Head to Head Contrast: Hafnia (HAFN) versus Its Peers

Hafnia (NYSE:HAFN) is one of 1,051 public companies in the “Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels” industry, but how does it compare to its competitors? We will compare Hafnia to related businesses based on the strength of its valuation, dividends, earnings, risk, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership and profitability.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

30.8% of shares of all “Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels” companies are owned by institutional investors. 15.3% of shares of all “Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels” companies are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of current ratings and target prices for Hafnia and its competitors, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Hafnia	0	1	3	1	3.00
Hafnia Competitors	5998	27048	40916	2431	2.52

Hafnia currently has a consensus price target of $12.00, indicating a potential upside of 27.73%. As a group, “Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels” companies have a potential upside of 27.39%. Given Hafnia’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities 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	56.72%	26.74%	17.14%
Hafnia Competitors	-455.77%	19.32%	6.65%

Valuation and 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	$2.67 billion	$339.68 million	7.12
Hafnia Competitors	$11.73 billion	$5.51 billion	-1.24

Hafnia’s competitors have higher revenue and 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.

Risk and Volatility

Hafnia has a beta of 0.46, suggesting that its stock price is 54% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Hafnia’s competitors have a beta of -3.75, suggesting that their average stock price is 475% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Dividends

Hafnia pays an annual dividend of $2.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 21.3%. Hafnia pays out 151.5% 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, “Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels” companies pay a dividend yield of 9.0% and pay out -135.3% of their earnings in the form of a dividend.

Summary

Hafnia beats its competitors on 10 of the 15 factors compared.

About Hafnia

Hafnia Ltd. is an international shipping company that owns and operates tankers carrying petroleum products and other liquid cargoes. Its fleet serves customers across the energy and commodities industries, including oil companies and trading firms. The company transports clean petroleum products, such as gasoline and diesel, as well as crude oil, chemicals and vegetable oils. Its vessels operate on routes around the world, connecting producers, refineries and end markets. Hafnia is headquartered in Singapore and is led by Chief Executive Officer Mikael Skov.