Head to Head Survey: Dynagas LNG Partners (NYSE:DLNG) and Viking (NYSE:VIK)

Viking (NYSE:VIK) and Dynagas LNG Partners (NYSE:DLNG) are both transportation companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, earnings, profitability, institutional ownership, risk, valuation and analyst recommendations.

Insider and Institutional Ownership

98.8% of Viking shares are held by institutional investors. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of recent ratings and target prices for Viking and Dynagas LNG Partners, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Viking	0	3	10	0	2.77
Dynagas LNG Partners	0	0	0	0	0.00

Viking presently has a consensus target price of $42.85, indicating a potential downside of 6.18%. Given Viking’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe Viking is more favorable than Dynagas LNG Partners.

Profitability

This table compares Viking and Dynagas LNG Partners’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Viking	-10.97%	N/A	-1.53%
Dynagas LNG Partners	31.63%	14.73%	5.74%

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Viking and Dynagas LNG Partners”s top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Viking	$5.10 billion	3.86	-$1.86 billion	N/A	N/A
Dynagas LNG Partners	$151.69 million	1.28	$35.85 million	$0.96	5.51

Dynagas LNG Partners has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Viking.

Summary

Viking beats Dynagas LNG Partners on 6 of the 10 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Viking

Viking Holdings Ltd engages in the passenger shipping and other forms of passenger transport in North America, the United Kingdom, and internationally. It operates through River and Ocean segments. The company also operates as a tour entrepreneur for passengers and related activities in tourism. As of December 31, 2023, it operated a fleet of 92 ships, including 81 river vessels comprising 58 Longships, 10 smaller classes based on the Longship design, 11 other river vessels, and 1 river vessel charter and the Viking Mississippi; 9 ocean ships; and 2 expedition ships. The company was founded in 1997 and is based in Pembroke, Bermuda.

About Dynagas LNG Partners

Dynagas LNG Partners LP, through its subsidiaries, operates in the seaborne transportation industry in Greece and internationally. The company owns and operates liquefied natural gas (LNG) carriers. Its fleet consists of six LNG carriers with an aggregate carrying capacity of approximately 914,000 cubic meters. Dynagas GP LLC serves as the general partner of Dynagas LNG Partners LP. The company was incorporated in 2013 and is headquartered in Athens, Greece.