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Ardmore Shipping Corporation (ASC) vs Safe Bulkers, Inc (SB)

Ardmore Shipping Corporation and Safe Bulkers, Inc are both Marine Shipping companies. Safe Bulkers, Inc is the larger, with a market value of $803.7M against $698.2M — 1.2× the size. Ardmore Shipping Corporation trades at the lower P/E: 6.4× against 9.1×. Ardmore Shipping Corporation grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 21.2% against 10.8%. Ardmore Shipping Corporation has the higher net margin (29.3% vs 25.7%) and the higher return on invested capital (9.58% vs 5.56%). Both pay a dividend; Ardmore Shipping Corporation yields more (8.02% vs 3.32%). Across the 21 metrics below, Ardmore Shipping Corporation leads on 17 and Safe Bulkers, Inc on 4.

Valuation

Metric ASC SB Marine Shipping median
P/E 6.35 9.06 7.37
P/S 1.86 2.34 1.71
P/B 1.02 0.87 0.85
Price to free cash flow 4.88 n/m 4.11
EV/EBITDA 4.69 9.88 5.98
EV/Sales 1.91 3.57 2.47
Earnings yield 15.74% 11.03% 13.14%
Free cash flow yield 20.50% (6.22%) 19.49%

Profitability

Metric ASC SB Marine Shipping median
Gross margin 46.92% 63.42% 60.61%
Operating margin 28.58% 36.11% 27.74%
Net margin 29.30% 25.69% 25.21%
Free cash flow margin 38.18% (14.56%) 18.27%
Return on equity 16.72% 0.00% 8.04%
Return on assets 13.93% 5.57% 5.13%
Return on invested capital 9.58% 5.56% 5.17%

Growth

Metric ASC SB Marine Shipping median
Revenue growth (TTM) 21.15% 10.81% 10.81%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) (71.24%) (63.86%) (20.39%)
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 7.11% 6.83% 11.95%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%

Health

Metric ASC SB Marine Shipping median
Debt to equity 0.09 0.59 0.44
Current ratio 5.26 1.00 1.67
Net debt to EBITDA 0.92 2.88 2.34

Dividend

Metric ASC SB Marine Shipping median
Dividend yield 8.02% 3.32% 4.83%
Payout ratio 0.51 0.30 0.30

Size

Metric ASC SB Marine Shipping median
Market cap 698.15m 803.66m 435.67m

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