ZIM vs. LPG, CDLR, DAC, DHT, CMRE, SFL, NMM, SBLK, NVGS, and GNK
Should you be buying ZIM Integrated Shipping Services stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of ZIM Integrated Shipping Services include Dorian LPG (LPG), Cadeler A/S (CDLR), Danaos (DAC), DHT (DHT), Costamare (CMRE), SFL (SFL), Navios Maritime Partners (NMM), Star Bulk Carriers (SBLK), Navigator (NVGS), and Genco Shipping & Trading (GNK). These companies are all part of the "deep sea foreign transportation of freight" industry.
Dorian LPG (NYSE:LPG) 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 analyst recommendations, dividends, institutional ownership, profitability, media sentiment, risk, valuation, community ranking and earnings.
In the previous week, ZIM Integrated Shipping Services had 2 more articles in the media than Dorian LPG. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for ZIM Integrated Shipping Services and 2 mentions for Dorian LPG. Dorian LPG's average media sentiment score of 0.52 beat ZIM Integrated Shipping Services' score of 0.28 indicating that ZIM Integrated Shipping Services is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Dorian LPG has a beta of 1.08, meaning that its stock price is 8% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, ZIM Integrated Shipping Services has a beta of 1.64, meaning that its stock price is 64% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Dorian LPG currently has a consensus target price of $40.25, suggesting a potential downside of 8.02%. ZIM Integrated Shipping Services has a consensus target price of $10.51, suggesting a potential downside of 28.87%. Given ZIM Integrated Shipping Services' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Dorian LPG is more favorable than ZIM Integrated Shipping Services.
Dorian LPG received 247 more outperform votes than ZIM Integrated Shipping Services when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.35% of users gave Dorian LPG an outperform vote while only 42.50% of users gave ZIM Integrated Shipping Services an outperform vote.
Dorian LPG has a net margin of 55.02% compared to Dorian LPG's net margin of -52.22%. ZIM Integrated Shipping Services' return on equity of 33.59% beat Dorian LPG's return on equity.
Dorian LPG 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 Dorian LPG, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
62.5% of Dorian LPG shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 21.4% of ZIM Integrated Shipping Services shares are held by institutional investors. 15.9% of Dorian LPG shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.3% of ZIM Integrated Shipping Services shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
Dorian LPG beats ZIM Integrated Shipping Services on 14 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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