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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:

Stealthgas (NASDAQ:GASS) is the #1 top shipping stock out of 44 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 Stealthgas (NASDAQ:GASS) is: Value: B, Growth: C, Momentum: C, Sentiment: A, Safety: C, Financials: C, and AI: C.

Stealthgas (NASDAQ:GASS) has a Due Diligence Score of 58, which is 26 points higher than the shipping industry average of 32.

GASS passed 18 out of 33 due diligence checks and has strong fundamentals. Stealthgas has seen its stock lose -14.02% over the past year, overperforming other shipping stocks by 8 percentage points.

Knot Offshore Partners (NYSE:KNOP) is the #2 top shipping stock out of 44 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 Knot Offshore Partners (NYSE:KNOP) is: Value: C, Growth: B, Momentum: C, Sentiment: A, Safety: D, Financials: C, and AI: C.

Knot Offshore Partners (NYSE:KNOP) has a Due Diligence Score of 27, which is -5 points lower than the shipping industry average of 32.

KNOP passed 11 out of 38 due diligence checks and has average fundamentals. Knot Offshore Partners has seen its stock return 24.56% over the past year, overperforming other shipping stocks by 46 percentage points.

Matson (NYSE:MATX) is the #3 top shipping stock out of 44 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 Matson (NYSE:MATX) is: Value: A, Growth: C, Momentum: C, Sentiment: C, Safety: C, Financials: B, and AI: B.

Matson (NYSE:MATX) has a Due Diligence Score of 36, which is 4 points higher than the shipping industry average of 32.

MATX passed 15 out of 38 due diligence checks and has average fundamentals. Matson has seen its stock lose -12.11% over the past year, overperforming other shipping stocks by 10 percentage points.

Matson has an average 1 year price target of $167.50, an upside of 77.25% from Matson's current stock price of $94.50.

Matson stock has a consensus Buy recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 2 analysts covering Matson, 50% have issued a Strong Buy rating, 0% have issued a Buy, 50% have issued a hold, while 0% have issued a Sell rating, and 0% have issued a Strong Sell.

Out of 20 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 317.31%, which is 295 percentage points higher than the shipping industry average of 21.89%.

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

Toro (NASDAQ:TORO) has an annual dividend yield of 37.6%, which is 16 percentage points higher than the shipping industry average of 21.89%.

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 24.48%, which is 3 percentage points higher than the shipping industry average of 21.89%.

Zim Integrated Shipping Services's dividend payout ratio of 27% indicates that its high dividend yield is sustainable for the long-term.

Shipping stocks were down -2.49% in the last day, and down -3.54% over the last week.

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

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:

Zim Integrated Shipping Services (NYSE:ZIM) 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.

Zim Integrated Shipping Services has a valuation score of 71, which is 35 points higher than the shipping industry average of 36. It passed 5 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Zim Integrated Shipping Services's stock has gained 17.09% in the past year. It has overperformed other stocks in the shipping industry by 39 percentage points.

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 71, which is 35 points higher than the shipping industry average of 36. It passed 5 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Danaos's stock has gained 2.9% in the past year. It has overperformed other stocks in the shipping industry by 25 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 -22 points higher than the shipping industry average of 36. 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 -7.99% in the past year. It has overperformed other stocks in the shipping industry by 14 percentage points.

50% of shipping stocks rated by analysts are a strong buy right now. On average, analysts expect shipping stocks to rise by 54.54% 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), 16.13% are rated D (Sell), and 6.45% are rated F (Strong Sell).