Head to Head Survey: Janel World Trade (OTCMKTS:JANL) & Dynagas LNG Partners (NYSE:DLNG)

Dynagas LNG Partners (NYSE:DLNG) and Janel World Trade (OTCMKTS:JANL) are both small-cap transportation companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, earnings, risk, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, dividends and valuation.

Volatility and Risk

Dynagas LNG Partners has a beta of 0.81, suggesting that its share price is 19% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Janel World Trade has a beta of 0.01, suggesting that its share price is 99% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of recent ratings and recommmendations for Dynagas LNG Partners and Janel World Trade, 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
Janel World Trade	0	0	0	0	0.00

Profitability

This table compares Dynagas LNG Partners and Janel World Trade’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Dynagas LNG Partners	35.60%	16.11%	6.93%
Janel World Trade	1.46%	14.11%	2.59%

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Dynagas LNG Partners and Janel World Trade”s top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Dynagas LNG Partners	$158.45 million	0.82	$51.55 million	$1.12	3.16
Janel World Trade	$183.18 million	0.21	$550,000.00	$2.18	14.68

Dynagas LNG Partners has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Janel World Trade. Dynagas LNG Partners is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Janel World Trade, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Summary

Dynagas LNG Partners beats Janel World Trade on 7 of the 10 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 Janel World Trade

Janel Corporation, through its subsidiaries, provides logistics services worldwide. It operates through three segments: Logistics, Life Sciences, and Manufacturing. The Logistics segment provides cargo transportation logistics management services, including freight forwarding by air, ocean, and land-based carriers; customs brokerage services; warehousing and distribution services; and other value added logistic services, as well as customs entry filing, cargo insurance procurement, logistics planning, product repackaging, and online shipment tracking services. The Life Sciences segment manufactures and distributes monoclonal and polyclonal antibodies, diagnostic reagents, and other immuno-reagents for biomedical research; provides antibody manufacturing for academic and industry research scientists; and produces products for other life science companies on an original equipment manufacturer basis. The Manufacturing segment manufactures and distributes mixing equipment and apparatus for various industries, such as chemicals, inks, paints, construction, plastics, adhesives, cosmetics, food, and pharmaceuticals. The company was formerly known as Janel World Trade Ltd. and changed its name to Janel Corporation in April 2015. Janel Corporation was founded in 1974 and is headquartered in New York, New York.