Diana Shipping Inc (NYSE: DSX)’s stock price has gone decline by -1.19 in comparison to its previous close of 1.68, however, the company has experienced a 3.11% increase in its stock price over the last five trading days. globenewswire.com reported 2025-06-16 that ATHENS, Greece, June 16, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Diana Shipping Inc. (NYSE: DSX), (the “Company”), a global shipping company specializing in the ownership and bareboat charter-in of dry bulk vessels, today announced that it has signed, through a separate wholly-owned subsidiary, a Memorandum of Agreement to sell to an unaffiliated third party, the 2010-built Panamax vessel “Selina”, with delivery to the buyer latest by August 15, 2025, for a sale price of approximately US$11.8 million before commissions. Upon completion of the aforementioned sale, Diana Shipping Inc.’s fleet will consist of 36 dry bulk vessels (4 Newcastlemax, 8 Capesize, 4 Post-Panamax, 6 Kamsarmax, 5 Panamax and 9 Ultramax).
Is It Worth Investing in Diana Shipping Inc (NYSE: DSX) Right Now?
The price-to-earnings ratio for Diana Shipping Inc (NYSE: DSX) is 24.13x, which is above its average ratio. Moreover, the 36-month beta value for DSX is 0.77. Analysts have varying opinions on the stock, with 1 analysts rating it as a “buy,” 0 as “overweight,” 0 as “hold,” and 0 as “sell.”
The public float for DSX is 63.37M and currently, short sellers hold a 0.92% of that float. On June 19, 2025, DSX’s average trading volume was 281.76K shares.
DSX’s Market Performance
DSX stock saw an increase of 3.11% in the past week, with a monthly gain of 6.41% and a quarterly increase of -7.78%. The volatility ratio for the week is 3.10%, and the volatility levels for the last 30 days are 3.30% for Diana Shipping Inc (DSX). The simple moving average for the last 20 days is 6.55% for DSX’s stock, with a simple moving average of -12.22% for the last 200 days.
Analysts’ Opinion of DSX
Many brokerage firms have already submitted their reports for DSX stocks, with Jefferies repeating the rating for DSX by listing it as a “Hold.” The predicted price for DSX in the upcoming period, according to Jefferies is $5 based on the research report published on September 26, 2022 of the previous year 2022.
Jefferies, on the other hand, stated in their research note that they expect to see DSX reach a price target of $7. The rating they have provided for DSX stocks is “Buy” according to the report published on July 21st, 2022.
Jefferies gave a rating of “Hold” to DSX, setting the target price at $5 in the report published on April 27th of the previous year.
DSX Trading at 10.93% from the 50-Day Moving Average
After a stumble in the market that brought DSX to its low price for the period of the last 52 weeks, the company was unable to rebound, for now settling with -44.11% of loss for the given period.
Insider Trading
Reports are indicating that there were more than several insider trading activities at DSX starting from KONSTANTINOS PSALTIS, who proposed sale 10,000 shares at the price of $1.64 back on Jun 17 ’25. After this action, KONSTANTINOS PSALTIS now owns shares of Diana Shipping Inc, valued at $16,350 using the latest closing price.
KONSTANTINOS PSALTIS, the Director of Diana Shipping Inc, proposed sale 40,000 shares at $2.49 during a trade that took place back on Aug 08 ’24, which means that KONSTANTINOS PSALTIS is holding shares at $99,452 based on the most recent closing price.
Stock Fundamentals for DSX
Current profitability levels for the company are sitting at:
- 0.25 for the present operating margin
- 0.43 for the gross margin
The net margin for Diana Shipping Inc stands at 0.06. The total capital return value is set at 0.05. Equity return is now at value 2.79, with 1.19 for asset returns.
Based on Diana Shipping Inc (DSX), the company’s capital structure generated 0.56 points at debt to capital in total, while cash flow to debt ratio is standing at 0.08. The debt to equity ratio resting at 1.26. The interest coverage ratio of the stock is 1.2.
Currently, EBITDA for the company is 97.9 million with net debt to EBITDA at 5.92. When we switch over and look at the enterprise to sales, we see a ratio of 3.09. The liquidity ratio also appears to be rather interesting for investors as it stands at 2.58.
Conclusion
To wrap up, the performance of Diana Shipping Inc (DSX) has been mixed in recent times. The stock has received a bullish of “buy” and “hold” ratings from analysts. It’s important to note that the stock is currently trading at a significant distance from its 50-day moving average and its 52-week high.
