Head to Head Review: Navios Maritime Partners (NYSE:NMM) vs. Ocean Yield ASA (OTCMKTS:OYIEF)

Ocean Yield ASA (OTCMKTS:OYIEF) and Navios Maritime Partners (NYSE:NMM) are both industrials companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, analyst recommendations, earnings, institutional ownership, valuation, profitability and risk.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

62.7% of Navios Maritime Partners shares are held by institutional investors. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Ocean Yield ASA and Navios Maritime Partners”s revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Ocean Yield ASA	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Navios Maritime Partners	$1.34 billion	1.73	$285.33 million	$11.87	6.84

Navios Maritime Partners has higher revenue and earnings than Ocean Yield ASA.

Profitability

This table compares Ocean Yield ASA and Navios Maritime Partners’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Ocean Yield ASA	N/A	N/A	N/A
Navios Maritime Partners	25.05%	10.48%	5.83%

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of current recommendations for Ocean Yield ASA and Navios Maritime Partners, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Ocean Yield ASA	0	0	0	0	0.00
Navios Maritime Partners	0	1	1	0	2.50

Navios Maritime Partners has a consensus price target of $85.00, suggesting a potential upside of 4.74%. Given Navios Maritime Partners’ stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Navios Maritime Partners is more favorable than Ocean Yield ASA.

Summary

Navios Maritime Partners beats Ocean Yield ASA on 8 of the 8 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Ocean Yield ASA

Ocean Yield ASA engages in the investment, acquisition, sale, and leasing of marine installations. It operates through the following segments: Floating Production Storage and Offloading (FPSO), Other Oil Service, Car Carriers, Container Vessels, Tankers, Other Shipping, and Other. The FPSO segment invests in floating production, storage, and offloading vessels. The Other Oil Service segment consists of subsea construction vessels, cable lay vessels, and anchor handling tug supply vessels (AHTS). The Car Carriers segment offers pure car truck carriers (PCTC). The Container Vessels segment includes the equity investment in mega container vessels. The Tankers segment deals with investments in chemical, product, and crude tankers. The Other Shipping segment includes investments within chemical and product tankers. The Other segment refers to any other investments made by the group. The company was founded in March 2012 and is headquartered in Lysaker, Norway.

About Navios Maritime Partners

Navios Maritime Partners L.P. owns and operates dry cargo vessels in Asia, Europe, North America, and Australia. The company offers seaborne transportation services for a range of liquid and dry cargo commodities, including crude oil, refined petroleum, chemicals, iron ore, coal, grain, fertilizer, and containers, as well as charters its vessels under short, medium, and longer-term charters. Navios Maritime Partners L.P. was founded in 2007 and is based in Monaco.