Media coverage about Dynagas LNG Partners (NYSE:DLNG) has trended somewhat positive recently, Accern Sentiment Analysis reports. Accern identifies positive and negative media coverage by reviewing more than 20 million blog and news sources in real time. Accern ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of negative one to one, with scores closest to one being the most favorable. Dynagas LNG Partners earned a news impact score of 0.04 on Accern’s scale. Accern also assigned press coverage about the shipping company an impact score of 46.4153542597132 out of 100, indicating that recent media coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an impact on the company’s share price in the next several days.
Several brokerages have recently commented on DLNG. Zacks Investment Research upgraded Dynagas LNG Partners from a “strong sell” rating to a “hold” rating in a report on Tuesday, August 8th. BidaskClub cut Dynagas LNG Partners from a “hold” rating to a “sell” rating in a report on Friday, July 28th. Stifel Nicolaus restated a “buy” rating and set a $19.00 target price on shares of Dynagas LNG Partners in a report on Friday, July 21st. Morgan Stanley decreased their target price on Dynagas LNG Partners to $13.00 and set an “equal weight” rating on the stock in a report on Tuesday, June 13th. Finally, Jefferies Group LLC restated a “buy” rating and set a $19.00 target price on shares of Dynagas LNG Partners in a report on Monday, June 12th. One analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, five have issued a hold rating and three have given a buy rating to the stock. The stock presently has an average rating of “Hold” and a consensus price target of $16.25.
Dynagas LNG Partners (NYSE DLNG) traded down 0.28% during trading on Friday, reaching $14.06. The company had a trading volume of 53,832 shares. The firm has a market capitalization of $499.48 million, a PE ratio of 8.94 and a beta of 1.10. Dynagas LNG Partners has a 12-month low of $12.76 and a 12-month high of $17.93. The firm’s 50 day moving average price is $14.86 and its 200 day moving average price is $15.82.
Dynagas LNG Partners (NYSE:DLNG) last issued its earnings results on Thursday, June 8th. The shipping company reported $0.37 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.34 by $0.03. Dynagas LNG Partners had a return on equity of 23.74% and a net margin of 37.68%. The business had revenue of $39.09 million during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $40.38 million. Analysts anticipate that Dynagas LNG Partners will post $1.02 earnings per share for the current year.
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About Dynagas LNG Partners
Dynagas LNG Partners LP is a limited partnership, which focuses on owning and operating liquid natural gas (LNG) carriers. The Company’s vessels are employed on multi-year time charters with international energy companies. As of December 31, 2016, the Company owned and operated a fleet of six LNG carriers, consisting of the three LNG carriers in its Initial Fleet, the Clean Energy, the Ob River and the Amur River, and three 2013-built Ice Class LNG carriers that the Company acquired from its Sponsor the Arctic Aurora, the Yenisei River, and the Lena River (collectively referred as its Fleet).
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