Hafnia (HAFN) vs. The Competition Head-To-Head Survey

Hafnia (NYSE:HAFN) is one of 37 publicly-traded companies in the “Transportation services” industry, but how does it compare to its competitors? We will compare Hafnia to related companies based on the strength of its profitability, analyst recommendations, dividends, earnings, valuation, institutional ownership and risk.

Institutional & Insider Ownership

62.6% of shares of all “Transportation services” companies are held by institutional investors. 12.5% of shares of all “Transportation services” companies are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares Hafnia and its competitors top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Hafnia	$2.97 billion	$793.28 million	3.97
Hafnia Competitors	$3.85 billion	$283.46 million	-5,571.62

Hafnia’s competitors have higher revenue, but lower earnings than Hafnia. Hafnia is trading at a higher price-to-earnings ratio than its competitors, indicating that it is currently more expensive than other companies in its industry.

Dividends

Hafnia pays an annual dividend of $1.62 per share and has a dividend yield of 26.0%. Hafnia pays out 103.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. As a group, “Transportation services” companies pay a dividend yield of 0.8% and pay out 26.7% of their earnings in the form of a dividend.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of recent ratings for Hafnia and its competitors, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Hafnia	0	0	1	0	3.00
Hafnia Competitors	121	1033	2015	36	2.61

Hafnia currently has a consensus target price of $10.00, indicating a potential upside of 60.51%. As a group, “Transportation services” companies have a potential downside of 1.66%. Given Hafnia’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe Hafnia is more favorable than its competitors.

Profitability

This table compares Hafnia and its competitors’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Hafnia	47.30%	34.28%	20.51%
Hafnia Competitors	-1,964.81%	-1,254.59%	-15.49%

Summary

Hafnia beats its competitors on 9 of the 14 factors compared.

Hafnia Company Profile

Hafnia Limited owns and operates oil product tankers in Bermuda. It operates through Long Range II, Long Range I, Medium Range (MR), Handy size, and Specialized segments. The company transports clean and dirty, refined oil products, vegetable oil, and easy chemicals to national and international oil companies, and chemical companies, as well as trading and utility companies; and owns and operates 200 vessels. It provides ship owning, ship-management, investment, management, corporate support, and agency office services. In addition, the company provides integrated shipping platform, including technical management, commercial and chartering services, pool management, and large-scale bunker desk services. Hafnia Limited is based in Hamilton, Bermuda.