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Diana Shipping Inc.

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About

DIANA SHIPPING INC. operates in the Marine Freight & Logistics industry within the Industrials sector, providing marine transportation services.

Business. DIANA SHIPPING INC. (DSX) is a marine freight and logistics company operating within the Industrials sector. The firm generates service revenue through shipping activities, with performance typically measured by metrics such as fleet utilization and time-charter equivalent rates. The company is headquartered in the United States and is primarily listed on the New York Stock Exchange. Specific operating segments and geographic breakdowns are not disclosed in the available data.

Classification99 %
SectorIndustrials
Industry groupMarine Freight & Logistics
Generated · model-assisted
Sell-side consensus
BUY2 analysts
1 buy1 hold0 sell
Avg 12m price target2,85

Analyst recommendations

2 analysts · consensus Buy
Buy1
Hold1
Sell0
12-month price target
2,85
Consensus of sell-side coverage.
Upcoming events
  • EarningsQ3 2026 earnings (expected)2026-10-28 · estimated
See all catalysts →

At a glance

Score
not yet scored
Valuation
valuation pending
Analysts
Buy
2 analysts · indicative
Ownership
Arrowstreet Capital, Limited Partnership
largest disclosed fund holder
Profitability
not yet wired
Quality
not yet scored

What drives this business

The watch-list the newsroom runs for this company — derived from its sector path, sharpened layer by layer. Not investment advice.

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News & coverage

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  • MARKETSDiana Shipping Q2 profit surges to $20.8m on strong dry bulk rates2026-08-02
  • MARKETSDiana Shipping locks in $18,350/day rate for DSI Pegasus through August 20272026-07-24
  • MARKETSDiana Shipping retains top RightShip safety rating amid route risks2026-07-17
  • MARKETSDiana Shipping nears control threshold in Genco takeover bid2026-07-13
  • MARKETSDiana Shipping locks in $16,850 daily rate for Kamsarmax Medusa2026-07-09
  • MARKETSDCC takeover bid deadline extended as KKR and Energy Capital finalize deal2026-07-08
  • Sector rotation

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    Energy+0,6 %+3,3 %+0,0 %
    Health Care+0,6 %−0,8 %+0,0 %
    Consumer Discretionary+0,4 %+7,7 %−0,2 %
    Information Technology+0,3 %+7,8 %−0,3 %
    Financials−0,3 %−2,8 %−0,9 %
    Consumer Staples−0,4 %+2,5 %−1,0 %
    Real Estate−0,7 %+10,9 %−1,3 %
    Industrials · THIS SECTOR−1,9 %−3,1 %−2,5 %
    Utilities−1,9 %+28,2 %−2,5 %

    Developing storylines

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    Logistics Fleet And Fulfillment
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    Analysis

    AI analysis
    Generated · analysis pipeline · tier hybrid · as of 2026-08-04 ↑ At a glance

    Opportunity

    — missing data

    Upcoming catalysts

    Scheduled public events. Informational only — not investment advice.

    • Company
    • EarningsQ3 2026 earnings (expected)2026-10-28 · estimated
    • Peers
    • EarningsQ3 2026 earnings (expected)2026-10-28 · estimated · Frontline (FRO)
    • Macro
    • Rate decisionBank of England rate decision (press conf.)2026-08-06 · GB
    • Rate decisionReserve Bank of Australia rate decision (press conf.)2026-08-12 · AU
    • Rate decisionNorges Bank rate decision (press conf.)2026-08-20 · NO
    • Rate decisionSveriges Riksbank rate decision (press conf.)2026-09-03 · SE
    • Rate decisionBank of Canada rate decision (press conf.)2026-09-09 · CA
    • Rate decisionEuropean Central Bank rate decision (press conf.)2026-09-10 · EU
    • Macro & political
    • ElectionSE Swedish Election2026-09-14 · SE
    • ElectionUS U.S. Midterms2026-11-03 · US
    • ElectionFR French Legislative2027-06-01 · FR

    Pre-earnings brief

    Briefing · model-assisted

    This is the first analysis for Diana Shipping Inc. (DSX), meaning there is no prior basis for computing material changes or deltas in the company's profile. Consequently, no specific shifts in operational metrics, financial performance, or strategic direction can be asserted based on the available data. The company currently maintains a lean executive structure with only one officer on record. Despite this minimal leadership footprint, DSX retains a notable level of professional interest, with nine analysts covering the stock. However, the company is not currently a member of any major indices, and its ownership is concentrated among six top holders. Market attention for DSX has been sporadic over the recent 30-day period. Dispatch activity was largely absent, with zero mentions recorded on most days, including the entire week of July 1–5. When activity did occur, it was minimal, with single dispatches logged on June 29, June 30, July 8, July 9, July 13, and July 17. The broader context for the company is linked to the "Logistics Fleet And Fulfillment" saga, which carries an intensity score of 4.6512. This thematic association suggests that DSX's operations are viewed through the lens of global logistics trends, even as direct news flow remains intermittent. The peer weight for this saga is -4.6512, indicating a potential divergence or specific positioning relative to peers in this sector.

    Signals & dispatch

    peak dispatch · 2026-07-08

    Composite-score breakdown

    Synthesis

    Business

    DIANA SHIPPING INC. (DSX) is a marine freight and logistics company operating within the Industrials sector. The firm generates service revenue through shipping activities, with performance typically measured by metrics such as fleet utilization and time-charter equivalent rates. The company is headquartered in the United States and is primarily listed on the New York Stock Exchange. Specific operating segments and geographic breakdowns are not disclosed in the available data.

    Classification99 %
    SectorIndustrials
    Industry groupMarine Freight & Logistics
    AI synthesis
    GENERATED

    Capital structure and liquidity metrics are unavailable as no financial snapshot data was provided for this analysis period. The market price is recorded at 2.175 USD, but without balance sheet line items or valuation ratios such as debt-to-equity or current ratio, the company's financial leverage and short-term solvency cannot be assessed.

    Profitability and return metrics are absent from the available data. There are no cohort medians or industry context provided to benchmark the company's operational efficiency or margin performance against peers in the Marine Freight & Logistics sector.

    Segment and geographic revenue exposure cannot be determined due to the absence of segment reporting or geographic breakdown data. The company's revenue concentration risks and regional dependencies remain unquantified in this analysis.

    Growth trajectory analysis is not possible as historical revenue and net income data for the past five years or eight quarters are missing. Without time-series financial data, trends in top-line growth or earnings stability cannot be established.

    Risk assessment indicates that liquidity and dilution risks are unknown. Key flags note that risk could not be assessed due to the lack of financial snapshots, source documents, or observations. This data gap prevents a comprehensive evaluation of the company's exposure to market or operational risks.

    Recent observations include sparse public filing facts and analyst estimates suggesting a mean price target of 2.85 USD with a mean recommendation of 2.00. News events indicate an allocator coverage boost, but no specific operational or strategic developments were detailed in the available observations.

    This is the first analysis for Diana Shipping Inc. (DSX), meaning there is no prior basis for computing material changes or deltas in the company's profile. Consequently, no specific shifts in operational metrics, financial performance, or strategic direction can be asserted based on the available data. The company currently maintains a lean executive structure with only one officer on record. Despite this minimal leadership footprint, DSX retains a notable level of professional interest, with nine analysts covering the stock. However, the company is not currently a member of any major indices, and its ownership is concentrated among six top holders. Market attention for DSX has been sporadic over the recent 30-day period. Dispatch activity was largely absent, with zero mentions recorded on most days, including the entire week of July 1–5. When activity did occur, it was minimal, with single dispatches logged on June 29, June 30, July 8, July 9, July 13, and July 17. The broader context for the company is linked to the "Logistics Fleet And Fulfillment" saga, which carries an intensity score of 4.6512. This thematic association suggests that DSX's operations are viewed through the lens of global logistics trends, even as direct news flow remains intermittent. The peer weight for this saga is -4.6512, indicating a potential divergence or specific positioning relative to peers in this sector.

    Key takeaways
    • Financial data is completely unavailable, preventing any fundamental analysis of profitability, liquidity, or valuation.
    • Analyst consensus suggests a potential upside from the current price of 2.175 USD to a mean target of 2.85 USD.
    • Risk assessment is inconclusive due to missing financial snapshots and source documents.
    • The company operates in the Marine Freight & Logistics industry with a high classification confidence of 0.85.
    • No historical growth trends or segment data are available to inform investment thesis.

    Bull / Bear case

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    In focus — financials by report

    Valuation

    Market price
    $2,42
    Market cap
    Enterprise value
    P/E
    Non-GAAP P/E
    EV / Revenue
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    Market share

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    Business relationships

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    Supply chain

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    Peer comparison

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    Market position

    Stress test

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    Predictor forecast

    Next quarternear-term
    Earnings · next quarterconf 45 %
    EPS
    Consensus EPS
    0,34
    Predicted surprise
    +0,00
    Beat probability
    45 %
    Analysts
    2
    Other metrics
    Revenue
    no estimate
    Segment revenue
    no estimate
    Margin
    no estimate
    Segment margin
    no estimate
    as of 2026-05-04 · Earnings Surprise V1
    Period note: consensus is not fiscal-period-aligned at source — read as consensus vs the last reported actual, not a calibrated same-quarter surprise.
    Full fiscal year~1 year ahead
    Full fiscal year · our forecast vs guidance vs consensus
    MetricOur forecastGuidanceConsensus
    EPSno estimateno estimate0,39
    Revenueno estimateno estimate249,1M USD
    Operating incomeno estimateno estimate85,4M USD
    Full-year consensus mean (period as reported by source) · consensus in USD. Company-level full-year forecast and management guidance are not yet modelled at scale — shown as "no estimate", never inferred.
    Probabilistic model output — not investment advice. · generated 2026-08-04

    Options

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    Short squeeze

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    Earnings-call key lines

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    Consensus distribution

    sell-side coverage
    Recommendation distribution2 analysts
    Strong buy1
    Buy0
    Hold1
    Sell0
    Strong sell0
    12-month price target$2,85 · Median $2,85
    Low $1,90High $3,80
    Operating income · consensus85,4M USD
    EPS surprise
    −97,9 %
    reported vs consensus · miss
    Revenue surprise
    −14,3 %
    reported vs consensus · miss

    Estimate revisions

    consensus EPS · 26-week trend
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    Sell-side observations

    Low$1,90
    Mean$2,85
    Median$2,85
    High$3,80
    Spot$2,42
    +18.0 %implied to mean12-month sell-side price targets · ▲ spot

    Themes

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    ESG

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    Risk factors

    Dilution riskUnknown
    Liquidity riskUnknown

    Benchmarks vs cohort

    No cohort benchmark data available for this issuer yet.

    Corporate actions / M&A

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    FX exposure

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    Comparable transactions

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    Derivatives & instruments

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    Physical assets

    31 tracked
    AssetTypeCommodityCountryRole
    AMPHITRITEVesselFar East Bulker Zone, North Pacific Ocean (Japan)Manager
    ASTARTEVesselWest Coast India Bulker Zone, West Indian OceanManager
    ATALANDIVesselSoybeanWest Indian Ocean, Indian Ocean Bulker ZoneManager
    CRYSTALIAVesselWest Coast South America Bulker Zone, South Pacific Ocean (South America), Magellan Strait WaypointManager
    DSI PEGASUSVesselSoybeanSouth Atlantic OceanManager
    DSI PHOENIXVesselCoalSouth East Asia Bulker Zone, Borneo SeaManager
    DSI POLARISVesselSoybeanSouth Atlantic OceanManager
    DSI POLLUXVesselWest Coast Central America Bulker Zone, Pacific Ocean (Central America)Manager
    DSI PYXISVesselCoalSouth Atlantic OceanManager
    ELECTRAVesselCoalEast Africa Bulker Zone, West Indian Ocean, Mozambique Channel WaypointManager
    FLORIDAVesselIron OreWest Indian Ocean, Indian Ocean Bulker ZoneManager
    G.P. ZAFIRAKISVesselShandong, Far East Bulker Zone, East China Sea, China (Mainland)Manager
    ISMENEVesselFar East Bulker Zone, South China SeaManager
    LEONIDAS P.C.VesselSouth East Asia Bulker Zone, Pacific Ocean (Oceania)Manager
    LETOVesselSoybeanSouth Africa Bulker Zone, West Indian OceanManager
    LOS ANGELESVesselFar East Bulker Zone, East China SeaManager
    MAERAVesselSouth East Asia Bulker Zone, Java SeaManager
    MAIAVesselNorth West Africa Bulker Zone, East Atlantic Ocean (Africa)Manager
    MEDUSAVesselSouth East Asia Bulker Zone, Java SeaManager
    MYRSINIVesselEast Coast South America Bulker Zone, South Atlantic OceanManager
    MYRTOVesselIndonesia, South Kalimantan, South East Asia Bulker Zone, Java SeaManager
    NEW ORLEANSVesselFar East Bulker Zone, South China SeaManager
    NEW YORKVesselSouth East Asia Bulker Zone, Java Sea, Singapore Strait WaypointManager
    NEWPORT NEWSVesselSouth Atlantic OceanManager
    P.S. PALIOSVesselWest Coast Central America Bulker Zone, Pacific Ocean (Central America)Manager
    PHAIDRAVesselSouth East Asia Bulker Zone, South China Sea, VietnamManager
    PHILADELPHIAVesselIron OreSouth East Asia Bulker Zone, Sulawesi SeaManager
    POLYMNIAVesselSouth East Asia Bulker Zone, Pacific Ocean (Oceania)Manager
    SAN FRANCISCOVesselSouth East Asia Bulker Zone, South China SeaManager
    SANTA BARBARAVesselSouth Atlantic OceanManager
    SEATTLEVesselWestern Australia, Australia, West Aussie Bulker Zone, East Indian OceanManager
    Tracked physical assets associated with this issuer (operated, managed, or owned).

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    Data sources
    • Market data
    • Regulatory filings
    • Issuer disclosures
    • Public news
    • Earnings transcripts
    • Consensus estimates
    • ESG data
    • Reference data
    How metrics are computed
    • Market Price
      input from market-data provider (delayed close or quote-shim mid)
    Source documents
    • DIANA SHIPPING INC. company facts · 2026-07-30
    • allocator_boost (allocator) on DSX · 2026-07-30
    • Diana Shipping Inc Market data — analyst estimates · 2026-07-30
    • Diana Shipping Inc Market data — ESG · 2026-07-30

    Ownership & reference

    Top holders

    • Arrowstreet Capital, Limited PartnershipInvestment Managers · as of 2026-03-310,00 %$1M
    • Goldman Sachs Asset Management, L.P.Investment Managers · as of 2026-03-310,00 %$1M
    • UBS Financial Services, Inc.Investment Managers · as of 2026-03-310,00 %$0M
    • Wells Fargo AdvisorsBrokerage Firms · as of 2026-03-310,00 %$0M
    • BlackRock Institutional Trust Company, N.A.Investment Managers · as of 2024-06-300,00 %$0M
    • Morgan Stanley Smith Barney LLCInvestment Managers · as of 2026-03-310,00 %$0M

    Leadership

    • Anastasios C. MargaronisPresident, Director

    Insider activity

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    Short positioning

    1.6Mshares short-27.1% vs prior
    4.98days to cover
    35.9%short of daily vol
    3.5Kfails-to-deliver
    as of 2026-07-15 · short-interest report (free)

    Geographic breakdown

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    Listings · one canonical issuer all listings resolve to the canonical
    DSXCanonical
    NYSE · USD

    Intel & risk

    PredictorBeat prob45 %Surprise+0,00Full forecast →
    What changed

    no material change vs prior analysis (walked 17 fields; 4 schema-expansion field(s) excluded)

    • Narrative— → —medium
    • Business summary— → —medium
    • Conclusion— → —medium
    • Key takeaways— → —medium
    vs prior analysis 63 days ago
    peak dispatch · 2026-07-08
    OSINT findings
    Dilution riskUnknown
    Liquidity riskUnknown
    Relationship graph
    DSXFROOETSNIMarine Freight
    This companyPeerSector

    Evidence & claims

    From filings & derived data
    • Revenue (YoY) (2025-12-31 vs 2024-12-31): -6.4%Derived (calculated)
    • Total assets (YoY) (2025-12-31 vs 2024-12-31): -0.1%Derived (calculated)
    • Shareholders' equity (YoY) (2025-12-31 vs 2024-12-31): -0.5%Derived (calculated)
    • Net margin (FY 2025-12-31): 8.3%Derived (calculated)
    • Return on equity (FY 2025-12-31): 3.5%Derived (calculated)
    • Return on assets (FY 2025-12-31): 1.5%Derived (calculated)
    • Current ratio (FY 2025-12-31): 2.73xDerived (calculated)
    • Cash & equivalents (YoY) (2025-12-31 vs 2024-12-31): -59.5%Derived (calculated)
    • EPS (basic) (YoY) (2025-12-31 vs 2024-12-31): 83.3%Derived (calculated)
    • EPS (diluted) (YoY) (2025-12-31 vs 2024-12-31): 120.0%Derived (calculated)
    • Long-term debt (YoY) (2025-12-31 vs 2024-12-31): 1.6%Derived (calculated)
    • Net income (YoY) (2025-12-31 vs 2024-12-31): 39.9%Derived (calculated)
    • Operating cash flow (YoY) (2025-12-31 vs 2024-12-31): -43.1%Derived (calculated)
    • Operating income (YoY) (2025-12-31 vs 2024-12-31): -28.2%Derived (calculated)
    • Shares outstanding (annual): 115.79MSEC XBRL filing
    • Revenue (annual): USD 213.54MSEC XBRL filing
    • Long-term debt (annual): USD 522.81MSEC XBRL filing
    • Total assets (annual): USD 1.17BSEC XBRL filing
    • Current assets (annual): USD 244.88MSEC XBRL filing
    • Current liabilities (annual): USD 89.58MSEC XBRL filing
    • Cash & equivalents (annual): USD 50.51MSEC XBRL filing
    • Operating income (annual): USD 42.19MSEC XBRL filing
    • Interest expense (annual): USD 42.95MSEC XBRL filing
    • EPS (diluted) (annual): USD-PER-SHARES 0SEC XBRL filing
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    The Thread

    Everything we know, in order
    2026-10-28EVENTUpcomingQ3 2026 earnings (expected) estimated date
    2026-08-02 10:05 UTCSAGALogistics Fleet And Fulfillment Ionic expands tanker fleet with newbuild orders while Saddle Creek Logistics urges retailers to prioritize fulfillment strategies amid expanding sales channels.
    2026-07-30 00:00 UTCTRANSCRIPTEarnings call — Q3 2026
    2026-07-30EVENTQ2 2026 earnings (expected) estimated date
    2026-06-30 08:51 UTCNEWSDiana Shipping extends Genco takeover bid by two weeks amid boardroom stalemate → The Semiramis Palaiou group secures more time to pursue the dry bulk carrier after failing to install nominees or remove the poison pill.
    2026-06-30 03:38 UTCEARNINGSUpcomingForecast: earnings_forecast (90d)
    2026-06-29 12:34 UTCNEWSDiana Shipping extends Genco takeover bid by two weeks → The Semiramis Palaiou group keeps its acquisition offer for the rival dry bulk carrier alive, prolonging a high-stakes corporate battle in the shipping sector.
    2026-06-26 06:00 UTCNEWSDiana Shipping secures Panamax charter at $15,750 amid route risk → The vessel Ismene is chartered to Paralos Shipping through mid-2027, reflecting steady dry-bulk demand despite geopolitical headwinds in key trade corridors.
    2026-06-20 00:43 UTCANALYSTAnalyst coverage initiated
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