Genco Shipping & Trading (NYSE:GNK) & Orient Overseas International (OTCMKTS:OROVY) Critical Survey

Genco Shipping & Trading (NYSE:GNK) and Orient Overseas International (OTCMKTS:OROVY) are both transportation companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, earnings, profitability, risk, analyst recommendations, valuation and dividends.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of recent ratings and price targets for Genco Shipping & Trading and Orient Overseas International, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Genco Shipping & Trading	0	3	2	0	2.40
Orient Overseas International	0	1	0	0	2.00

Genco Shipping & Trading currently has a consensus price target of $23.67, indicating a potential upside of 0.76%. Given Genco Shipping & Trading’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Genco Shipping & Trading is more favorable than Orient Overseas International.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

58.6% of Genco Shipping & Trading shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.4% of Genco Shipping & Trading shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Risk and Volatility

Genco Shipping & Trading has a beta of 0.95, suggesting that its stock price is 5% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Orient Overseas International has a beta of 0.89, suggesting that its stock price is 11% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares Genco Shipping & Trading and Orient Overseas International”s gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Genco Shipping & Trading	$342.05 million	2.99	-$4.37 million	$0.38	61.81
Orient Overseas International	$9.72 billion	1.06	$1.51 billion	N/A	N/A

Orient Overseas International has higher revenue and earnings than Genco Shipping & Trading.

Dividends

Genco Shipping & Trading pays an annual dividend of $1.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.0%. Orient Overseas International pays an annual dividend of $4.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.2%. Genco Shipping & Trading pays out 368.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

Profitability

This table compares Genco Shipping & Trading and Orient Overseas International’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Genco Shipping & Trading	4.38%	2.49%	1.95%
Orient Overseas International	N/A	N/A	N/A

Summary

Genco Shipping & Trading beats Orient Overseas International on 11 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Genco Shipping & Trading

Genco Shipping & Trading Ltd. is an international ship owning company, which engages in the transportation of iron ore, coal, grain, bauxite, steel products, and other drybulk cargoes. It operates through the Major Bulk and Minor Bulk segments. The Major Bulk segment focuses on Capesize vessels. The Minor Bulk segment consists of Ultramax and Supramax vessels. The company was founded on September 27, 2004 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

About Orient Overseas International

Orient Overseas (International) Limited, an investment holding company, provides container transport and logistics services in Asia, Europe, Australia, and North America. The company offers supply chain management services; and containerised shipping services in various trade lanes comprising Trans-Pacific, Trans-Atlantic, Asia/Europe, Asia/Australia, and Intra-Asia trades. It is also involved in shipping and logistics software application development; container transport, equipment owning and leasing, container depot and warehousing, portfolio investment, trucking, ship owning, terminal operating, cargo consolidation and forwarding, liner and freight agency, property owning, and ship management businesses; operating of vessels; and provision of corporate and trucking services. In addition, the company offers AI and blockchain digital data on network applications, and platform design services. The company was incorporated in 1986 and is based in Wan Chai, Hong Kong. Orient Overseas (International) Limited is a subsidiary of Faulkner Global Holdings Limited.