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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 A. Stocks with a rating of A have had an average return of +32.52% per year. Learn more.

The Component Grade breakdown for Knot Offshore Partners (NYSE:KNOP) is: Value: B, Growth: C, Momentum: B, Sentiment: C, Safety: D, Financials: C, and AI: A.

Knot Offshore Partners (NYSE:KNOP) has a Due Diligence Score of 23, which is -6 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 "A".

KNOP passed 9 out of 38 due diligence checks and has weak fundamentals. Knot Offshore Partners has seen its stock return 48.6% over the past year, overperforming other shipping stocks by 71 percentage points.

Global Ship Lease (NYSE:GSL) is the #2 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 Global Ship Lease (NYSE:GSL) is: Value: A, Growth: C, Momentum: C, Sentiment: B, Safety: D, Financials: B, 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 return 32.2% over the past year, overperforming other shipping stocks by 54 percentage points.

Global Ship Lease has an average 1 year price target of $33.00, an upside of 4.66% from Global Ship Lease's current stock price of $31.53.

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.

Seacor Marine Holdings (NYSE:SMHI) is the #3 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 Seacor Marine Holdings (NYSE:SMHI) is: Value: C, Growth: C, Momentum: C, Sentiment: A, Safety: A, Financials: C, and AI: A.

Seacor Marine Holdings (NYSE:SMHI) 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 SMHI as a "B".

SMHI passed 5 out of 33 due diligence checks and has weak fundamentals. Seacor Marine Holdings has seen its stock lose -6.47% over the past year, overperforming other shipping stocks by 16 percentage points.

Out of 18 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 215.53%, which is 203 percentage points higher than the shipping industry average of 13.03%.

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

Toro (NASDAQ:TORO) has an annual dividend yield of 20.31%, which is 7 percentage points higher than the shipping industry average of 13.03%.

Toro's dividend payout ratio of 3,625% 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 6.18%, which is -7 percentage points lower than the shipping industry average of 13.03%. Global Ship Lease's dividend payout is not stable, having dropped more than 10% one times in the last 10 years. Global Ship Lease's dividend has not shown consistent growth over the last 10 years.

Shipping stocks were up 1.39% in the last day, and up 6.56% over the last week.

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

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:

Danaos (NYSE:DAC) 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.

Danaos has a valuation score of 43, which is 13 points higher than the shipping industry average of 30. It passed 3 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Danaos's stock has gained 10.97% in the past year. It has overperformed other stocks in the shipping industry by 33 percentage points.

Euroseas (NASDAQ:ESEA) 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.

Euroseas has a valuation score of 29, which is -1 points higher than the shipping industry average of 30. It passed 2 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks. Although this number is below the industry average, our proven quant model rates ESEA a Valuation Rating of "A".

Euroseas's stock has gained 38.95% in the past year. It has overperformed other stocks in the shipping industry by 61 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 -16 points higher than the shipping industry average of 30. 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 32.2% in the past year. It has overperformed other stocks in the shipping industry by 54 percentage points.

80% of shipping stocks rated by analysts are a strong buy right now. On average, analysts expect shipping stocks to rise by 14.18% over the next year.

3.33% of shipping stocks have a Zen Rating of A (Strong Buy), 16.67% of shipping stocks are rated B (Buy), 63.33% are rated C (Hold), 13.33% are rated D (Sell), and 3.33% are rated F (Strong Sell).