Ardmore Shipping (NYSE:ASC – Get Free Report) and NGL Energy Partners (NYSE:NGL – Get Free Report) are both energy companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, risk, profitability, dividends, valuation, institutional ownership and earnings.
Risk & Volatility
Ardmore Shipping has a beta of 0.03, meaning that its share price is 97% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, NGL Energy Partners has a beta of 0.63, meaning that its share price is 37% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Analyst Ratings
This is a breakdown of recent ratings and recommmendations for Ardmore Shipping and NGL Energy Partners, as provided by MarketBeat.com.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| Ardmore Shipping | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2.50 |
| NGL Energy Partners | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3.00 |
Institutional & Insider Ownership
62.2% of Ardmore Shipping shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 40.6% of NGL Energy Partners shares are held by institutional investors. 7.3% of NGL Energy Partners shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Valuation & Earnings
This table compares Ardmore Shipping and NGL Energy Partners”s revenue, earnings per share and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| Ardmore Shipping | $368.29 million | 2.03 | $41.01 million | $2.59 | 7.10 |
| NGL Energy Partners | $3.16 billion | 0.67 | -$142.29 million | ($2.84) | -5.93 |
Ardmore Shipping has higher earnings, but lower revenue than NGL Energy Partners. NGL Energy Partners is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Ardmore Shipping, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Profitability
This table compares Ardmore Shipping and NGL Energy Partners’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| Ardmore Shipping | 29.67% | 15.24% | 12.72% |
| NGL Energy Partners | -3.76% | -39.51% | 3.90% |
Summary
Ardmore Shipping beats NGL Energy Partners on 10 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
About Ardmore Shipping
Ardmore Shipping Corporation engages in the seaborne transportation of petroleum products and chemicals worldwide. The company's fleet consists of 22 owned vessels including 21 Eco-design and 1 Eco-mod vessel, and four chartered-in vessels. It serves oil majors, oil companies, oil and chemical traders, chemical companies, and pooling service providers. Ardmore Shipping Corporation was founded in 2010 and is headquartered in Pembroke, Bermuda.
About NGL Energy Partners
NGL Energy Partners LP engages in the transportation, storage, blending, and marketing of crude oil, natural gas liquids, refined products / renewables, and water solutions. The company operates in three segments: Water Solutions, Crude Oil Logistics, and Liquids Logistics. The Water Solutions segment transports, treats, recycles, and disposes produced and flowback water generated from oil and natural gas production; aggregates and sells recovered crude oil; disposes solids, such as tank bottoms, and drilling fluid and muds, as well as performs truck and frac tank washouts; and sells produced water for reuse and recycle, and brackish non-potable water. The Crude Oil Logistics segment purchases crude oil from producers and marketers, and transports it to refineries for resale at pipeline injection stations, storage terminals, barge loading facilities, rail facilities, refineries, and other trade hubs; and provides storage, terminaling, and transportation services through pipelines. The Liquids Logistics segment supplies natural gas liquids, refined petroleum products, and biodiesel to commercial, retail, and industrial customers in the United States and Canada through its 24 terminals, third-party storage and terminal facilities, and nine common carrier pipelines, as well as through fleet of leased railcars. This segment is also involved in the marine export of butane through its facility located in Chesapeake, Virginia. NGL Energy Holdings LLC serves as the general partner of the company. The company was founded in 1940 and is headquartered in Tulsa, Oklahoma.
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