Dynagas LNG Partners (NYSE:DLNG) vs. C.H. Robinson Worldwide (NASDAQ:CHRW) Head-To-Head Review

Dynagas LNG Partners (NYSE:DLNG) and C.H. Robinson Worldwide (NASDAQ:CHRW) are both transportation companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, risk, earnings, valuation, profitability, analyst recommendations and dividends.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of recent ratings and target prices for Dynagas LNG Partners and C.H. Robinson Worldwide, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Dynagas LNG Partners	0	1	0	0	2.00
C.H. Robinson Worldwide	1	7	15	0	2.61

C.H. Robinson Worldwide has a consensus price target of $186.43, indicating a potential upside of 2.30%. Given C.H. Robinson Worldwide’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe C.H. Robinson Worldwide is more favorable than Dynagas LNG Partners.

Profitability

This table compares Dynagas LNG Partners and C.H. Robinson Worldwide’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Dynagas LNG Partners	39.36%	14.96%	7.04%
C.H. Robinson Worldwide	3.62%	34.24%	11.87%

Dividends

Dynagas LNG Partners pays an annual dividend of $0.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.1%. C.H. Robinson Worldwide pays an annual dividend of $2.52 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.4%. Dynagas LNG Partners pays out 14.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. C.H. Robinson Worldwide pays out 52.2% 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. C.H. Robinson Worldwide has increased its dividend for 27 consecutive years. Dynagas LNG Partners is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Insider and Institutional Ownership

93.2% of C.H. Robinson Worldwide shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.4% of C.H. Robinson Worldwide 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.

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares Dynagas LNG Partners and C.H. Robinson Worldwide”s gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Dynagas LNG Partners	$156.62 million	0.93	$61.60 million	$1.37	2.88
C.H. Robinson Worldwide	$16.23 billion	1.32	$587.08 million	$4.83	37.73

C.H. Robinson Worldwide has higher revenue and earnings than Dynagas LNG Partners. Dynagas LNG Partners is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than C.H. Robinson Worldwide, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Volatility and Risk

Dynagas LNG Partners has a beta of 0.66, suggesting that its stock price is 34% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, C.H. Robinson Worldwide has a beta of 0.93, suggesting that its stock price is 7% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

C.H. Robinson Worldwide beats Dynagas LNG Partners on 14 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Dynagas LNG Partners

Dynagas LNG Partners LP, through its subsidiaries, operates in the seaborne transportation industry in Greece and internationally. The company owns and operates liquefied natural gas (LNG) carriers. Its fleet consists of six LNG carriers with an aggregate carrying capacity of approximately 914,000 cubic meters. Dynagas GP LLC serves as the general partner of Dynagas LNG Partners LP. The company was incorporated in 2013 and is headquartered in Athens, Greece.

About C.H. Robinson Worldwide

C.H. Robinson Worldwide, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, provides freight transportation services, and related logistics and supply chain services in the United States and internationally. It operates through two segments: North American Surface Transportation and Global Forwarding. The company offers transportation and logistics services, such as truckload, less than truckload transportation brokerage services, which include the shipment of single or multiple pallets of freight; intermodal transportation that comprises the shipment service of freight in containers or trailers by a combination of truck and rail; and non-vessel operating common carrier and freight forwarding services, as well as organizes air shipments and provides door-to-door services. It also provides customs brokerage services; and other logistics services, such as fee-based managed, warehousing, small parcel, and other services. It has contractual relationships with approximately 45,000 transportation companies, including motor carriers, railroads, and ocean and air carriers. In addition, the company is involved in the buying, selling, and/or marketing of fresh fruits, vegetables, and other value-added perishable items under the Robinson Fresh brand name. Further, the company offers transportation management services or managed TMS; and other surface transportation services. It provides its fresh produce to grocery retailers, restaurants, produce wholesalers, and foodservice distributors through a network of independent produce growers and suppliers. The company was founded in 1905 and is headquartered in Eden Prairie, Minnesota.