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Ardmore Shipping Corporation (ASC) vs StealthGas, Inc. (GASS)

Ardmore Shipping Corporation and StealthGas, Inc. are both Marine Shipping companies. Ardmore Shipping Corporation is the larger, with a market value of $698.2M against $296.1M — 2.4× the size. StealthGas, Inc. trades at the lower P/E: 5.0× against 6.4×. Ardmore Shipping Corporation grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 21.2% against −2.03%. StealthGas, Inc. has the higher net margin (33.9% vs 29.3%) and the lower return on invested capital (5.04% vs 9.58%). Across the 22 metrics below, StealthGas, Inc. leads on 16 and Ardmore Shipping Corporation on 6.

Valuation

Metric ASC GASS Marine Shipping median
P/E 6.35 4.97 7.37
P/S 1.86 1.71 1.71
P/B 1.02 0.40 0.85
Price to free cash flow 4.88 2.58 4.11
EV/EBITDA 4.69 2.22 5.98
EV/Sales 1.91 0.91 2.47
Earnings yield 15.74% 20.10% 13.14%
Free cash flow yield 20.50% 38.76% 19.49%

Profitability

Metric ASC GASS Marine Shipping median
Gross margin 46.92% 49.13% 60.61%
Operating margin 28.58% 26.57% 27.74%
Net margin 29.30% 33.90% 25.21%
Free cash flow margin 38.18% 66.30% 18.27%
Return on equity 16.72% 8.28% 8.04%
Return on assets 13.93% 7.81% 5.13%
Return on invested capital 9.58% 5.04% 5.17%

Growth

Metric ASC GASS Marine Shipping median
Revenue growth (TTM) 21.15% (2.03%) 10.81%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) (71.24%) (13.68%) (20.39%)
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 7.11% 3.61% 11.95%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 0.00% 37.46% 0.00%

Health

Metric ASC GASS Marine Shipping median
Debt to equity 0.09 0.00 0.44
Current ratio 5.26 9.30 1.67
Net debt to EBITDA 0.92 (1.25) 2.34

Dividend

Metric ASC GASS Marine Shipping median
Dividend yield 8.02% — 4.83%
Payout ratio 0.51 — 0.30

Size

Metric ASC GASS Marine Shipping median
Market cap 698.15m 296.14m 435.67m

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