Analyzing Pacific Basin Shipping (OTCMKTS:PCFBY) and Euronav (NYSE:CMBT)

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares Euronav and Pacific Basin Shipping”s top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Euronav	$982.85 million	1.91	$858.03 million	$5.93	1.57
Pacific Basin Shipping	$2.30 billion	0.53	$109.38 million	N/A	N/A

Euronav has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Pacific Basin Shipping.

Dividends

Euronav pays an annual dividend of $0.92 per share and has a dividend yield of 9.9%. Pacific Basin Shipping pays an annual dividend of $0.17 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.6%. Euronav pays out 15.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

Profitability

This table compares Euronav and Pacific Basin Shipping’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Euronav	117.02%	22.29%	10.17%
Pacific Basin Shipping	N/A	N/A	N/A

Volatility and Risk

Euronav has a beta of -0.12, suggesting that its stock price is 112% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Pacific Basin Shipping has a beta of 0.72, suggesting that its stock price is 28% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Euronav beats Pacific Basin Shipping on 6 of the 9 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Euronav

Euronav NV, together with its subsidiaries, engages in the transportation and storage of crude oil worldwide. The company offers floating, storage, and offloading (FSO) services. It also owns and operates a fleet of vessels. The company was incorporated in 2003 and is headquartered in Antwerp, Belgium. As of March 15, 2024, Euronav NV operates as subsidiary of CMB NV.

About Pacific Basin Shipping

Pacific Basin Shipping Limited, an investment holding company, engages in the provision of dry bulk shipping services worldwide. The company offers its shipping services that mainly carry major and minor bulks, including grains, ores, logs/forest products, bauxite, sugar, concentrates, cement and clinkers, coal/coke, fertilizers, alumina, steel, pet-coke, salt, sand and gypsum, and scrap. It also offers shipping consulting, crewing, secretarial, and ship agency and management services. In addition, the company is involved in the vessel owning and chartering, and convertible bonds issuing activities. It has a fleet of 266 owned and chartered vessels, including 121 Handysize, 1 Capesize, and 144 Supramax/Ultramax vessels. The company was founded in 1987 and is headquartered in Wong Chuk Hang, Hong Kong.