Performance Shipping (NASDAQ:PSHG) & Hamburger Hafen und Logistik Aktiengesellschaft (OTCMKTS:HHULY) Critical Analysis

Hamburger Hafen und Logistik Aktiengesellschaft (OTCMKTS:HHULY) and Performance Shipping (NASDAQ:PSHG) are both industrials companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, earnings, profitability, dividends, risk, institutional ownership and analyst recommendations.

Profitability

This table compares Hamburger Hafen und Logistik Aktiengesellschaft and Performance Shipping’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Hamburger Hafen und Logistik Aktiengesellschaft	N/A	N/A	N/A
Performance Shipping	62.19%	24.02%	18.19%

Insider and Institutional Ownership

19.9% of Performance Shipping shares are held by institutional investors. 0.4% of Performance Shipping shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of recent ratings for Hamburger Hafen und Logistik Aktiengesellschaft and Performance Shipping, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Hamburger Hafen und Logistik Aktiengesellschaft	0	0	0	0	N/A
Performance Shipping	0	0	1	0	3.00

Performance Shipping has a consensus target price of $6.50, indicating a potential upside of 245.74%. Given Performance Shipping’s higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Performance Shipping is more favorable than Hamburger Hafen und Logistik Aktiengesellschaft.

Dividends

Hamburger Hafen und Logistik Aktiengesellschaft pays an annual dividend of C$0.15 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.5%. Performance Shipping pays an annual dividend of $0.10 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.3%. Hamburger Hafen und Logistik Aktiengesellschaft pays out 38.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Performance Shipping pays out 6.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Performance Shipping is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares Hamburger Hafen und Logistik Aktiengesellschaft and Performance Shipping”s top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Hamburger Hafen und Logistik Aktiengesellschaft	N/A	N/A	N/A	C$0.39	24.63
Performance Shipping	$90.83 million	0.25	$69.41 million	$1.65	1.14

Performance Shipping has higher revenue and earnings than Hamburger Hafen und Logistik Aktiengesellschaft. Performance Shipping is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Hamburger Hafen und Logistik Aktiengesellschaft, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Summary

Performance Shipping beats Hamburger Hafen und Logistik Aktiengesellschaft on 11 of the 12 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Hamburger Hafen und Logistik Aktiengesellschaft

Hamburger Hafen und Logistik Aktiengesellschaft operates as a port and transport logistics company in Germany, rest of European Union, and internationally. It operates through Container, Intermodal, Logistics, and Real Estate segments. The company operates three container terminals in Hamburg; and container terminals in Odessa, Ukraine, and Tallinn, Estonia, as well as in Trieste, Italy. It offers intermodal services that connect ports on the North and Baltic seas, and between the Northern Adriatic and its hinterland, as well as inland terminals. In addition, the company provides specialist handling, digital, and consulting and management services; and process automation, additive manufacturing, and airborne logistics services, as well as develops, rents, and manages real estate properties. Further, it operates and lets office space and commercial premises. The company was formerly known as Hamburger Hafen- und Lagerhaus-AG and changed its name to Hamburger Hafen und Logistik Aktiengesellschaft in 2005. The company was founded in 1885 and is headquartered in Hamburg, Germany. Hamburger Hafen und Logistik Aktiengesellschaft is a subsidiary of HGV Hamburger Gesellschaft für Vermögens- und Beteiligungsmanagement mbH.

About Performance Shipping

Performance Shipping Inc. provides shipping transportation services through its tanker vessels worldwide. As of December 31, 2023, its fleet consisted of seven Aframax tanker vessels with a combined carrying capacity of 735,910 DWT. The company was incorporated in 2010 and is based in Athens, Greece.