Reviewing Expedia Group (NASDAQ:EXPE) & Hafnia (NYSE:HAFN)

Expedia Group (NASDAQ:EXPE) and Hafnia (NYSE:HAFN) are both retail/wholesale companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, earnings, analyst recommendations, valuation, profitability, dividends and risk.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Expedia Group and Hafnia”s revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Expedia Group	$13.69 billion	1.73	$1.23 billion	$9.05	20.37
Hafnia	$2.87 billion	0.77	$793.28 million	$1.51	2.90

Expedia Group has higher revenue and earnings than Hafnia. Hafnia is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Expedia Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Profitability

This table compares Expedia Group and Hafnia’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Expedia Group	9.01%	52.41%	5.23%
Hafnia	53.44%	36.90%	22.38%

Dividends

Expedia Group pays an annual dividend of $1.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.9%. Hafnia pays an annual dividend of $0.11 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.5%. Expedia Group pays out 17.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Hafnia pays out 7.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Hafnia is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of current ratings for Expedia Group and Hafnia, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Expedia Group	0	19	11	3	2.52
Hafnia	0	0	2	0	3.00

Expedia Group currently has a consensus price target of $192.64, suggesting a potential upside of 4.51%. Hafnia has a consensus price target of $8.25, suggesting a potential upside of 88.14%. Given Hafnia’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Hafnia is more favorable than Expedia Group.

Institutional & Insider Ownership

90.8% of Expedia Group shares are held by institutional investors. 6.8% of Expedia Group shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Expedia Group beats Hafnia on 10 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Expedia Group

Expedia Group, Inc. operates as an online travel company in the United States and internationally. The company operates through B2C, B2B, and trivago segments. Its B2C segment includes Brand Expedia, a full-service online travel brand offers various travel products and services; Hotels.com for lodging accommodations; Vrbo, an online marketplace for the alternative accommodations; Orbitz, Travelocity, Wotif Group, ebookers, CheapTickets, Hotwire.com and CarRentals.com. The company's B2B segment provides various travel and non-travel companies including airlines, offline travel agents, online retailers, corporate travel management, and financial institutions who leverage its travel technology and tap into its diverse supply to augment their offerings and market Expedia Group rates and availabilities to its travelers. Its trivago segment, a hotel metasearch website, which send referrals to online travel companies and travel service providers from hotel metasearch websites. In addition, the company provides brand advertising through online and offline channels, loyalty programs, mobile apps, and search engine marketing, as well as metasearch, social media, direct and personalized traveler communications on its websites, and through direct e-mail communication with its travelers. The company was formerly known as Expedia, Inc. and changed its name to Expedia Group, Inc. in March 2018. Expedia Group, Inc. was founded in 1996 and is headquartered in Seattle, Washington.

About Hafnia

Hafnia Limited owns and operates oil product tankers in Bermuda. It operates through Long Range II, Long Range I, Medium Range (MR), Handy size, and Specialized segments. The company transports clean and dirty, refined oil products, vegetable oil, and easy chemicals to national and international oil companies, and chemical companies, as well as trading and utility companies; and owns and operates 200 vessels. It provides ship owning, ship-management, investment, management, corporate support, and agency office services. In addition, the company provides integrated shipping platform, including technical management, commercial and chartering services, pool management, and large-scale bunker desk services. Hafnia Limited is based in Hamilton, Bermuda.