Based on the aggregated intelligence of 170,000-plus investors participating in Motley Fool CAPS, the Fool's free investing community, Greek shipper Navios Maritime (NYSE: NM ) has earned a coveted five-star ranking.
With that in mind, let's take a closer look at Navios' business and see what CAPS investors are saying about the stock right now.
Navios facts
| Headquarters |
Piraeus, Greece |
| Market Cap |
$563.67 million |
| Industry |
Marine |
| Trailing-12-Month Revenue |
$638.72 million |
| Management |
Chairman/CEO Angeliki Frangou
CFO George Achniotis
|
| Return on Equity (average, past 3 years) |
20.9% |
| Cash/Debt |
$133.2 million / $2.24 billion |
| Dividend Yield |
4.3% |
| Competitors |
DryShips (Nasdaq: DRYS )
Excel Maritime (NYSE: EXM )
Genco Shipping & Trading (NYSE: GNK )
|
Source: Capital IQ (a division of Standard & Poor's) and Motley Fool CAPS.
On CAPS, 98% of the 1,629 members who have rated Navios believe the stock will outperform the S&P 500 going forward. These bulls include All-Star llgrout, who is ranked in the top 10% of our community, and Teacherman1.
Just two weeks ago , llgrout listed several of Navios' positives: "What is not to like about [this] one? Earnings up -- check, cash flow -- check. company growing -- check. P/E good -- check. debt load decent -- check. management -- check. All systems seem to be go."
Fools remain attracted to Navios' ever-expanding fleet, juicy dividend yield, and strong financials. In fact, Navios' three-year average return on equity (20.9%) tops that of rivals DryShips (6.2%), Excel (16.9%), and Genco (18.4%), as well as Eagle Bulk (Nasdaq: EGLE ) (8.2%) and Euroseas (Nasdaq: ESEA ) (3.1%).
CAPS member Teacherman1 expands on the outperform case:
Like it long term, and like the dividend in the meantime. Would still like it even without the dividend.
They are a complex company, and you need to understand the structure of the various parts.
Even if they appear to be taking a risk with the increase in capacity, they are well run, and don't do anything they haven't planned out.
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