Comparing Box Ships (OTCMKTS:TEUFF) and Safe Bulkers (NYSE:SB)

Box Ships (OTCMKTS:TEUFF) and Safe Bulkers (NYSE:SB) are both transportation companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, analyst recommendations, risk, profitability, institutional ownership, valuation and earnings.

Volatility & Risk

Box Ships has a beta of -0.63, suggesting that its share price is 163% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Safe Bulkers has a beta of 0.91, suggesting that its share price is 9% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of current recommendations for Box Ships and Safe Bulkers, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Box Ships	0	0	0	0	N/A
Safe Bulkers	0	0	1	0	3.00

Safe Bulkers has a consensus price target of $6.00, suggesting a potential upside of 20.72%. Given Safe Bulkers’ higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Safe Bulkers is more favorable than Box Ships.

Profitability

This table compares Box Ships and Safe Bulkers’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Box Ships	N/A	N/A	N/A
Safe Bulkers	31.11%	10.78%	6.45%

Insider and Institutional Ownership

21.7% of Safe Bulkers shares are held by institutional investors. 40.3% of Safe Bulkers shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Box Ships and Safe Bulkers’ top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Box Ships	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Safe Bulkers	$307.16 million	1.73	$77.35 million	$0.68	7.31

Safe Bulkers has higher revenue and earnings than Box Ships.

Summary

Safe Bulkers beats Box Ships on 9 of the 9 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Box Ships

Box Ships Inc. provides commercial management services to shipping companies worldwide. The company was founded in 2010 and is based in Voula, Greece.

About Safe Bulkers

Safe Bulkers, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, provides marine drybulk transportation services. It owns and operates drybulk vessels for transporting bulk cargoes primarily coal, grain, and iron ore. The company has a fleet of 47 drybulk vessels having an aggregate carrying capacity of 4,719,600 deadweight tons. Its fleet consists of 10 Panamax class vessels, 11 Kamsarmax class vessels, 18 post-Panamax class vessels, and 8 Capesize class vessels. Safe Bulkers, Inc. was incorporated in 2007 and is based in Monaco.