Robin Energy (NASDAQ:RBNE) and SFL (NYSE:SFL) Head to Head Review

Robin Energy (NASDAQ:RBNE) and SFL (NYSE:SFL) are both small-cap transportation companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, analyst recommendations, valuation, institutional ownership, risk, earnings and dividends.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Robin Energy and SFL”s revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Robin Energy	$6.77 million	2.10	$1.05 million	$0.03	40.33
SFL	$904.40 million	1.14	$130.65 million	$0.26	27.13

SFL has higher revenue and earnings than Robin Energy. SFL is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Robin Energy, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Profitability

This table compares Robin Energy and SFL’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Robin Energy	N/A	N/A	N/A
SFL	3.97%	6.67%	1.78%

Institutional & Insider Ownership

28.6% of SFL shares are held by institutional investors. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of recent ratings and recommmendations for Robin Energy and SFL, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Robin Energy	0	0	0	0	0.00
SFL	0	1	0	1	3.00

Summary

SFL beats Robin Energy on 9 of the 11 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Robin Energy

Robin Energy Ltd. operates as a holding company that provides tanker vessel services. The company was founded by Petros Panagiotidis on September 24, 2024 and is headquartered in Limassol, Cyrus.

About SFL

SFL Corporation Ltd., a maritime and offshore asset owning and chartering company, engages in the ownership, operation, and chartering out of vessels and offshore related assets on medium and long-term charters. The company operates in various sectors of the maritime, and shipping and offshore industries, including oil transportation, dry bulk shipments, chemical transportation, oil products transportation, container transportation, car transportation, and drilling rigs. As of December 31, 2023, the company owned seven crude oil carriers, six oil product tankers, 15 dry bulk carriers, 32 container vessels, one jack-up drilling rig, one ultra-deepwater drilling rig, and five car carriers. It primarily operates in Bermuda, Canada, Cyprus, Liberia, Namibia, Norway, Singapore, the United Kingdom, and the Marshall Islands. The company was formerly known as Ship Finance International Limited and changed its name to SFL Corporation Ltd. in September 2019. SFL Corporation Ltd. was founded in 2003 and is based in Hamilton, Bermuda.