MPC Container Ships (DB:MP2) - Stock Price, News & Analysis

MP2 Stock Overview

Owns and operates a portfolio of container vessels. More details

MP2 fundamental analysis
Snowflake Score
Valuation	5/6
Future Growth	0/6
Past Performance	3/6
Financial Health	6/6
Dividends	2/6

Rewards

Trading at 58.3% below our estimate of its fair value

Trading at good value compared to peers and industry

Risk Analysis

Earnings are forecast to decline by an average of 33.2% per year for the next 3 years

Dividend of 17.2% is not well covered by earnings or free cash flows

Profit margins (39.8%) are lower than last year (64.5%)

Volatile share price over the past 3 months compared to the German market

MPC Container Ships ASA Competitors

Wilson

DB:PM1

€258.8m

SLOMAN NEPTUN Schiffahrts-Aktiengesellschaft

HMSE:NEP

€111.9m

HAMMONIA Schiffsholding

HMSE:HHX

€40.7m

Hapag-Lloyd

XTRA:HLAG

€28.2b

Price History & Performance

Summary of all time highs, changes and price drops for MPC Container Ships
Historical stock prices
Current Share Price	NOK 2.20
52 Week High	NOK 2.28
52 Week Low	NOK 0.98
Beta	1.32
11 Month Change	8.92%
3 Month Change	18.61%
1 Year Change	85.57%
33 Year Change	8.59%
5 Year Change	17.59%
Change since IPO	-23.11%

Recent updates

Shareholder Returns

	MP2	DE Shipping	DE Market
7D	8.0%	-1.6%	-1.3%
1Y	85.6%	6.5%	7.4%

Return vs Industry: MP2 exceeded the German Shipping industry which returned 6.5% over the past year.

Return vs Market: MP2 exceeded the German Market which returned 7.4% over the past year.

Price Volatility

Is MP2's price volatile compared to industry and market?
MP2 volatility
MP2 Average Weekly Movement	7.0%
Shipping Industry Average Movement	5.3%
Market Average Movement	4.8%
10% most volatile stocks in DE Market	10.8%
10% least volatile stocks in DE Market	2.4%

Stable Share Price: MP2's share price has been volatile over the past 3 months compared to the German market.

Volatility Over Time: MP2's weekly volatility (7%) has been stable over the past year, but is still higher than 75% of German stocks.

About the Company

Founded	Employees	CEO	Website
2017	33	Constantin Baack	www.mpc-container.com

MPC Container Ships ASA owns and operates a portfolio of container vessels. The company focuses on small-to mid-size vessels that are chartered out on time-charter contracts to global and regional liner shipping companies serving intra-regional trade lanes. It operates a fleet of 59 vessels with an aggregate capacity of approximately 126,943 twenty-foot equivalent units.

MPC Container Ships ASA Fundamentals Summary

How do MPC Container Ships's earnings and revenue compare to its market cap?
MP2 fundamental statistics
Market cap	€986.31m
Earnings (TTM)	€234.25m
Revenue (TTM)	€587.92m

4.2x

P/E Ratio

1.7x

P/S Ratio

Is MP2 overvalued?

See Fair Value and valuation analysis

Earnings & Revenue

Key profitability statistics from the latest earnings report (TTM)
MP2 income statement (TTM)
Revenue	US$615.23m
Cost of Revenue	US$195.27m
Gross Profit	US$419.96m
Other Expenses	US$174.83m
Earnings	US$245.13m

Last Reported Earnings

Jun 30, 2024

Next Earnings Date

Nov 26, 2024

Earnings per share (EPS)	0.55
Gross Margin	68.26%
Net Profit Margin	39.84%
Debt/Equity Ratio	21.4%

How did MP2 perform over the long term?

See historical performance and comparison

Dividends

17.2%

Current Dividend Yield

91%

Payout Ratio

MP2 Stock Overview

Rewards

Risk Analysis

MPC Container Ships ASA Competitors

DB:PM1

€258.8m

HMSE:NEP

€111.9m

HMSE:HHX

€40.7m

XTRA:HLAG

€28.2b

Price History & Performance

Recent News & Updates

MPC Container Ships ASA, Annual General Meeting, May 08, 2025

MPC Container Ships ASA to Report Fiscal Year 2024 Results on Apr 10, 2025

Second quarter 2024 earnings released: EPS: US$0.15 (vs US$0.23 in 2Q 2023)

MPC Container Ships ASA Revises Earnings Guidance for the Year 2024

New minor risk - Share price stability

First quarter dividend of US$0.13 announced

Recent updates

MPC Container Ships ASA, Annual General Meeting, May 08, 2025

MPC Container Ships ASA to Report Fiscal Year 2024 Results on Apr 10, 2025

Second quarter 2024 earnings released: EPS: US$0.15 (vs US$0.23 in 2Q 2023)

MPC Container Ships ASA Revises Earnings Guidance for the Year 2024

New minor risk - Share price stability

First quarter dividend of US$0.13 announced

First quarter 2024 earnings released: EPS: US$0.17 (vs US$0.27 in 1Q 2023)

MPC Container Ships ASA Declares Cash Dividend for the First Quarter of 2024, Payable on or About June 27, 2024

Investor sentiment improves as stock rises 22%

New minor risk - Earnings quality

Upcoming dividend of US$0.13 per share

Dividend of US$0.13 announced

New minor risk - Profit margin trend

Full year 2023 earnings released: EPS: US$0.73 (vs US$0.98 in FY 2022)

MPC Container Ships ASA Declares Cash Dividend for the Fourth Quarter of 2023, Payable on or About March 26, 2024

MPC Container Ships ASA to Report Q3, 2024 Results on Nov 26, 2024

Upcoming dividend of US$0.14 per share at 45% yield

Third quarter 2023 earnings released: EPS: US$0.15 (vs US$0.28 in 3Q 2022)

MPC Container Ships ASA Announces Cash Dividend for the Third Quarter of 2023, Payable on or About December 21, 2023

MPC Container Ships ASA(OB:MPCC) dropped from Oslo OBX Total Return Index

MPC Container Ships ASA Revises Earnings Guidance for the Full Year 2023

Second quarter 2023 earnings released: EPS: US$0.23 (vs US$0.20 in 2Q 2022)

MPC Container Ships ASA Declares Dividend, Payable on or About September 28, 2023

Director recently sold €110k worth of stock

MPC Container Ships ASA Revises Earnings Guidance for the Fiscal 2023

Upcoming dividend of US$0.15 per share at 28% yield

First quarter 2023 earnings released: EPS: US$0.27 (vs US$0.26 in 1Q 2022)

MPC Container Ships ASA Announces Distribution, Payable on or About June 29, 2023

Now 22% undervalued after recent price drop

Upcoming dividend of US$0.15 per share at 32% yield

Full year 2022 earnings released: EPS: US$0.98 (vs US$0.46 in FY 2021)

Upcoming dividend of US$0.07 per share at 17% yield

MPC Container Ships ASA Announces Distribution Payable on February 28, 2023

MPC Container Ships ASA to Report Q4, 2023 Results on Feb 27, 2024

Upcoming dividend of US$0.19 per share

MPC Container Ships ASA Announces Resignation of Laura Carballo as Board Member

Third quarter 2022 earnings released: EPS: US$0.28 (vs US$0.11 in 3Q 2021)

Less than half of directors are independent

MPC Container Ships ASA Announces Cash Distribution payable on December 23, 2022

Investor sentiment deteriorated over the past week

Chairman of the Board of Directors recently bought €99k worth of stock

Upcoming dividend of US$0.19 per share

Second quarter 2022 earnings released: EPS: US$0.20 (vs US$0.03 in 2Q 2021)

MPC Container Ships ASA Announces Cash Distribution, Payable on or About 29 September 2022

MPC Container Ships ASA Provides Earnings Guidance for the Full Year 2022

Director recently bought €238k worth of stock

Upcoming dividend of US$0.16 per share

Investor sentiment deteriorated over the past week

First quarter 2022 earnings released: EPS: US$0.26 (vs US$0.01 in 1Q 2021)

MPC Container Ships ASA Announces Cash Distribution, Payable on or About 29 June 2022

Less than half of directors are independent

Investor sentiment improved over the past week

Full year 2021 earnings released: EPS: US$0.46 (vs US$0.27 loss in FY 2020)

Upcoming dividend of US$0.11 per share

Full year 2021 earnings: EPS in line with expectations, revenues disappoint

MPC Container Ships ASA announces cash dividend, payable on or about 30 March 2022

MPC Container Ships ASA Announces Dividend, Payable on or About February 10, 2022

Third quarter 2021 earnings released: EPS US$0.11 (vs US$0.045 loss in 3Q 2020)

Forecast to breakeven in 2021