Financial Survey: Navios Maritime Partners (NYSE:NMM) vs. Stolt-Nielsen (OTCMKTS:SOIEF)

Navios Maritime Partners (NYSE:NMM) and Stolt-Nielsen (OTCMKTS:SOIEF) are both industrials companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, profitability, valuation, risk, earnings, institutional ownership and dividends.

Profitability

This table compares Navios Maritime Partners and Stolt-Nielsen’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Navios Maritime Partners	25.05%	10.48%	5.83%
Stolt-Nielsen	N/A	N/A	N/A

Insider & Institutional Ownership

62.7% of Navios Maritime Partners shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 19.2% of Stolt-Nielsen shares are owned by institutional investors. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Navios Maritime Partners and Stolt-Nielsen”s gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Navios Maritime Partners	$1.40 billion	1.62	$285.33 million	$11.87	6.66
Stolt-Nielsen	N/A	N/A	N/A	$1.77	18.49

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.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of recent ratings and price targets for Navios Maritime Partners and Stolt-Nielsen, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Navios Maritime Partners	0	1	1	0	2.50
Stolt-Nielsen	0	0	0	0	0.00

Navios Maritime Partners presently has a consensus price target of $85.00, indicating a potential upside of 7.53%. Given Navios Maritime Partners’ stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe Navios Maritime Partners is more favorable than Stolt-Nielsen.

Dividends

Navios Maritime Partners pays an annual dividend of $0.24 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.3%. Stolt-Nielsen pays an annual dividend of $0.88 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.7%. Navios Maritime Partners pays out 2.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Stolt-Nielsen pays out 49.4% 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.

Summary

Navios Maritime Partners beats Stolt-Nielsen on 10 of the 12 factors compared between the two stocks.

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.

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.