Analyzing Navios Maritime Partners (NYSE:NMM) & Britannia Bulk (OTCMKTS:BBLKF)

Navios Maritime Partners (NYSE:NMM) and Britannia Bulk (OTCMKTS:BBLKF) are both transportation companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, valuation, dividends, analyst recommendations, earnings, profitability and risk.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of current recommendations for Navios Maritime Partners and Britannia Bulk, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Navios Maritime Partners	0	0	1	0	3.00
Britannia Bulk	0	0	0	0	0.00

Navios Maritime Partners presently has a consensus price target of $80.00, suggesting a potential upside of 95.74%. Given Navios Maritime Partners’ stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe Navios Maritime Partners is more favorable than Britannia Bulk.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

62.7% of Navios Maritime Partners shares are owned by institutional investors. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Navios Maritime Partners and Britannia Bulk”s revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Navios Maritime Partners	$1.33 billion	0.91	$367.31 million	$10.99	3.72
Britannia Bulk	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

Navios Maritime Partners has higher revenue and earnings than Britannia Bulk.

Risk and Volatility

Navios Maritime Partners has a beta of 1.4, indicating that its stock price is 40% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Britannia Bulk has a beta of 9.2, indicating that its stock price is 820% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Profitability

This table compares Navios Maritime Partners and Britannia Bulk’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Navios Maritime Partners	25.44%	10.41%	5.70%
Britannia Bulk	N/A	N/A	N/A

Summary

Navios Maritime Partners beats Britannia Bulk on 8 of the 9 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 Britannia Bulk

Britannia Bulk Holdings Inc., together with its subsidiaries, provides drybulk shipping and maritime logistics services. It primarily transports coal, fertilizers, scrap metals, iron-ore, grain, and other bulk cargoes from the Baltic region to Northern and Western Europe. The company’s logistics services include port modification, fendering, lightening, dredging of berths, maximizing vessel throughput in ports, provision of floating cranes, and self-discharging equipment. The company serves power companies, coal producers, and commodity trading houses. Britannia Bulk Holdings Inc. was formerly known as Britannia Bulk PLC and changed its name to Britannia Bulk Holdings Inc. in June 2008. The company was founded in 1999 and is headquartered in London, the United Kingdom. As of 2010, Britannia Bulk Holdings Inc. is in liquidation.