Euronav (NYSE:CMBT) and Pacific Basin Shipping (OTCMKTS:PCFBY) Head-To-Head Comparison

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Pacific Basin Shipping and Euronav”s gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Pacific Basin Shipping	$2.30 billion	0.54	$109.38 million	N/A	N/A
Euronav	$982.85 million	1.91	$858.03 million	$5.93	1.57

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

Volatility and Risk

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

Profitability

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

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

Dividends

Pacific Basin Shipping pays an annual dividend of $0.16 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.3%. Euronav pays an annual dividend of $0.52 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.6%. Euronav pays out 8.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

Summary

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

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.

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.