Critical Review: Diana Shipping (NYSE:DSX) versus CMB.TECH (NYSE:CMBT)

Diana Shipping (NYSE:DSX) and CMB.TECH (NYSE:CMBT) are both industrials companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, institutional ownership, dividends, valuation, analyst recommendations, profitability and risk.

Volatility and Risk

Diana Shipping has a beta of 0.69, indicating that its share price is 31% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, CMB.TECH has a beta of 0.21, indicating that its share price is 79% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of recent ratings and recommmendations for Diana Shipping and CMB.TECH, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Diana Shipping	0	1	0	0	2.00
CMB.TECH	0	0	1	2	3.67

Insider and Institutional Ownership

48.7% of Diana Shipping shares are held 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.

Dividends

Diana Shipping pays an annual dividend of $0.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.7%. CMB.TECH pays an annual dividend of $0.49 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.9%. Diana Shipping pays out 8.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. CMB.TECH pays out 16.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Diana Shipping and CMB.TECH”s gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Diana Shipping	$213.54 million	1.35	$17.83 million	$0.48	4.84
CMB.TECH	$1.67 billion	2.00	$160.70 million	$2.91	5.76

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

Profitability

This table compares Diana Shipping and CMB.TECH’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Diana Shipping	27.88%	7.55%	3.32%
CMB.TECH	37.19%	30.02%	9.90%

Summary

CMB.TECH beats Diana Shipping on 12 of the 15 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 CMB.TECH

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.