Star Bulk Carriers (NASDAQ:SBLK – Get Free Report) and COSCO SHIPPING (OTCMKTS:CICOY – Get Free Report) are both industrials companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, valuation, risk, profitability, analyst recommendations, earnings and institutional ownership.
Dividends
Star Bulk Carriers pays an annual dividend of $2.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.6%. COSCO SHIPPING pays an annual dividend of $0.45 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.3%. Star Bulk Carriers pays out 78.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
Risk and Volatility
Star Bulk Carriers has a beta of 0.72, suggesting that its stock price is 28% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, COSCO SHIPPING has a beta of 0.7, suggesting that its stock price is 30% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Earnings & Valuation
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| Star Bulk Carriers | $1.04 billion | 3.28 | $84.17 million | $2.55 | 11.82 |
| COSCO SHIPPING | $30.54 billion | 1.08 | $4.29 billion | N/A | N/A |
COSCO SHIPPING has higher revenue and earnings than Star Bulk Carriers.
Analyst Ratings
This is a breakdown of current ratings and recommmendations for Star Bulk Carriers and COSCO SHIPPING, as reported by MarketBeat.com.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| Star Bulk Carriers | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3.25 |
| COSCO SHIPPING | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.67 |
Star Bulk Carriers currently has a consensus price target of $31.50, indicating a potential upside of 4.55%. Given Star Bulk Carriers’ stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Star Bulk Carriers is more favorable than COSCO SHIPPING.
Profitability
This table compares Star Bulk Carriers and COSCO SHIPPING’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| Star Bulk Carriers | 23.87% | 11.72% | 7.61% |
| COSCO SHIPPING | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Insider and Institutional Ownership
33.9% of Star Bulk Carriers shares are owned by institutional investors. 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.
Summary
Star Bulk Carriers beats COSCO SHIPPING on 11 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.
About Star Bulk Carriers
Star Bulk Carriers Corp., a shipping company, engages in the ocean transportation of dry bulk cargoes worldwide. Its vessels transport a range of bulk commodities, including iron ores, minerals and grains, bauxite, fertilizers, and steel products. As of December 31, 2023, the company owned a fleet of 116 dry bulk vessels with combined carrying capacity of 13.1 million deadweight tonnage (dwt) consisting of Newcastlemax, Capesize, Post Panamax, Kamsarmax, Panamax, Ultramax, and Supramax vessels with carrying capacities between 53,489 dwt and 209,537 dwt. Star Bulk Carriers Corp. was incorporated in 2006 and is based in Marousi, Greece.
About COSCO SHIPPING
COSCO SHIPPING Holdings Co., Ltd., an investment holding company, engages in the container shipping, managing and operating container terminals, and other terminal related businesses in the United States, Europe, the Asia Pacific, Mainland China, and internationally. It operates through Container Shipping Business and Terminal Business segments. The company offers freight forwarding and transportation, vessel chartering, container transportation, marine, vessel management and manning, cargo and liner agency, logistics, document, shipping agency and other sea transport, container stack, cargo storage, and cargo transportation services. It is also involved in the design and manufacture of computer software, as well as provision of technology services and solutions; asset management business; and operation of terminals. The company was formerly known as China COSCO Holdings Company Limited and changed its name to COSCO SHIPPING Holdings Co., Ltd. in November 2016. COSCO SHIPPING Holdings Co., Ltd. was incorporated in 2005 and is based in Shanghai, the People’s Republic of China.
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