received 44 more outperform votes than Teekay when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 63.64% of users gave Teekay an outperform vote while only 61.49% of users gave Safe Bulkers an outperform vote.
Safe Bulkers has a net margin of 27.85% compared to Teekay's net margin of 10.28%. Safe Bulkers' return on equity of 10.29% beat Teekay's return on equity.
Safe Bulkers presently has a consensus price target of $6.00, suggesting a potential upside of 15.61%. Given Safe Bulkers' higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe Safe Bulkers is more favorable than Teekay.
In the previous week, Safe Bulkers had 10 more articles in the media than Teekay. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for Safe Bulkers and 3 mentions for Teekay. Safe Bulkers' average media sentiment score of 0.45 beat Teekay's score of -0.39 indicating that Safe Bulkers is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Safe Bulkers has a beta of 0.99, meaning that its share price is 1% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Teekay has a beta of 0.62, meaning that its share price is 38% less volatile than the S&P 500.
21.7% of Safe Bulkers shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 46.7% of Teekay shares are owned by institutional investors. 40.3% of Safe Bulkers shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.4% of Teekay shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Teekay has higher revenue and earnings than Safe Bulkers. Teekay is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Safe Bulkers, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Safe Bulkers beats Teekay on 11 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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