Head-To-Head Contrast: Navios Maritime Partners (NYSE:NMM) versus Genco Shipping & Trading (OTCMKTS:GNKOQ)

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

Institutional & Insider Ownership

62.7% of Navios Maritime Partners shares are owned 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.

Profitability

This table compares Genco Shipping & Trading and Navios Maritime Partners’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Genco Shipping & Trading	N/A	N/A	N/A
Navios Maritime Partners	30.27%	12.48%	6.99%

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of current ratings and recommmendations for Genco Shipping & Trading and Navios Maritime Partners, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Genco Shipping & Trading	0	0	0	0	0.00
Navios Maritime Partners	0	1	1	0	2.50

Navios Maritime Partners has a consensus target price of $85.00, suggesting a potential downside of 4.06%. Given Genco Shipping & Trading’s higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Genco Shipping & Trading is more favorable than Navios Maritime Partners.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Genco Shipping & Trading and Navios Maritime Partners”s top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Genco Shipping & Trading	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Navios Maritime Partners	$1.34 billion	1.89	$285.33 million	$11.87	7.46

Navios Maritime Partners has higher revenue and earnings than Genco Shipping & Trading.

Summary

Navios Maritime Partners beats Genco Shipping & Trading on 7 of the 8 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Genco Shipping & Trading

Genco Shipping & Trading Limited (GS&T) transports iron ore, coal, grain, steel products and other drybulk cargoes along worldwide shipping routes through the ownership and operation of drybulk carrier vessels. As of December 31, 2012, GS&T’s fleet consisted of 53 drybulk carriers, including nine capesize, eight panamax, 17 supramax, six handymax and 13 handysize drybulk carriers, with an aggregate carrying capacity of approximately 3,810,000 deadweight tonnages. The average age of the Company’s fleet was approximately 7.8 years as of December 31, 2012. Additionally, five of the Company’s vessels operate in the Lauritzen Pool. It has two segments: GS&T and Baltic Trading Limited (Baltic Trading). The Company provides technical services for drybulk vessels purchased by Maritime Equity Partners (MEP) under an agency agreement between the Company and MEP. These services include oversight of crew management, insurance, drydocking, ship operations and financial statement preparation.

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.