Financial Comparison: Safe Bulkers (NYSE:SB) and Ocean Yield ASA (OTCMKTS:OYIEF)

Ocean Yield ASA (OTCMKTS:OYIEF) and Safe Bulkers (NYSE:SB) are both industrials companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, valuation, dividends, institutional ownership, risk, earnings and analyst recommendations.

Insider and Institutional 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 hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of current ratings for Ocean Yield ASA and Safe Bulkers, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Ocean Yield ASA	0	0	0	0	0.00
Safe Bulkers	0	2	1	0	2.33

Safe Bulkers has a consensus target price of $6.00, indicating a potential downside of 27.27%. Given Safe Bulkers’ stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Safe Bulkers is more favorable than Ocean Yield ASA.

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares Ocean Yield ASA and Safe Bulkers”s top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Ocean Yield ASA	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Safe Bulkers	$275.74 million	3.05	$38.56 million	$0.78	10.58

Safe Bulkers has higher revenue and earnings than Ocean Yield ASA.

Profitability

This table compares Ocean Yield ASA and Safe Bulkers’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Ocean Yield ASA	N/A	N/A	N/A
Safe Bulkers	28.29%	9.63%	5.77%

Summary

Safe Bulkers beats Ocean Yield ASA on 9 of the 9 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Ocean Yield ASA

Ocean Yield ASA engages in the investment, acquisition, sale, and leasing of marine installations. It operates through the following segments: Floating Production Storage and Offloading (FPSO), Other Oil Service, Car Carriers, Container Vessels, Tankers, Other Shipping, and Other. The FPSO segment invests in floating production, storage, and offloading vessels. The Other Oil Service segment consists of subsea construction vessels, cable lay vessels, and anchor handling tug supply vessels (AHTS). The Car Carriers segment offers pure car truck carriers (PCTC). The Container Vessels segment includes the equity investment in mega container vessels. The Tankers segment deals with investments in chemical, product, and crude tankers. The Other Shipping segment includes investments within chemical and product tankers. The Other segment refers to any other investments made by the group. The company was founded in March 2012 and is headquartered in Lysaker, Norway.

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.