Stolt-Nielsen (OTCMKTS:SOIEF – Get Free Report) and Navios Maritime Partners (NYSE:NMM – Get Free Report) are both industrials companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, valuation, dividends, earnings, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations and risk.
Analyst Recommendations
This is a summary of recent ratings and recommmendations for Stolt-Nielsen and Navios Maritime Partners, as provided by MarketBeat.com.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| Stolt-Nielsen | 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 8.24%. Given Navios Maritime Partners’ stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Navios Maritime Partners is more favorable than Stolt-Nielsen.
Valuation and Earnings
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| Stolt-Nielsen | N/A | N/A | N/A | $1.77 | 18.49 |
| Navios Maritime Partners | $1.34 billion | 1.68 | $285.33 million | $11.87 | 6.62 |
Navios Maritime Partners has higher revenue and earnings than Stolt-Nielsen. Navios Maritime Partners is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Stolt-Nielsen, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Dividends
Stolt-Nielsen pays an annual dividend of $0.88 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.7%. Navios Maritime Partners pays an annual dividend of $0.24 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.3%. Stolt-Nielsen pays out 49.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Navios Maritime Partners pays out 2.0% 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.
Profitability
This table compares Stolt-Nielsen and Navios Maritime Partners’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| Stolt-Nielsen | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Navios Maritime Partners | 25.05% | 10.48% | 5.83% |
Institutional and Insider Ownership
19.2% of Stolt-Nielsen shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 62.7% of Navios Maritime Partners shares are owned by institutional investors. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
Navios Maritime Partners beats Stolt-Nielsen on 10 of the 12 factors compared between the two stocks.
About Stolt-Nielsen
Stolt-Nielsen Limited, together with its subsidiaries, provides transportation, storage, and distribution solutions for bulk liquid chemicals, edible oils, acids, and other specialty liquids worldwide. It operates through five segments: Tankers, Terminals, Tank Containers, Stolt Sea Farm, and Stolt-Nielsen Gas. The company also produces, processes, and markets seafood, including turbot and sole; and transports, stores, and distributes chemicals, clean petroleum products, liquefied petroleum gases, vegetable oils, biofuels, and oleochemicals, as well as alternative fuels and feedstocks. In addition, it holds investment in logistics, distribution, liquid natural gas (LNG), and land-based aquaculture businesses. The company was founded in 1959 and is based in London, the United Kingdom. Stolt-Nielsen Limited is a subsidiary of Fiducia Ltd.
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.
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