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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.

Industry: Marine Shipping

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Shipping is Zen Rated D and is the 107th ranked industry out of 145 stock market industries

Ticker	Company	Price	1d %	1w %	1m %	3m %	6m %	1y %	3y %	5y %	10y %	52-week High	52-week Low	% off 52-week High	% off 52-week Low	Beta	Volume	Vol 1d %
GSL	GLOBAL SHIP LEASE INC	$30.28	0.00%	1.27%	10.92%	22.34%	32.98%	12.31%	56.32%	439.75%	-36.81%	$30.98	$17.73	2.26%	70.78%	0.89	296,000	-28.85%
ESEA	EUROSEAS LTD	$56.03	6.64%	19.67%	24.32%	59.38%	72.04%	33.37%	147.93%	2,189.27%	15.98%	$56.95	$26.30	1.62%	113.04%	0.88	34,000	-77.92%
KNOP	KNOT OFFSHORE PARTNERS LP	$7.43	-2.42%	4.77%	-2.03%	9.68%	33.03%	3.57%	-58.52%	-45.81%	-55.08%	$7.72	$5.28	3.69%	40.72%	0.46	131,000	230.81%
GASS	STEALTHGAS INC	$6.95	-1.29%	2.85%	5.54%	27.04%	23.83%	14.72%	167.97%	183.47%	38.59%	$7.26	$4.82	4.27%	44.19%	0.60	75,000	-39.52%
CMRE	COSTAMARE INC	$11.20	-0.80%	4.22%	19.98%	27.12%	4.71%	-20.81%	-6.24%	104.60%	-31.38%	$15.96	$6.63	29.84%	68.93%	0.94	533,000	-13.33%
KEX	KIRBY CORP	$97.92	-1.45%	-3.13%	-16.20%	-11.60%	-12.22%	-18.43%	44.66%	119.52%	35.44%	$132.21	$83.94	25.93%	16.65%	1.01	463,000	-38.02%
DAC	DANAOS CORP	$93.13	-0.59%	-2.17%	4.67%	8.14%	9.25%	12.89%	26.25%	1,553.21%	8.76%	$96.47	$65.40	3.46%	42.40%	0.87	58,000	-18.77%
MATX	MATSON INC	$104.65	0.32%	-2.29%	-4.78%	-9.60%	-29.57%	-19.49%	22.21%	159.66%	155.86%	$169.12	$91.75	38.12%	14.06%	1.09	395,000	33.00%
NMM	NAVIOS MARITIME PARTNERS LP	$43.34	-0.78%	-2.93%	9.92%	7.18%	-4.97%	-7.29%	48.69%	528.65%	-70.23%	$65.89	$28.37	34.22%	52.77%	0.96	160,000	28.00%
BWLP	BW LPG LTD	$14.57	1.17%	-0.27%	15.07%	28.06%	13.21%	-8.50%	N/A	N/A	N/A	$16.82	$7.86	13.38%	85.37%	0.96	220,000	5.26%
CDLR	CADELER A	$19.91	0.85%	-4.02%	-5.15%	3.56%	4.42%	-22.08%	N/A	N/A	N/A	$28.75	$17.37	30.75%	14.66%	0.65	17,300	-45.08%
ASC	ARDMORE SHIPPING CORP	$10.49	1.53%	0.85%	7.04%	7.36%	1.62%	-46.78%	11.75%	147.67%	-16.67%	$20.17	$8.32	47.99%	26.08%	0.58	379,000	-17.25%
VNTG	VANTAGE CORP (SINGAPORE)	$5.17	3.48%	8.96%	23.56%	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	$6.09	$3.55	15.11%	45.63%	-1.42	1,242,000	-36.76%
CMDB	COSTAMARE BULKERS HOLDINGS LTD	$9.07	-1.76%	-3.36%	-1.98%	-12.22%	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	$11.99	$8.46	24.35%	7.21%	1.36	126,000	34.04%
CCEC	CAPITAL CLEAN ENERGY CARRIERS CORP	$20.94	2.05%	-10.17%	-13.13%	-4.51%	16.58%	30.94%	48.82%	244.68%	-58.07%	$24.83	$14.09	15.67%	48.62%	0.44	10,800	-57.48%
ECO	OKEANIS ECO TANKERS CORP	$25.55	1.45%	6.06%	12.50%	8.27%	5.97%	-17.77%	N/A	N/A	N/A	$35.64	$17.91	28.31%	42.66%	0.60	116,000	-20.00%
HAFN	HAFNIA LTD	$5.42	0.00%	-1.63%	4.43%	5.45%	4.84%	-30.42%	N/A	N/A	N/A	$8.26	$3.61	34.38%	50.18%	0.71	996,000	41.68%
SHIP	SEANERGY MARITIME HOLDINGS CORP	$7.38	-1.22%	-1.88%	10.96%	18.54%	0.83%	-34.44%	0.48%	-37.69%	-99.92%	$12.65	$4.78	41.66%	54.39%	0.89	80,000	6.67%
DSX	DIANA SHIPPING INC	$1.57	-1.27%	-0.64%	-2.52%	0.00%	-18.85%	-36.99%	-71.72%	2.65%	-79.42%	$2.58	$1.27	39.15%	23.62%	0.77	145,000	-54.55%
PANL	PANGAEA LOGISTICS SOLUTIONS LTD	$5.07	0.00%	3.26%	1.20%	19.29%	-4.34%	-21.52%	-7.48%	111.25%	55.47%	$7.50	$3.93	32.35%	29.01%	0.88	183,000	-17.19%
UFG	UNI-FUELS HOLDINGS LTD	$3.59	8.36%	22.71%	73.66%	-25.76%	-9.53%	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	$6.13	$1.15	41.44%	212.17%	0.43	5,007,000	70.19%
HTCO	HIGH-TREND INTERNATIONAL GROUP	$6.04	3.48%	-13.31%	7.06%	-21.88%	-92.11%	-41.90%	-97.52%	N/A	N/A	$112.50	$4.55	94.63%	32.75%	-0.21	38,000	67.40%
RBNE	ROBIN ENERGY LTD	$1.96	1.02%	6.45%	-38.51%	-29.03%	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	$20.57	$1.63	90.47%	20.25%	-8.06	110,000	-49.54%
HMR	HEIDMAR MARITIME HOLDINGS CORP	$1.56	-1.28%	-1.60%	-1.28%	-44.60%	-74.12%	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	$10.04	$1.45	84.46%	7.59%	0.13	96,000	4.35%
ZIM	ZIM INTEGRATED SHIPPING SERVICES LTD	$16.96	-3.83%	5.23%	4.75%	-9.54%	-17.83%	-13.89%	-67.75%	N/A	N/A	$30.15	$11.04	43.75%	53.69%	1.27	4,034,000	-16.32%
ICON	ICON ENERGY CORP	$2.18	2.75%	-1.32%	-18.84%	19.79%	-82.72%	-97.33%	N/A	N/A	N/A	$130.80	$1.60	98.33%	36.25%	0.77	45,000	0.00%
SBLK	STAR BULK CARRIERS CORP	$18.83	-0.90%	-0.96%	4.13%	11.07%	13.85%	-12.21%	-27.76%	154.22%	46.93%	$23.82	$12.06	20.95%	56.14%	0.80	670,000	-34.76%
SB	SAFE BULKERS INC	$4.27	-0.47%	1.43%	5.99%	14.56%	15.18%	-14.14%	15.49%	245.53%	26.11%	$5.24	$3.02	18.43%	41.63%	0.90	348,000	-25.80%
SMHI	SEACOR MARINE HOLDINGS INC	$6.23	-1.12%	-4.05%	14.93%	18.23%	-8.88%	-46.20%	-4.64%	96.81%	N/A	$11.67	$3.63	46.62%	71.63%	1.05	69,400	-9.87%
HSHP	HIMALAYA SHIPPING LTD	$7.41	-0.54%	2.79%	13.21%	26.63%	40.92%	-5.15%	N/A	N/A	N/A	$8.74	$4.29	15.22%	72.73%	0.85	95,000	-25.78%
SFL	SFL CORP LTD	$9.01	0.33%	-1.63%	1.46%	3.67%	-6.90%	-24.29%	-13.16%	-5.04%	-44.71%	$11.93	$6.78	24.44%	32.89%	0.65	973,000	31.66%
NAT	NORDIC AMERICAN TANKERS LTD	$2.82	0.71%	-1.05%	5.97%	4.41%	6.77%	-21.98%	7.17%	-35.75%	-81.36%	$3.83	$2.13	26.37%	32.39%	0.65	922,000	-33.19%
GNK	GENCO SHIPPING & TRADING LTD	$16.49	-1.03%	0.43%	12.09%	14.77%	9.90%	-7.27%	0.93%	110.04%	-75.61%	$19.51	$11.20	15.48%	47.23%	0.79	634,000	8.93%
CLCO	COOL CO LTD	$7.44	-0.67%	1.23%	10.96%	18.24%	-2.38%	-36.73%	N/A	N/A	N/A	$12.41	$4.51	40.05%	64.97%	0.72	53,000	-25.35%
PXS	PYXIS TANKERS INC	$2.50	1.60%	-4.87%	-14.77%	-16.88%	-31.17%	-51.62%	-21.60%	-20.38%	N/A	$5.53	$2.47	54.79%	1.21%	0.43	12,200	-14.69%
NCT	INTERCONT (CAYMAN) LTD	$2.60	-3.46%	-7.38%	-34.46%	-37.56%	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	$8.76	$2.50	70.32%	4.00%	0.46	4,500	-66.91%
GOGL	GOLDEN OCEAN GROUP LTD	$7.77	2.96%	-6.10%	-2.44%	0.13%	-16.32%	-33.67%	-26.74%	88.24%	-55.80%	$13.44	$6.27	42.19%	23.92%	0.93	2,787,000	76.17%
TOPS	TOP SHIPS INC	$6.08	-3.62%	2.45%	-4.09%	3.35%	0.17%	-36.99%	-93.62%	-98.20%	-100.00%	$11.47	$5.02	46.99%	21.09%	1.18	10,800	17.39%
RUBI	RUBICO INC	$2.43	-0.41%	-8.33%	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	$6.69	$2.33	63.68%	4.25%	-11.45	90,000	-18.18%
EHLD	EUROHOLDINGS LTD	$7.50	-3.33%	-3.33%	-7.88%	16.94%	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	$12.80	$3.83	41.41%	95.82%	1.39	6,500	-10.96%
EDRY	EURODRY LTD	$10.67	5.64%	1.09%	7.24%	15.75%	-1.39%	-48.70%	-40.85%	164.17%	N/A	$20.90	$7.60	48.95%	40.39%	0.58	1,700	385.71%
CTRM	CASTOR MARITIME INC	$2.11	-0.95%	-1.42%	-12.70%	-12.92%	-21.87%	-56.28%	-87.63%	-87.59%	N/A	$5.08	$1.98	58.43%	6.57%	0.98	28,700	46.43%
USEA	UNITED MARITIME CORP	$1.60	1.31%	3.51%	5.95%	26.64%	-13.32%	-33.84%	-16.01%	N/A	N/A	$2.78	$1.00	42.34%	60.00%	0.99	21,800	-60.36%
TORO	TORO CORP	$2.69	4.83%	-1.40%	-1.40%	52.43%	5.62%	-19.43%	N/A	N/A	N/A	$3.80	$1.70	29.21%	58.24%	0.64	54,000	-0.92%
CISS	C3IS INC	$3.21	2.80%	3.13%	-5.17%	-12.00%	-50.89%	-82.26%	N/A	N/A	N/A	$22.80	$2.85	85.92%	12.63%	0.58	24,600	278.46%
OP	OCEANPAL INC	$0.10	3.09%	-6.54%	-93.33%	-87.34%	-90.91%	-94.08%	-99.89%	N/A	N/A	$3.17	$0.09	96.94%	4.30%	0.23	11,894,000	-40.84%
PSHG	PERFORMANCE SHIPPING INC	$1.87	-0.53%	3.91%	0.54%	30.07%	12.73%	-6.30%	-65.48%	-97.97%	-100.00%	$2.24	$1.31	16.52%	43.30%	0.53	22,700	-68.03%
GLBS	GLOBUS MARITIME LTD	$1.01	0.00%	1.00%	-10.62%	-7.34%	-20.78%	-36.08%	-44.81%	-92.79%	-99.98%	$2.21	$0.99	54.30%	2.02%	0.82	16,700	-30.42%

Shipping Stocks FAQ

What are the best shipping stocks to buy right now in Aug 2025?

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:

1. Global Ship Lease (NYSE:GSL)

Global Ship Lease (NYSE:GSL) is the #1 top shipping stock out of 48 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 Global Ship Lease (NYSE:GSL) is: Value: A, Growth: C, Momentum: C, Sentiment: B, Safety: D, Financials: A, and AI: C.

Global Ship Lease (NYSE:GSL) has a Due Diligence Score of 36, which is 10 points higher than the shipping industry average of 26.

GSL passed 13 out of 38 due diligence checks and has average fundamentals. Global Ship Lease has seen its stock return 12.31% over the past year, overperforming other shipping stocks by 35 percentage points.

Global Ship Lease has an average 1 year price target of $33.00, an upside of 8.98% from Global Ship Lease's current stock price of $30.28.

Global Ship Lease stock has a consensus Strong Buy recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 1 analyst covering Global Ship Lease, 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.

2. Euroseas (NASDAQ:ESEA)

Euroseas (NASDAQ:ESEA) is the #2 top shipping stock out of 48 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 Euroseas (NASDAQ:ESEA) is: Value: A, Growth: F, Momentum: B, Sentiment: B, Safety: D, Financials: B, and AI: C.

Euroseas (NASDAQ:ESEA) has a Due Diligence Score of 59, which is 33 points higher than the shipping industry average of 26.

ESEA passed 21 out of 38 due diligence checks and has strong fundamentals. Euroseas has seen its stock return 33.37% over the past year, overperforming other shipping stocks by 56 percentage points.

Euroseas has an average 1 year price target of $62.00, an upside of 10.66% from Euroseas's current stock price of $56.03.

Euroseas stock has a consensus Strong Buy recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 1 analyst covering Euroseas, 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.

3. Knot Offshore Partners (NYSE:KNOP)

Knot Offshore Partners (NYSE:KNOP) is the #3 top shipping stock out of 48 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 Knot Offshore Partners (NYSE:KNOP) is: Value: C, Growth: C, Momentum: C, Sentiment: A, Safety: D, Financials: C, and AI: B.

Knot Offshore Partners (NYSE:KNOP) has a Due Diligence Score of 12, which is -14 points lower than the shipping industry average of 26. Although this number is below the industry average, our proven quant model rates KNOP as a "B".

KNOP passed 5 out of 38 due diligence checks and has weak fundamentals. Knot Offshore Partners has seen its stock return 3.57% over the past year, overperforming other shipping stocks by 26 percentage points.

What are the shipping stocks with highest dividends?

Out of 15 shipping stocks that have issued dividends in the past year, the 3 shipping stocks with the highest dividend yields are:

1. Icon Energy (NASDAQ:ICON)

Icon Energy (NASDAQ:ICON) has an annual dividend yield of 305.96%, which is 289 percentage points higher than the shipping industry average of 17.21%.

Icon Energy's dividend payout ratio of -2.7% indicates that its high dividend yield might not be sustainable for the long-term.

2. Toro (NASDAQ:TORO)

Toro (NASDAQ:TORO) has an annual dividend yield of 26.95%, which is 10 percentage points higher than the shipping industry average of 17.21%.

Toro's dividend payout ratio of 12,083.3% indicates that its high dividend yield might not be sustainable for the long-term.

3. Golden Ocean Group (NASDAQ:GOGL)

Golden Ocean Group (NASDAQ:GOGL) has an annual dividend yield of 10.3%, which is -7 percentage points lower than the shipping industry average of 17.21%. Golden Ocean Group's dividend payout is not stable, having dropped more than 10% nine times in the last 10 years. Golden Ocean Group's dividend has not shown consistent growth over the last 10 years.

Golden Ocean Group's dividend payout ratio of 184.2% indicates that its high dividend yield might not be sustainable for the long-term.

Why are shipping stocks down?

Shipping stocks were down -1.59% in the last day, and down -1.29% over the last week.

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

What are the most undervalued shipping stocks?

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:

1. Navios Maritime Partners (NYSE:NMM)

Navios Maritime Partners (NYSE:NMM) 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.

Navios Maritime Partners has a valuation score of 43, which is 16 points higher than the shipping industry average of 27. It passed 3 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Navios Maritime Partners's stock has dropped -7.29% in the past year. It has overperformed other stocks in the shipping industry by 15 percentage points.

2. Danaos (NYSE:DAC)

Danaos (NYSE:DAC) 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.

Danaos has a valuation score of 57, which is 30 points higher than the shipping industry average of 27. It passed 4 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Danaos's stock has gained 12.89% in the past year. It has overperformed other stocks in the shipping industry by 35 percentage points.

3. Global Ship Lease (NYSE:GSL)

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 -13 points higher than the shipping industry average of 27. 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 12.31% in the past year. It has overperformed other stocks in the shipping industry by 35 percentage points.

Are shipping stocks a good buy now?

76.47% of shipping stocks rated by analysts are a strong buy right now. On average, analysts expect shipping stocks to rise by 19.87% over the next year.

0% of shipping stocks have a Zen Rating of A (Strong Buy), 8.82% of shipping stocks are rated B (Buy), 73.53% are rated C (Hold), 11.76% are rated D (Sell), and 5.88% are rated F (Strong Sell).

What is the average p/e ratio of the marine shipping industry?

The average P/E ratio of the marine shipping industry is 9.53x.

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Sectors & Industries IndustrialsMarine Shipping
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.

Shipping Stocks FAQ

1. Global Ship Lease (NYSE:GSL)

2. Euroseas (NASDAQ:ESEA)

3. Knot Offshore Partners (NYSE:KNOP)

1. Icon Energy (NASDAQ:ICON)

2. Toro (NASDAQ:TORO)

3. Golden Ocean Group (NASDAQ:GOGL)

1. Navios Maritime Partners (NYSE:NMM)

2. Danaos (NYSE:DAC)

3. Global Ship Lease (NYSE:GSL)

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1. Global Ship Lease (NYSE:GSL)

2. Euroseas (NASDAQ:ESEA)

3. Knot Offshore Partners (NYSE:KNOP)

1. Icon Energy (NASDAQ:ICON)

2. Toro (NASDAQ:TORO)

3. Golden Ocean Group (NASDAQ:GOGL)

1. Navios Maritime Partners (NYSE:NMM)

2. Danaos (NYSE:DAC)

3. Global Ship Lease (NYSE:GSL)

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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.