Financial Contrast: BW LPG (NYSE:BWLP) versus Global Business Travel Group (NYSE:GBTG)

Global Business Travel Group (NYSE:GBTG) and BW LPG (NYSE:BWLP) are both mid-cap transportation companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, profitability, analyst recommendations, dividends, earnings, risk and valuation.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of recent ratings and recommmendations for Global Business Travel Group and BW LPG, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Global Business Travel Group	0	1	2	0	2.67
BW LPG	0	0	0	0	N/A

Global Business Travel Group presently has a consensus price target of $8.83, indicating a potential upside of 18.41%. Given Global Business Travel Group’s higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe Global Business Travel Group is more favorable than BW LPG.

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares Global Business Travel Group and BW LPG”s top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Global Business Travel Group	$2.36 billion	1.50	-$63.00 million	($0.39)	-19.13
BW LPG	$3.51 billion	0.58	N/A	N/A	N/A

BW LPG has higher revenue and earnings than Global Business Travel Group.

Profitability

This table compares Global Business Travel Group and BW LPG’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Global Business Travel Group	-1.66%	-1.26%	-0.40%
BW LPG	N/A	N/A	N/A

Insider and Institutional Ownership

82.5% of Global Business Travel Group shares are held by institutional investors. 1.1% of Global Business Travel Group shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Global Business Travel Group beats BW LPG on 5 of the 9 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Global Business Travel Group

Global Business Travel Group, Inc. provides business-to-business (B2B) travel platform in the United States and internationally. The company's platform offers a suite of technology-enabled solutions to business travelers and clients; travel content suppliers, such as airlines, hotels, ground transportation, and aggregators; and third-party travel agencies. It also provides consulting, meetings and events planning, and outsourced services. Global Business Travel Group, Inc. is based in New York, New York.

About BW LPG

BW LPG Limited, an investment holding company, engages in ship owning and chartering activities worldwide. The company operates through Shipping and Product Services segments. The company involved in the transportation of liquefied petroleum gas to oil companies, and trading and utility companies. It also offers integrated liquified petroleum gas (LPG) delivery services and support; wholesale and trade of LPG; and management services. It owns and operates LPG vessels and a fleet of very large gas carriers. The company was formerly known as BW Gas LPG Holding Limited and changed its name to BW LPG Limited in September 2013. BW LPG Limited was founded in 1935 and is headquartered in Singapore.