Ardmore Shipping Corporation (ASC) vs Himalaya Shipping Ltd. (HSHP)

Ardmore Shipping Corporation and Himalaya Shipping Ltd. are both Marine Shipping companies. Ardmore Shipping Corporation and Himalaya Shipping Ltd. are of similar size ($704.7M and $698.2M). Ardmore Shipping Corporation trades at the lower P/E: 6.4× against 13.3×. Himalaya Shipping Ltd. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 38.6% against 21.2%. Himalaya Shipping Ltd. has the higher net margin (31.4% vs 29.3%) and the lower return on invested capital (7.91% vs 9.58%). Both pay a dividend; Himalaya Shipping Ltd. yields more (12.1% vs 8.02%). Across the 20 metrics below, Ardmore Shipping Corporation leads on 12 and Himalaya Shipping Ltd. on 8.

Valuation

Metric ASC HSHP Marine Shipping median
P/E 6.35 13.28 7.37
P/S 1.86 4.22 1.71
P/B 1.02 4.32 0.85
Price to free cash flow 4.88 n/m 4.11
EV/EBITDA 4.69 10.07 5.98
EV/Sales 1.91 8.06 2.47
Earnings yield 15.74% 7.53% 13.14%
Free cash flow yield 20.50% (32.03%) 19.49%

Profitability

Metric ASC HSHP Marine Shipping median
Gross margin 46.92% 81.65% 60.61%
Operating margin 28.58% 60.97% 27.74%
Net margin 29.30% 31.44% 25.21%
Free cash flow margin 38.18% 52.06% 18.27%
Return on equity 16.72% 32.62% 8.04%
Return on assets 13.93% 6.10% 5.13%
Return on invested capital 9.58% 7.91% 5.17%

Growth

Metric ASC HSHP Marine Shipping median
Revenue growth (TTM) 21.15% 38.59% 10.81%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) (71.24%) (20.83%) (20.39%)
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 7.11% — 11.95%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 0.00% — 0.00%

Health

Metric ASC HSHP Marine Shipping median
Debt to equity 0.09 4.15 0.44
Current ratio 5.26 1.19 1.67
Net debt to EBITDA 0.92 6.56 2.34

Dividend

Metric ASC HSHP Marine Shipping median
Dividend yield 8.02% 12.13% 4.83%
Payout ratio 0.51 1.61 0.30

Size

Metric ASC HSHP Marine Shipping median
Market cap 698.15m 704.72m 435.67m

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