Safe Bulkers (NYSE:SB – Get Free Report) and Robin Energy (NASDAQ:RBNE – Get Free Report) are both small-cap industrials companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, earnings, institutional ownership, risk, dividends, valuation and profitability.
Profitability
This table compares Safe Bulkers and Robin Energy’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| Safe Bulkers | 28.29% | 9.63% | 5.77% |
| Robin Energy | 4.10% | 8.51% | 4.39% |
Earnings & Valuation
This table compares Safe Bulkers and Robin Energy”s top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| Safe Bulkers | $275.74 million | 3.21 | $38.56 million | $0.78 | 11.15 |
| Robin Energy | $9.91 million | 0.34 | -$50,000.00 | $0.45 | 5.64 |
Safe Bulkers has higher revenue and earnings than Robin Energy. Robin Energy is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Safe Bulkers, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Institutional & Insider Ownership
21.7% of Safe Bulkers shares are owned by institutional investors. 40.3% of Safe Bulkers shares are owned by insiders. 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.
Risk and Volatility
Safe Bulkers has a beta of 0.84, meaning that its share price is 16% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Robin Energy has a beta of 1.49, meaning that its share price is 49% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Analyst Ratings
This is a summary of recent ratings and target prices for Safe Bulkers and Robin Energy, as provided by MarketBeat.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| Safe Bulkers | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2.33 |
| Robin Energy | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.00 |
Safe Bulkers presently has a consensus price target of $6.00, indicating a potential downside of 30.99%. Given Safe Bulkers’ stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Safe Bulkers is more favorable than Robin Energy.
Summary
Safe Bulkers beats Robin Energy on 13 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.
About Safe Bulkers
Safe Bulkers, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, provides marine drybulk transportation services. It owns and operates drybulk vessels for transporting bulk cargoes primarily coal, grain, and iron ore. The company has a fleet of 47 drybulk vessels having an aggregate carrying capacity of 4,719,600 deadweight tons. Its fleet consists of 10 Panamax class vessels, 11 Kamsarmax class vessels, 18 post-Panamax class vessels, and 8 Capesize class vessels. Safe Bulkers, Inc. was incorporated in 2007 and is based in Monaco.
About Robin Energy
Robin Energy Ltd. operates as a holding company that provides tanker vessel services. The company was founded by Petros Panagiotidis on September 24, 2024 and is headquartered in Limassol, Cyrus.
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