ATSG vs. GNK, HTLD, VTOL, ASC, NAT, GSL, TNP, ALGT, DESP, and TK
Should you be buying Air Transport Services Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Air Transport Services Group include Genco Shipping & Trading (GNK), Heartland Express (HTLD), Bristow Group (VTOL), Ardmore Shipping (ASC), Nordic American Tankers (NAT), Global Ship Lease (GSL), Tsakos Energy Navigation (TNP), Allegiant Travel (ALGT), Despegar.com (DESP), and Teekay (TK). These companies are all part of the "transportation" sector.
Air Transport Services Group (NASDAQ:ATSG) and Genco Shipping & Trading (NYSE:GNK) are both small-cap transportation companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, risk, profitability, institutional ownership, media sentiment, valuation, community ranking, earnings and analyst recommendations.
Air Transport Services Group has a beta of 0.85, meaning that its share price is 15% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Genco Shipping & Trading has a beta of 1.11, meaning that its share price is 11% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Genco Shipping & Trading received 41 more outperform votes than Air Transport Services Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 61.78% of users gave Genco Shipping & Trading an outperform vote while only 53.24% of users gave Air Transport Services Group an outperform vote.
Air Transport Services Group has higher revenue and earnings than Genco Shipping & Trading. Air Transport Services Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Genco Shipping & Trading, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Air Transport Services Group currently has a consensus price target of $21.83, indicating a potential upside of 49.44%. Genco Shipping & Trading has a consensus price target of $25.00, indicating a potential upside of 7.85%. Given Air Transport Services Group's higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe Air Transport Services Group is more favorable than Genco Shipping & Trading.
In the previous week, Genco Shipping & Trading had 15 more articles in the media than Air Transport Services Group. MarketBeat recorded 18 mentions for Genco Shipping & Trading and 3 mentions for Air Transport Services Group. Air Transport Services Group's average media sentiment score of 0.82 beat Genco Shipping & Trading's score of 0.44 indicating that Air Transport Services Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.
91.8% of Air Transport Services Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 58.6% of Genco Shipping & Trading shares are held by institutional investors. 3.3% of Air Transport Services Group shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 2.5% of Genco Shipping & Trading shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Air Transport Services Group has a net margin of 2.37% compared to Genco Shipping & Trading's net margin of 0.81%. Air Transport Services Group's return on equity of 6.61% beat Genco Shipping & Trading's return on equity.
Summary
Air Transport Services Group beats Genco Shipping & Trading on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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