Contrasting Himalaya Shipping (HSHP) & Its Peers

Himalaya Shipping (NYSE:HSHP) is one of 57 publicly-traded companies in the “Deep sea foreign transportation of freight” industry, but how does it contrast to its competitors? We will compare Himalaya Shipping to related businesses based on the strength of its valuation, analyst recommendations, earnings, dividends, profitability, risk and institutional ownership.

Dividends

Himalaya Shipping pays an annual dividend of $0.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.1%. Himalaya Shipping pays out 14.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. As a group, “Deep sea foreign transportation of freight” companies pay a dividend yield of 5.8% and pay out 23.7% of their earnings in the form of a dividend.

Valuation & Earnings

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

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Himalaya Shipping	$112.30 million	$1.51 million	3.48
Himalaya Shipping Competitors	$830.54 million	$120.80 million	5.64

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

Volatility & Risk

Himalaya Shipping has a beta of 2.36, indicating that its share price is 136% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Himalaya Shipping’s competitors have a beta of 1.15, indicating that their average share price is 15% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of recent recommendations and price targets for Himalaya Shipping and its competitors, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Himalaya Shipping	1	0	0	0	1.00
Himalaya Shipping Competitors	279	1678	1876	94	2.45

As a group, “Deep sea foreign transportation of freight” companies have a potential upside of 51.66%. Given Himalaya Shipping’s competitors stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Himalaya Shipping has less favorable growth aspects than its competitors.

Profitability

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

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Himalaya Shipping	21.93%	15.72%	3.14%
Himalaya Shipping Competitors	31.53%	16.20%	8.24%

Institutional and Insider Ownership

22.3% of Himalaya Shipping shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 43.7% of shares of all “Deep sea foreign transportation of freight” companies are held by institutional investors. 14.5% of shares of all “Deep sea foreign transportation of freight” companies are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Himalaya Shipping competitors beat Himalaya Shipping on 13 of the 15 factors compared.

About Himalaya Shipping

Himalaya Shipping Ltd. provides dry bulk shipping services worldwide. The company operates a fleet of vessels. It serves major commodity trading, commodity and energy transition, and multi-modal transport companies. Himalaya Shipping Ltd. was incorporated in 2021 and is based in Hamilton, Bermuda.