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Best Shipping Stocks to Buy Now (2025)

Top shipping stocks in 2025 ranked by overall Zen Rating. "A" Rated stocks have returned an average of +32.52% per year, and are the best shipping stocks to buy now. Learn More.

According to Zen Ratings, our proprietary rating system that evaluates 115 factors proven to drive growth in stocks and assigns each stock in our system an overall letter grade as well as 7 individual Component Grades for Value, Growth, Momentum, Sentiment, Safety, Financials, and proprietary AI algorithms, the 3 best shipping stocks to buy right now are:

Okeanis Eco Tankers (NYSE:ECO) is the #1 top shipping stock out of 45 with a Zen Rating of A. Stocks with a rating of A have had an average return of +32.52% per year. Learn more.

The Component Grade breakdown for Okeanis Eco Tankers (NYSE:ECO) is: Value: B, Growth: C, Momentum: B, Sentiment: B, Safety: C, Financials: B, and AI: A.

Okeanis Eco Tankers (NYSE:ECO) has a Due Diligence Score of 25, which is -3 points lower than the shipping industry average of 28. Although this number is below the industry average, our proven quant model rates ECO as a "A".

ECO passed 10 out of 38 due diligence checks and has weak fundamentals. Okeanis Eco Tankers has seen its stock return 86.4% over the past year, overperforming other shipping stocks by 101 percentage points.

Okeanis Eco Tankers has an average 1 year price target of $37.00, an upside of 3.44% from Okeanis Eco Tankers's current stock price of $35.77.

Okeanis Eco Tankers stock has a consensus Strong Buy recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 2 analysts covering Okeanis Eco Tankers, 100% have issued a Strong Buy rating, 0% have issued a Buy, 0% have issued a hold, while 0% have issued a Sell rating, and 0% have issued a Strong Sell.

Kirby (NYSE:KEX) is the #2 top shipping stock out of 45 with a Zen Rating of B. Stocks with a rating of B have had an average return of +19.88% per year. Learn more.

The Component Grade breakdown for Kirby (NYSE:KEX) is: Value: C, Growth: B, Momentum: C, Sentiment: C, Safety: A, Financials: B, and AI: C.

Kirby (NYSE:KEX) has a Due Diligence Score of 41, which is 13 points higher than the shipping industry average of 28.

KEX passed 14 out of 33 due diligence checks and has strong fundamentals. Kirby has seen its stock lose -5.85% over the past year, overperforming other shipping stocks by 8 percentage points.

Kirby has an average 1 year price target of $120.50, an upside of 8.55% from Kirby's current stock price of $111.01.

Kirby stock has a consensus Strong Buy recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 4 analysts covering Kirby, 75% have issued a Strong Buy rating, 25% have issued a Buy, 0% have issued a hold, while 0% have issued a Sell rating, and 0% have issued a Strong Sell.

Seanergy Maritime Holdings (NASDAQ:SHIP) is the #3 top shipping stock out of 45 with a Zen Rating of B. Stocks with a rating of B have had an average return of +19.88% per year. Learn more.

The Component Grade breakdown for Seanergy Maritime Holdings (NASDAQ:SHIP) is: Value: A, Growth: C, Momentum: B, Sentiment: B, Safety: D, Financials: C, and AI: A.

Seanergy Maritime Holdings (NASDAQ:SHIP) has a Due Diligence Score of 35, which is 7 points higher than the shipping industry average of 28.

SHIP passed 13 out of 38 due diligence checks and has average fundamentals. Seanergy Maritime Holdings has seen its stock return 34.15% over the past year, overperforming other shipping stocks by 48 percentage points.

Out of 17 shipping stocks that have issued dividends in the past year, the 3 shipping stocks with the highest dividend yields are:

Icon Energy (NASDAQ:ICON) has an annual dividend yield of 478.62%, which is 456 percentage points higher than the shipping industry average of 22.44%.

Icon Energy's dividend payout ratio of -5.2% indicates that its high dividend yield might not be sustainable for the long-term.

Toro (NASDAQ:TORO) has an annual dividend yield of 14.3%, which is -8 percentage points lower than the shipping industry average of 22.44%.

Toro's dividend payout ratio of 2,408.6% indicates that its high dividend yield might not be sustainable for the long-term.

Global Ship Lease (NYSE:GSL) has an annual dividend yield of 6.27%, which is -16 percentage points lower than the shipping industry average of 22.44%. Global Ship Lease's dividend payout is stable, having never dropped by more than 10% in the last 10 years. Global Ship Lease's dividend has shown consistent growth over the last 10 years.

Shipping stocks were down -1.61% in the last day, and down -3.86% over the last week.

We couldn't find a catalyst for why shipping stocks are down.

Based on the Valuation rating, one of the 7 components of a stocks overall Zen Ratings grade, which evaluates factors including estimated earnings yield, earnings before interest and taxes/enterprise value, cash flow yield, free cash flow to price, and price-to-earnings growth (PEG ratio), the 3 most undervalued shipping stocks right now are:

Euroseas (NASDAQ:ESEA) is the most undervalued shipping stock based on its Valuation Rating of A. Valuation is one of 7 Component Grades used to calculate the overall Zen Rating.

Euroseas has a valuation score of 43, which is 14 points higher than the shipping industry average of 29. It passed 3 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Euroseas's stock has gained 54.15% in the past year. It has overperformed other stocks in the shipping industry by 68 percentage points.

Navios Maritime Partners (NYSE:NMM) is the second most undervalued shipping stock based on its Valuation Rating of A. Valuation is one of 7 Component Grades used to calculate the overall Zen Rating.

Navios Maritime Partners has a valuation score of 71, which is 42 points higher than the shipping industry average of 29. It passed 5 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Navios Maritime Partners's stock has gained 16.2% in the past year. It has overperformed other stocks in the shipping industry by 30 percentage points.

Global Ship Lease (NYSE:GSL) is the third most undervalued shipping stock based on its Valuation Rating of A. Valuation is one of 7 Component Grades used to calculate the overall Zen Rating.

Global Ship Lease has a valuation score of 14, which is -15 points higher than the shipping industry average of 29. It passed 1 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks. Although this number is below the industry average, our proven quant model rates GSL a Valuation Rating of "A".

Global Ship Lease's stock has gained 55.19% in the past year. It has overperformed other stocks in the shipping industry by 69 percentage points.

72.22% of shipping stocks rated by analysts are a strong buy right now. On average, analysts expect shipping stocks to rise by 13.23% over the next year.

3.23% of shipping stocks have a Zen Rating of A (Strong Buy), 32.26% of shipping stocks are rated B (Buy), 54.84% are rated C (Hold), 6.45% are rated D (Sell), and 3.23% are rated F (Strong Sell).