Reviewing Diana Shipping (NYSE:DSX) & Cadeler A/S (NYSE:CDLR)

Diana Shipping (NYSE:DSX) and Cadeler A/S (NYSE:CDLR) are both transportation companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, dividends, analyst recommendations, risk, profitability, valuation and earnings.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of recent recommendations and price targets for Diana Shipping and Cadeler A/S, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Diana Shipping	1	0	0	0	1.00
Cadeler A/S	0	2	0	0	2.00

Institutional and Insider Ownership

48.7% of Diana Shipping shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 53.0% of Cadeler A/S shares are held by institutional investors. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Profitability

This table compares Diana Shipping and Cadeler A/S’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Diana Shipping	11.18%	4.93%	2.11%
Cadeler A/S	50.46%	20.80%	10.71%

Risk and Volatility

Diana Shipping has a beta of 0.71, meaning that its stock price is 29% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Cadeler A/S has a beta of 0.19, meaning that its stock price is 81% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares Diana Shipping and Cadeler A/S”s revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Diana Shipping	$228.21 million	1.25	$12.75 million	$0.11	22.32
Cadeler A/S	$538.74 million	4.25	$70.41 million	$3.42	7.64

Cadeler A/S has higher revenue and earnings than Diana Shipping. Cadeler A/S is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Diana Shipping, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Summary

Cadeler A/S beats Diana Shipping on 9 of the 11 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Diana Shipping

Diana Shipping Inc. provides shipping transportation services. The company transports a range of dry bulk cargoes, including commodities, such as iron ore, coal, grain, and other materials in shipping routes worldwide. As of March 1, 2024, it operated a fleet of 38 dry bulk vessels, including 4 Newcastlemax, 8 Capesize, 5 Post-Panamax, 6 Kamsarmax, 9 Ultramax, and 6 Panamax. The company was formerly known as Diana Shipping Investments Corp. and changed its name to Diana Shipping Inc. in February 2005. Diana Shipping Inc. was incorporated in 1999 and is based in Athens, Greece.

About Cadeler A/S

Cadeler A/S operates as an offshore wind farm transportation and installation contractor in Denmark. It also provides wind farm construction, maintenance, decommissioning, and other tasks within the offshore industry, as well as marine and engineering services. The company owns and operates four offshore jack-up windfarm installation vessels. Cadeler A/S was incorporated in 2008 and is headquartered in Copenhagen, Denmark.