Pangaea Logistics Solutions (NASDAQ:PANL) and Genco Shipping & Trading (NYSE:GNK) are both small-cap transportation companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, profitability, analyst recommendations, risk, dividends, earnings and valuation.
Earnings & Valuation
This table compares Pangaea Logistics Solutions and Genco Shipping & Trading’s top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| Pangaea Logistics Solutions | $372.97 million | 0.35 | $17.76 million | $0.53 | 5.51 |
| Genco Shipping & Trading | $367.52 million | 1.10 | -$32.94 million | $0.64 | 15.17 |
Pangaea Logistics Solutions has higher revenue and earnings than Genco Shipping & Trading. Pangaea Logistics Solutions 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.
Risk and Volatility
Pangaea Logistics Solutions has a beta of 0.32, suggesting that its stock price is 68% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Genco Shipping & Trading has a beta of 1.09, suggesting that its stock price is 9% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Analyst Ratings
This is a summary of current ratings and target prices for Pangaea Logistics Solutions and Genco Shipping & Trading, as provided by MarketBeat.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| Pangaea Logistics Solutions | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3.00 |
| Genco Shipping & Trading | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2.75 |
Pangaea Logistics Solutions currently has a consensus price target of $6.00, indicating a potential upside of 105.48%. Genco Shipping & Trading has a consensus price target of $15.63, indicating a potential upside of 60.92%. Given Pangaea Logistics Solutions’ stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Pangaea Logistics Solutions is more favorable than Genco Shipping & Trading.
Insider & Institutional Ownership
26.0% of Pangaea Logistics Solutions shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 84.1% of Genco Shipping & Trading shares are held by institutional investors. 46.7% of Pangaea Logistics Solutions shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.3% of Genco Shipping & Trading shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Profitability
This table compares Pangaea Logistics Solutions and Genco Shipping & Trading’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| Pangaea Logistics Solutions | 4.03% | 8.27% | 4.29% |
| Genco Shipping & Trading | -9.82% | -1.45% | -0.94% |
Dividends
Pangaea Logistics Solutions pays an annual dividend of $0.14 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.8%. Genco Shipping & Trading pays an annual dividend of $0.70 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.2%. Pangaea Logistics Solutions pays out 26.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Genco Shipping & Trading pays out 109.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
Summary
Pangaea Logistics Solutions beats Genco Shipping & Trading on 9 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
Pangaea Logistics Solutions Company Profile
Pangaea Logistics Solutions, Ltd., together with its subsidiaries, provides seaborne dry bulk logistics and transportation services to industrial customers worldwide. The company offers various dry bulk cargoes, including grains, coal, iron ore, pig iron, hot briquetted iron, bauxite, alumina, cement clinker, dolomite, and limestone. Its ocean logistics services comprise cargo loading, cargo discharge, vessel chartering, voyage planning, and technical vessel management. As of March 20, 2019, the company operated a fleet of 20 vessels. Pangaea Logistics Solutions, Ltd. was founded in 1996 and is based in Newport, Rhode Island.
Genco Shipping & Trading Company Profile
Genco Shipping & Trading Limited, together with its subsidiaries, engages in the ocean transportation of dry bulk cargoes worldwide. The company, through the ownership and operation of dry bulk carrier vessels, transports iron ore, coal, grains, steel products, and other dry-bulk cargoes. It charters its vessels primarily to trading houses, including commodities traders; producers; and government-owned entities. As of March 5, 2019, the company’s fleet consisted of 17 Capesize, 2 Panamax, 6 Ultramax, 20 Supramax, and 13 Handysize vessels with an aggregate capacity of approximately 5,075,000 deadweight tons. Genco Shipping & Trading Limited was founded in 2004 and is headquartered in New York, New York.
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