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Top 10 Most Efficient Transportation Stocks: DSX, PRGN, GNK, PSA, NM, TRMD, PAC, CNI, EGLE, ASR (Mar 06, 2010)
Below are the top 10 most efficient Transportation stocks, based on earnings per employee for the last 12 months.
Diana Shipping Inc. (NYSE:DSX) is the 1st most efficient company in this segment of the market. Its earnings per employee was $315,040 for the last 12 months. Its revenue per employee was $563,917 for the same period.
Paragon Shipping Inc. (NASDAQ:PRGN) is the 2nd most efficient company in this segment of the market. Its earnings per employee was $209,783 for the last 12 months. Its revenue per employee was $532,753 for the same period.
Genco Shipping & Trading Limited (NYSE:GNK) is the 3rd most efficient company in this segment of the market. Its earnings per employee was $188,132 for the last 12 months. Its revenue per employee was $480,419 for the same period.
Public Storage (NYSE:PSA) is the 4th most efficient company in this segment of the market. Its earnings per employee was $163,128 for the last 12 months. Its revenue per employee was $332,184 for the same period.
Navios Maritime Holdings Inc. (NYSE:NM) is the 5th most efficient company in this segment of the market. Its earnings per employee was $154,844 for the last 12 months. Its revenue per employee was $1,950,709 for the same period.
Dampskibsselskabet Torm A/S (ADR) (NASDAQ:TRMD) is the 6th most efficient company in this segment of the market. Its earnings per employee was $144,732 for the last 12 months. Its revenue per employee was $1,726,061 for the same period.
Grupo Aeroportuario del Pacifico (ADR) (NYSE:PAC) is the 7th most efficient company in this segment of the market. Its earnings per employee was $101,612 for the last 12 months. Its revenue per employee was $260,055 for the same period.
Canadian National Railway (USA) (NYSE:CNI) is the 8th most efficient company in this segment of the market. Its earnings per employee was $83,978 for the last 12 months. Its revenue per employee was $333,692 for the same period.
Eagle Bulk Shipping Inc. (NASDAQ:EGLE) is the 9th most efficient company in this segment of the market. Its earnings per employee was $80,509 for the last 12 months. Its revenue per employee was $421,028 for the same period.
Grupo Aeroportuario del Sureste (ADR) (NYSE:ASR) is the 10th most efficient company in this segment of the market. Its earnings per employee was $79,553 for the last 12 months. Its revenue per employee was $294,598 for the same period.
STOCKS NEWS EUROPE-Torm gains on brighter shipping outlook
Fri Mar 5, 2010 2:39pm GMT
Shares in Denmark-based dry bulk and oil products shipper Torm (TORM.CO) rise as much as 2.5 percent, making them the top gainers in Copenhagen's blue-chip index .
The Baltic Exchange's main sea freight index .BADI rose to a five-week high on Thursday helped by Chinese demand for coal and grains.
"We have seen nice freight rate rises in the past few days," Sydbank says in a research note, referring to dry cargo. Product tanker rates look as if they hit rock bottom at end-February and the phasing out of single-hull vessels should support tanker rates in 2010, Sydbank says.
Torm shares trim some gains to trade 1.7 percent higher. For more double click on [ID:nLDE6232GF]
Thanks for the info! Hopefully that spills over into the rest of the industry (specifically TRMD)
A little news off the side, but still relevant to our position...
Shares of Eagle Bulk Shipping (EGLE) soared on Wednesday after the company’s post-market earnings report a day prior.
Eagle is on a 5% rally today after the company reported fourth-quarter EPS of 4 cents on $42 million of revenue. Analysts were expecting a penny of EPS on $41.1 million in revenues for the period. Looking ahead to 2010, CEO Sophocles N. Zoullas said the company is “poised to benefit from direct participation in the spot market,” in a statement. He continued to cheer the company’s cash flow stability, operating platform, and what he called “one of the industry’s youngest, most versatile fleets.”
As a whole, the Dry Bulk Shipping Stocks Index is up 2.5% on the day. The Index has moved 6.0% higher over the last week and 2.6% higher over the last month.
Eagle is leading the Dry Bulk Shipping Stocks Index today, followed by Genco Shipping & Trading (GNK), up 4.6%, and Excel Maritime Carriers Ltd (EXM), up 4.1%.
tickerspy member favorites in the Dry Bulk Shipping Stocks Index include Dryships (DRYS), Diana Shipping (DSX), and Oceanfreight (OCNF).
Across all of tickerspy’s Indexes, the Dry Bulk Shipping Stocks Index is ranked 181 in performance over the last month. To see a performance graph, Index components, and dividend and valuation metrics, visit the Dry Bulk Shipping Stocks Index at tickerspy.com.
yup, really good day. The final spread on yahoo has the bid at 10.45 and the ask at 11.47. Interesting haha.
true, but YTD they are both right around 9% up. Hopefully they grow together now.
Chart looks like its picking up that same trend it did october through january. Hopefully some good earnings news and a divedend (if they can fund it) will cause a breakout to the upside. Have to wait another month for that though...
Definitely. That 18/share equity is nice. Hopefully will get a big turn around on good earnings. If those start moving up, the stock will have to go along with it. I don't see any avoiding that.
don't think it had anything to do with the CEO news, I was sitting on the bid and nothing, this stock is played by one helluva hedge
fund if you ask me. I used to get discouraged but not anymore, I just keep trying to add all the time, don't forget, focus on the
$18/share equity here. Something has to break soon, this stock is
way undervalued unless something I'm missing, and I keep close tabs on this constantly. stay tuned in.
dfx
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Not a great day... the CEO news helped knock this down I'm sure. I'm just banking on good earnings, but we have to wait another month for those. Yawn...
Hopefully good news on the earnings report helps keep this from effecting the stock price negatively.
Mikael Skov Steps Down From the Position as CEO in TORM A/S
Press Release Source: TORM A/S On Monday March 1, 2010, 4:16 am EST
COPENHAGEN, Denmark, March 1, 2010 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- In September 2008, Mikael Skov took over the position as CEO of TORM until Jacob Meldgaard starts as new CEO on 1 April 2010. Mikael Skov has been with TORM since 1984.
As Mikael Skov has not wished to be reinstated in his former position as COO, as originally planned, Mikael Skov and TORM's Board have decided that the right time for Mikael Skov to leave the Company is after the release of TORM's annual report 2009 on 11 March 2010. In the period until 1 April when new CEO Jacob Meldgaard starts, CFO Roland M. Andersen will take over the responsibility as acting CEO.
Chairman of the Board N. E. Nielsen says: "On behalf of the Board of Directors I would like to thank Mikael for taking on the position as CEO during the past 1 1/2 years. I respect Mikael's decision and wish him all the best for the future. At the same time, I personally would like to thank Mikael for his excellent and valued cooperation in TORM and for his great efforts during the past 25 years where he has been part of developing the Company into what it is today."
From 1 April 2010, TORM's Executive Management will consist of CEO Jacob Meldgaard and CFO Roland M. Andersen.
About TORM
TORM is one of the world's leading carriers of refined oil products as well as a significant participant in the dry bulk market. The Company runs a fleet of approximately 140 modern vessels, principally through a pooling cooperation with other respected shipping companies who share TORM's commitment to safety, environmental responsibility and customer service.
TORM was founded in 1889. The Company conducts business worldwide and is headquartered in Copenhagen, Denmark. TORM's shares are listed on the NASDAQ OMX Copenhagen (ticker: TORM) and on NASDAQ in New York (Nasdaq:TRMD - News). For further information, please visit www.torm.com.
Safe Harbor Forward Looking Statements
Matters discussed in this release may constitute forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements reflect our current views with respect to future events and financial performance and may include statements concerning plans, objectives, goals, strategies, future events or performance, and underlying assumptions and other statements, which are other than statements of historical facts. The forward-looking statements in this release are based upon various assumptions, many of which are based, in turn, upon further assumptions, including without limitation, Management's examination of historical operating trends, data contained in our records and other data available from third parties. Although TORM believes that these assumptions were reasonable when made, because these assumptions are inherently subject to significant uncertainties and contingencies which are difficult or impossible to predict and are beyond our control, TORM cannot assure you that it will achieve or accomplish these expectations, beliefs or projections.
Important factors that, in our view, could cause actual results to differ materially from those discussed in the forward looking statements include the strength of world economies and currencies, changes in charter hire rates and vessel values, changes in demand for "tonne miles" of oil carried by oil tankers, the effect of changes in OPEC's petroleum production levels and worldwide oil consumption and storage, changes in demand that may affect attitudes of time charterers to scheduled and unscheduled dry-docking, changes in TORM's operating expenses, including bunker prices, dry-docking and insurance costs, changes in governmental rules and regulations including requirements for double hull tankers or actions taken by regulatory authorities, potential liability from pending or future litigation, domestic and international political conditions, potential disruption of shipping routes due to accidents and political events or acts by terrorists. Risks and uncertainties are further described in reports filed by TORM with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, including the TORM Annual Report on Form 20-F and its reports on Form 6-K.
Forward looking statements are based on management's current evaluation, and TORM is only under obligation to update and change the listed expectations to the extent required by law.
Contact:
TORM A/S
Christian Frigast, Deputy Chairman (in the absence of Chairman
N. E. Nielsen)
+45 2632 6400
TRMD closed $10.87 in Copenhagen..........
Watch for Golar LNG Ltd. earnings Friday; GLNG, TRMD, SFL, TDW
Thursday, 25 February 2010 15:07
Traders watch earnings releases closely, as changes in a company’s performance can be a good indication whether a company is on the right track, or headed the wrong way.
Golar LNG Ltd. (GLNG) is scheduled to release its earnings results Friday. The company currently has an earnings per share ratio (EPS trailing twelve months) of - .77 and investors are hoping to see that number change. Let’s take a look at the performance of the stock since its previous earnings release.
In the past three months, the stock has posted a -8.19% loss in terms of stock price. Over the same period, the Shipping industry group has returned a combined -1.62% loss.
So the eyes of investors turn to this new round of earnings.
Now, good earnings don’t always lead to higher stock prices, but keeping up on earnings is still a vital part of your fundamental stock analysis. Also note that companies often change earnings dates, so you should double-check them often.
When looking at earnings, it’s very helpful to see how stocks compare to others in its industry group. And even though two stocks may not be direct competitors, many analysts and institutional investors still compare them and evaluate them relative to other stocks in their group.
GLNG is in the Shipping industry group where it competes for investor dollars with companies like Steamship Co. Torm A/S (TRMD), which is set to release its earnings on 03/11 and last reported a -97.69% decline in quarter-over-quarter EPS.
Another industry peer, Ship Finance International Limited (SFL) released its earnings on 02/26 and last reported a -32.56% decline in QOQ EPS.
Tidewater Inc. is the stock with the biggest market cap in the Shipping industry at $2.32B. It closed yesterday at $44.68
My thoughts are one day we're going to look back at today's stock price and wish we had bought more. TRMD is not a trading vehicle, it is a buy and manage situation. These guys are building ships for the future, the Chinese are willing to place their confidence in financing shippers, and I say the future looks bright for certain shippers, TRMD being one of them. Once we get out of all this mess
the world is in, this stock will be in the teens, all of course just
my honest opinion. More later, all the best, Stan
definitely looks like good news. The Chinese think its a good investment right now, just supporting my decision to have this position. It says it right there in the first line, these investments make them money. Your thoughts?
Chinese Banks Lend Money to Foreign Ship Owners
Posted on: Thu, 25 Feb 2010 08:03:45 EST
BEIJING, Feb 25, 2010 (SinoCast Daily Business Beat via COMTEX) --
The Chinese government's revitalizing plan for the shipbuilding industry promulgated last year encourages financial institutions to provide loans for foreign customers of major homegrown shipbuilders. As a result, Chinese banks are foraying into the global ship financing market.
On February 1, 2010, The Export-Import Bank of China (China Eximbank) inked an agreement with Torm (Nasdaq: TRMD | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating), providing the latter with USD 170 million for six new ships to be built from 2010 to 2012.
Torm says Chinese lenders participated in its financing of 12 new ships. Although the Danish ship owners have plans to obtain loans from banks of other countries, it finds out that offers of the Chinese parties are very lucrative.
Since September 2008, when the financial crisis broke out, Chinese lenders have offered loans of billions of US dollars to ship owners in Europe and the US. Rampant talks say that ship loans provided by Chinese banks have risen by more than 10%.
Major Chinese lenders have unanimously extended their reach to the ship financing market, including Bank of China Limited (BOC, SEHK: 3988 and SHSE: 601988), China Construction Bank Corporation (CCB, SEHK: 0939, and SHSE: 601939), Bank of Communications Co., Ltd. (BoCom, SHSE: 601328, and SEHK: 3328), and China Development Bank (CDB).
Industrial and Commercial Bank of China Limited (ICBC, SEHK: 1398, and SHSE: 601398) even lured an important European customer from a local peer, which was unimaginable in the past years.
A lawyer specialized in ship financing points out that Chinese banks support homegrown shipbuilders, which hire many labor forces and consume steel products produced by local steelmakers.
The ships built by domestic shipbuilders will be used to carry iron ores from Australia and coals from South Africa, which in turn pushes up the Chinese economy.
By far, there have been few reports about the transactions between Chinese lenders and European and US ship owners. One of them was a loan of USD 389 million offered by China Eximbank to Overseas Shipholding Group (NYSE: OSG). Thus, guesses arise that Chinese banks only grant loans to homegrown companies and their oversea subsidiaries.
The aforesaid lawyer discloses that customers of Chinese lenders include shipping giants engaged in the transportation of containers and dry bulk cargos. However, the loans for oil tankers are limited to Hong Kong ship owners.
Chinese banks are fastidious to select the objects of their loans. Some ship owners with bad credit standing have been turned down for their intentions to obtain loans from Chinese lenders, revealed Erik Lassen, CEO of Danish Ship Finance.
(USD 1 = CNY 6.83)
Source: www.mysteel.com (February 25, 2010)
TRMD behaves all by itself, falls below moving averages on low volume, and never attracts huge buying interest, yeah and right now there is no interest so the hedge fund just keeps manipulating the
bid/ask to its advantage, we are at their mercy until otherwise,
remember, TRMD is selling at a discount, here is the clip from the last 10Q--------->
At 30 September 2009, equity amounted to USD 1,274 million, equivalent to USD 18.4 per share (DKK 93.4 per share), excluding treasury shares, giving TORM an equity ratio of 38%.
what a deal here. take advantage of it imo, sooner or later they
will jump the price/share and never look back, jmho.
sometimes I have a suspicion they want TRMD off the radar scope because something might be brewing. the world still turns.
good trades
Nothing like upping that volume :). And what are you looking at on the chart? It sitting around the 50 day sma? Whats to say it wont break out down? :(
and yes of course the hedge fund manipulator paints the tape at the close again, this is always a given, even though the SEA ETF was
strong.
and thats how de do it.
Time & Sales
Price Size Exch Time
10.65 100 NGS 16:00:00
10.72 100 NDD 15:59:00
10.718 100 NDD 15:55:07
10.72 100 ISE 15:55:06
10.72 100 NDD 15:46:29
10.72 100 NDD 15:39:52
10.72 100 NDD 15:38:30
yes, the spread is always wide on this one, I suppose because of
the lack of interest and trading. Right now we have an .11¢ spread,
kinda discourages selling, when they want to run it up, they close
the spread somewhat. Only 4344shares traded so far today, my guess
most of it cross=trades, I'm basically watching my KEI today because
of the huge volume the last three days, something must be up in that.
I haven't seen much on the sell side today in TRMD , so just a wait and see game here today.
GOOD TRADES
Time & Sales
Price Size Exch Time
10.8088 500 NDD 13:14:49
10.7365 150 NDD 12:31:53
10.80 2000 ISE 12:12:13
10.80 1000 ISE 11:44:21
10.75 100 NDD 11:11:28
10.72 100 NGS 10:31:12
10.6899 100 NDD 10:26:00
10.68 100 NYE 10:19:22
10.77 144 NGS 09:30:00
10.66 150 NGS 09:30:00
speaking of that, do you know why there is always a huge spread? I notice the bid and ask being spread a LOT on yahoo, more than a lot of other stocks I see, even more speculative ones.
about the only downfall here by owning stock in TRMD is how to shield it against losses as the stock drops since there are no options available on it. You could use a stop, but these nasty hedge fund manipulators no how to see-saw the price of this stock
up and down like crazy and take out those stops, I know, it happened once to me. I notice Knightsbridge tankers seem to be doing fine, as they are one of my leading indicator most of the time. In my opinion, I still think TRMD is being way undervalued, for what reason I do not know, I think below book value, I'll check on that again, so what ever the reason, TRMD still seems to be a good bet here down the line once this economic recovery kicks in. Maybe a lot of it has to do with being in the Euro Zone.
good trades
dfx
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RIG missed earnings, well see if the drillers like this effect the tankers in the shipping industry.
nah! classic hedge fund manipulation, proprietary trading tactics.
volume is skimpy and a lot of it was cross trades, I have been following this stock way too long and can actually tell the
actions of the trader. this isn't much of a trading stock, and the retail interest is low, so the market manipulator does his best to keep the action in line with the overall market and the dollar index. I'll be waiting on the sideline again to snatch up some more.
last time I accumulated 2k shares and did well, stuff still needs to
be moved around from port to port worldwide. trade well.
today = ouch haha
just a reminder to all who pass here-TRMD
Dampskibsselskabet Torm A/S (Nasdaq:TRMD) is a Danish-based tanker and dry bulk ship operator whose stock is up over 26% since last March, but underperformed the broader shipping group as represented by the Claymore/Delta Global Shipping ETF (NYSE:SEA), which added better than 65% over the same period.
TRMD stock also offers current investors a 13.5% yield and a one-year trailing P/E ratio of just 9. TRMD trades at just over half the company's breakup value, with a P/B of 0.6 and a price-to-sales ratio of only 0.85.
The company has a market capitalization of nearly $720 billion.
http://stocks.investopedia.com/stock-analysis/2010/4-Fundamentally-Sound-Stocks-Worth-Flirting-With-FLY-TRMD-SEA-PNNT-GLAD0210.aspx?partner=YahooSA
RIG conference call wed at 10 a.m. I'm listening to this one just to see what they think about shipping this coming year. Figured some others may want to also.
I search the web endlessly and on business websites.
nice paint of the tape tonight, we are at the mercy of the hedge fund on this one, they control what goes here.
Time & Sales
Price Size Exch Time
11.15 100 NGS 16:00:00
11.1915 200 NDD 15:53:20
11.15 100 NGS 15:51:24
11.15 100 NGS 15:48:38
11.15 100 NGS 15:45:02
11.15 100 NGS 15:42:24
11.15 100 NGS 15:41:27
11.15 100 NGS 15:40:09
11.11 100 NDD 15:31:55
11.12 100 NDD 15:31:55
11.12 100 BATS 15:31:54
11.10 400 NYE 15:27:13
11.11 100 BATS 15:21:14
11.177 200 NDD 15:21:11
11.20 100 NDD 15:21:10
11.209 700 NDD 15:21:09
11.10 100 NGS 15:02:45
11.09 100 NDD 12:40:35
11.13 160 NGS 12:18:49
11.02 100 NDD 12:17:37
11.13 100 NDD 12:17:37
11.1624 100 NDD 12:16:58
11.1624 348 NDD 12:16:58
11.13 100 NGS 12:10:17
11.1465 100 NDD 11:06:12
11.156 115 NDD 10:31:00
11.1301 120 NDD 10:27:55
11.17 100 NDD 10:20:34
11.1999 100 NDD 10:04:50
11.19 100 NDD 09:37:25
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