Reviewing Britannia Bulk (OTCMKTS:BBLKF) and Pangaea Logistics Solutions (NASDAQ:PANL)

Pangaea Logistics Solutions (NASDAQ:PANL) and Britannia Bulk (OTCMKTS:BBLKF) are both transportation companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, institutional ownership, earnings, risk, dividends, valuation and analyst recommendations.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of recent recommendations for Pangaea Logistics Solutions and Britannia Bulk, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Pangaea Logistics Solutions	0	1	0	0	2.00
Britannia Bulk	0	0	0	0	N/A

Pangaea Logistics Solutions currently has a consensus price target of $8.75, indicating a potential upside of 18.24%. Given Pangaea Logistics Solutions’ higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Pangaea Logistics Solutions is more favorable than Britannia Bulk.

Institutional & Insider Ownership

60.2% of Pangaea Logistics Solutions shares are held by institutional investors. 24.2% of Pangaea Logistics Solutions shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Profitability

This table compares Pangaea Logistics Solutions and Britannia Bulk’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Pangaea Logistics Solutions	5.27%	8.54%	4.35%
Britannia Bulk	N/A	N/A	N/A

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Pangaea Logistics Solutions and Britannia Bulk’s top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Pangaea Logistics Solutions	$499.27 million	0.69	$26.32 million	$0.59	12.54
Britannia Bulk	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

Pangaea Logistics Solutions has higher revenue and earnings than Britannia Bulk.

Volatility and Risk

Pangaea Logistics Solutions has a beta of 0.81, indicating that its share price is 19% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Britannia Bulk has a beta of 19.4, indicating that its share price is 1,840% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Pangaea Logistics Solutions beats Britannia Bulk on 7 of the 8 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Pangaea Logistics Solutions

Pangaea Logistics Solutions, Ltd., together with its subsidiaries, provides seaborne dry bulk logistics and transportation services to industrial customers worldwide. It offers various dry bulk cargoes, such as grains, coal, iron ore, pig iron, hot briquetted iron, bauxite, alumina, cement clinker, dolomite, and limestone. The company's ocean logistics services comprise cargo loading, cargo discharge, vessel chartering, voyage planning, and technical vessel management. It owns and operates a fleet of vessels. The company was founded in 1996 and is headquartered in Newport, Rhode Island.

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.