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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:

Knot Offshore Partners (NYSE:KNOP) is the #1 top shipping stock out of 46 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: A.

Knot Offshore Partners (NYSE:KNOP) has a Due Diligence Score of 16, which is -13 points lower than the shipping industry average of 29. Although this number is below the industry average, our proven quant model rates KNOP as a "B".

KNOP passed 6 out of 38 due diligence checks and has weak fundamentals. Knot Offshore Partners has seen its stock lose -14.27% over the past year, overperforming other shipping stocks by 9 percentage points.

Stealthgas (NASDAQ:GASS) is the #2 top shipping stock out of 46 with a Zen Rating of C. Stocks with a rating of C have had an average return of +7.53% per year. Learn more.

The Component Grade breakdown for Stealthgas (NASDAQ:GASS) is: Value: A, Growth: F, Momentum: C, Sentiment: A, Safety: C, Financials: C, and AI: C.

Stealthgas (NASDAQ:GASS) has a Due Diligence Score of 52, which is 23 points higher than the shipping industry average of 29.

GASS passed 16 out of 33 due diligence checks and has strong fundamentals. Stealthgas has seen its stock lose -29.25% over the past year, underperforming other shipping stocks by -6 percentage points.

Global Ship Lease (NYSE:GSL) is the #3 top shipping stock out of 46 with a Zen Rating of C. Stocks with a rating of C have had an average return of +7.53% per year. Learn more.

The Component Grade breakdown for Global Ship Lease (NYSE:GSL) is: Value: A, Growth: C, Momentum: C, Sentiment: C, Safety: D, Financials: A, and AI: C.

Global Ship Lease (NYSE:GSL) has a Due Diligence Score of 38, which is 9 points higher than the shipping industry average of 29.

GSL passed 14 out of 38 due diligence checks and has average fundamentals. Global Ship Lease has seen its stock lose -11.69% over the past year, overperforming other shipping stocks by 12 percentage points.

Global Ship Lease has an average 1 year price target of $30.00, an upside of 18.58% from Global Ship Lease's current stock price of $25.30.

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.

Out of 23 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 378.98%, which is 356 percentage points higher than the shipping industry average of 22.69%.

Icon Energy's dividend payout ratio of -10.8% indicates that its high dividend yield might not be sustainable for the long-term.

Toro (NASDAQ:TORO) has an annual dividend yield of 33.41%, which is 11 percentage points higher than the shipping industry average of 22.69%.

Toro's dividend payout ratio of 0% indicates that its high dividend yield might not be sustainable for the long-term.

Zim Integrated Shipping Services (NYSE:ZIM) has an annual dividend yield of 19.17%, which is -4 percentage points lower than the shipping industry average of 22.69%.

Zim Integrated Shipping Services's dividend payout ratio of 40.9% indicates that its high dividend yield is sustainable for the long-term.

Shipping stocks were up 0.21% in the last day, and up 1.93% over the last week. Top Ships was the among the top gainers in the marine shipping industry, gaining 43.61% yesterday.

TOP Ships shares are trading higher after the company announced it will spin-off a new public Nasdaq company called Rubico Inc.

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:

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 11 points higher than the shipping industry average of 32. It passed 3 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Navios Maritime Partners's stock has dropped -19.46% in the past year. It has overperformed other stocks in the shipping industry by 4 percentage points.

Global Ship Lease (NYSE:GSL) 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.

Global Ship Lease has a valuation score of 14, which is -18 points higher than the shipping industry average of 32. 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 dropped -11.69% in the past year. It has overperformed other stocks in the shipping industry by 12 percentage points.

Stealthgas (NASDAQ:GASS) 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.

Stealthgas has a valuation score of 71, which is 39 points higher than the shipping industry average of 32. It passed 5 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Stealthgas's stock has dropped -29.25% in the past year. It has underperformed other stocks in the shipping industry by -6 percentage points.

66.67% of shipping stocks rated by analysts are a strong buy right now. On average, analysts expect shipping stocks to rise by 25.63% over the next year.

0% of shipping stocks have a Zen Rating of A (Strong Buy), 3.23% of shipping stocks are rated B (Buy), 74.19% are rated C (Hold), 19.35% are rated D (Sell), and 3.23% are rated F (Strong Sell).