KNOT Offshore Partners (NYSE:KNOP – Get Free Report) and Pacific Basin Shipping (OTCMKTS:PCFBF – Get Free Report) are both industrials companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, risk, dividends, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, earnings and valuation.
Analyst Recommendations
This is a breakdown of current ratings and target prices for KNOT Offshore Partners and Pacific Basin Shipping, as reported by MarketBeat.
Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
KNOT Offshore Partners | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | N/A |
Pacific Basin Shipping | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | N/A |
Dividends
Valuation & Earnings
This table compares KNOT Offshore Partners and Pacific Basin Shipping”s top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.
Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
KNOT Offshore Partners | $296.76 million | 0.73 | -$33.57 million | ($0.76) | -8.41 |
Pacific Basin Shipping | N/A | N/A | N/A | ($0.05) | -5.42 |
Pacific Basin Shipping has lower revenue, but higher earnings than KNOT Offshore Partners. KNOT Offshore Partners is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Pacific Basin Shipping, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Profitability
This table compares KNOT Offshore Partners and Pacific Basin Shipping’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
KNOT Offshore Partners | 0.66% | 2.84% | 0.95% |
Pacific Basin Shipping | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Institutional and Insider Ownership
26.8% of KNOT Offshore Partners shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 37.4% of Pacific Basin Shipping shares are owned by institutional investors. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
Pacific Basin Shipping beats KNOT Offshore Partners on 5 of the 9 factors compared between the two stocks.
About KNOT Offshore Partners
KNOT Offshore Partners LP acquires, owns, and operates shuttle tankers under long-term charters in the North Sea and Brazil. The company provides loading, transportation, and discharge of crude oil under time charters and bareboat charters. The company was founded in 2013 and is headquartered in Aberdeen, the United Kingdom.
About Pacific Basin Shipping
Pacific Basin Shipping Limited, an investment holding company, engages in the provision of dry bulk shipping services worldwide. The company offers its shipping services that mainly carry major and minor bulks, including grains, ores, logs/forest products, bauxite, sugar, concentrates, cement and clinkers, coal/coke, fertilizers, alumina, steel, pet-coke, salt, sand and gypsum, and scrap. It also offers shipping consulting, crewing, secretarial, and ship agency and management services. In addition, the company is involved in the vessel owning and chartering, and convertible bonds issuing activities. It has a fleet of 266 owned and chartered vessels, including 121 Handysize, 1 Capesize, and 144 Supramax/Ultramax vessels. The company was founded in 1987 and is headquartered in Wong Chuk Hang, Hong Kong.
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