19.76% operating margin is respectable but not wide. ROIC at 3.06%. Suggests the business covers its cost of capital, but doesn't point to a wide moat.
Even for strong businesses, today's 24x P/E means the stock needs to keep delivering. There's no margin of safety if growth disappoints.
23.5x earnings. Valuation is in a reasonable range. The main question is whether the business can re-accelerate or if current trajectory is already priced in.
Price History
Valuation & Multiples
Based on TTM earnings · Diluted shares
Profitability & Returns
Revenue (TTM)
$214M
Net Income (TTM)
$18M
Op. Margin
19.76%
ROIC
3.06%
Cash Flow & Balance Sheet
FCF
N/A
Op. Cash Flow (TTM)
$48M
Net Debt
$586M
Cash & Equiv.
$51M
3Y CAGR: -9.7%
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SourceComputed from the 10-K filed 13 Mar 2026, covering the period ending 31 Dec 2025, as reported to the SEC. Data last refreshed 13 Apr 2026. How this is calculated.
Price from market data, last close as of 21 Oct 2026. Sector medians are approximate S&P 500 benchmarks and update periodically.
Is Diana Shipping (DSX) overvalued?
At a P/E of 23.5, Diana Shipping (DSX) trades above a two-stage DCF intrinsic value of about $1.08 per share, so at $2.59 the stock looks overvalued (58.5% above estimated intrinsic value). A high multiple is not the same as overvalued: fast-growing, high-quality businesses can deserve a premium. See the general approach in how to tell if a stock is overvalued.
On quality, Diana Shipping scores 8/100 on Intrinsiqq's quality scorecard (a lower-quality business on these measures), weighing growth, margins, returns on capital, share count, and balance-sheet strength. It currently yields about 1.6%; see dividend safety for coverage and history. All figures are computed from SEC filings; read the full methodology, or see how the market compares in our US profitability statistics. This is analysis, not investment advice.
Frequently asked
What is Diana Shipping's fair value?+
Intrinsiqq's two-stage DCF estimates an intrinsic value of about $1.08 per share for DSX, projecting its recent free cash flow forward with a growth rate that fades toward a long-run rate and discounting it back to today. Applying a 25% margin of safety gives a more conservative fair-value entry around $0.81. At today's $2.59, that puts the stock about 58.5% above estimated intrinsic value. The result is sensitive to the growth and discount-rate inputs, so it is best to run conservative, base and optimistic cases. You can adjust all of them yourself with the sliders on the DCF tab.
Is Diana Shipping a high-quality business?+
Diana Shipping scores 8 out of 100 on Intrinsiqq's quality score, a weighted blend of 6 metrics each scored 0 to 100, which makes it a lower-quality business on these measures. Recent fundamentals include a 19.8% operating margin and a 3.1% return on invested capital. The score weighs revenue and free-cash-flow growth, operating margins, return on invested capital, share-count change, and balance-sheet strength, all computed from SEC filings, not opinion. Because valuation only means something relative to quality, the full metric-by-metric breakdown is on the quality scorecard.
Does Diana Shipping (DSX) pay a dividend, and how much?+
Yes, Diana Shipping pays a regular dividend of about $0.04 per share per year (typically in quarterly installments), a yield of roughly 1.6% at the current price. That is a payout ratio of about 26.0% of earnings, so the dividend is amply covered by earnings. A low headline yield is not the same as a weak dividend: what matters is how well earnings and free cash flow cover the payout and whether it is growing, not the percentage alone. For DSX's full payout history, growth streak and dividend-safety score, see the dividends tab.
Is Diana Shipping a good stock to buy right now?+
That depends on valuation and quality together, not either alone. DSX currently trades above its estimated intrinsic value and scores 8/100 on quality (lower-quality). It also yields about 1.6%. A cheap price is only a bargain if the business is durable, and a premium can be justified by genuine quality, so the two questions, "is it cheap?" and "is it good?", only make sense side by side. Read the valuation against the quality scorecard, run the DCF on your own assumptions, and decide for yourself. This is analysis from SEC filings, not investment advice.
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