Financial Contrast: COSCO SHIPPING (OTCMKTS:CICOY) & Navios Maritime Partners (NYSE:NMM)

COSCO SHIPPING (OTCMKTS:CICOY) and Navios Maritime Partners (NYSE:NMM) are both transportation companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, valuation, institutional ownership, earnings, analyst recommendations, dividends and profitability.

Dividends

COSCO SHIPPING pays an annual dividend of $0.57 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.3%. Navios Maritime Partners pays an annual dividend of $0.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.4%. Navios Maritime Partners pays out 2.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares COSCO SHIPPING and Navios Maritime Partners”s gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
COSCO SHIPPING	$32.53 billion	0.77	$6.84 billion	N/A	N/A
Navios Maritime Partners	$1.33 billion	1.00	$367.31 million	$10.03	4.49

COSCO SHIPPING has higher revenue and earnings than Navios Maritime Partners.

Volatility and Risk

COSCO SHIPPING has a beta of 1.29, suggesting that its share price is 29% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Navios Maritime Partners has a beta of 1.54, suggesting that its share price is 54% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of current ratings and target prices for COSCO SHIPPING and Navios Maritime Partners, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
COSCO SHIPPING	1	1	0	0	1.50
Navios Maritime Partners	0	1	0	0	2.00

Institutional & Insider Ownership

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

Profitability

This table compares COSCO SHIPPING and Navios Maritime Partners’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
COSCO SHIPPING	N/A	N/A	N/A
Navios Maritime Partners	23.31%	9.24%	5.04%

Summary

Navios Maritime Partners beats COSCO SHIPPING on 7 of the 11 factors compared between the two stocks.

About COSCO SHIPPING

COSCO SHIPPING Holdings Co., Ltd., an investment holding company, engages in the container shipping, managing and operating container terminals, and other terminal related businesses in the United States, Europe, the Asia Pacific, Mainland China, and internationally. It operates through Container Shipping Business and Terminal Business segments. The company offers freight forwarding and transportation, vessel chartering, container transportation, marine, vessel management and manning, cargo and liner agency, logistics, document, shipping agency and other sea transport, container stack, cargo storage, and cargo transportation services. It is also involved in the design and manufacture of computer software, as well as provision of technology services and solutions; asset management business; and operation of terminals. The company was formerly known as China COSCO Holdings Company Limited and changed its name to COSCO SHIPPING Holdings Co., Ltd. in November 2016. COSCO SHIPPING Holdings Co., Ltd. was incorporated in 2005 and is based in Shanghai, the People’s Republic of China.

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.