Financial Review: Pangaea Logistics Solutions (NASDAQ:PANL) vs. Euronav (NYSE:CMBT)

Pangaea Logistics Solutions (NASDAQ:PANL) and Euronav (NYSE:CMBT) are both transportation companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, valuation, earnings, profitability, risk, analyst recommendations and dividends.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of current ratings for Pangaea Logistics Solutions and Euronav, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Pangaea Logistics Solutions	0	0	1	0	3.00
Euronav	0	0	0	0	0.00

Pangaea Logistics Solutions currently has a consensus target price of $10.25, suggesting a potential upside of 88.77%. Given Pangaea Logistics Solutions’ stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe Pangaea Logistics Solutions is more favorable than Euronav.

Insider and Institutional Ownership

60.2% of Pangaea Logistics Solutions shares are held by institutional investors. 16.7% of Pangaea Logistics Solutions shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Risk and Volatility

Pangaea Logistics Solutions has a beta of 0.84, suggesting that its share price is 16% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Euronav has a beta of -0.12, suggesting that its share price is 112% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Pangaea Logistics Solutions and Euronav”s revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Pangaea Logistics Solutions	$521.24 million	0.49	$26.32 million	$0.47	11.55
Euronav	$1.24 billion	N/A	$858.03 million	$5.93	1.77

Euronav has higher revenue and earnings than Pangaea Logistics Solutions. Euronav is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Pangaea Logistics Solutions, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Dividends

Pangaea Logistics Solutions pays an annual dividend of $0.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.4%. Euronav pays an annual dividend of $0.53 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.0%. Pangaea Logistics Solutions pays out 85.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Euronav pays out 8.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

Profitability

This table compares Pangaea Logistics Solutions and Euronav’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Pangaea Logistics Solutions	4.14%	7.88%	4.16%
Euronav	117.02%	22.29%	10.17%

Summary

Pangaea Logistics Solutions beats Euronav on 8 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Pangaea Logistics Solutions

Pangaea Logistics Solutions, Ltd., together with its subsidiaries, provides seaborne dry bulk logistics and transportation services to industrial customers worldwide. It offers various dry bulk cargoes, such as grains, coal, iron ore, pig iron, hot briquetted iron, bauxite, alumina, cement clinker, dolomite, and limestone. The company's ocean logistics services comprise cargo loading, cargo discharge, vessel chartering, voyage planning, and technical vessel management. It owns and operates a fleet of vessels. The company was founded in 1996 and is headquartered in Newport, Rhode Island.

About Euronav

Euronav NV, together with its subsidiaries, engages in the transportation and storage of crude oil worldwide. The company offers floating, storage, and offloading (FSO) services. It also owns and operates a fleet of vessels. The company was incorporated in 2003 and is headquartered in Antwerp, Belgium. As of March 15, 2024, Euronav NV operates as subsidiary of CMB NV.