MPC Container Ships (LSE:0A27) - Stock Price, News & Analysis

0A27 Stock Overview

Owns and operates a portfolio of container vessels. More details

0A27 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 56.8% below our estimate of its fair value

Trading at good value compared to peers and industry

Risk Analysis

Dividend of 17.16% is not well covered by earnings or free cash flows

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

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

MPC Container Ships ASA Competitors

Irish Continental Group

LSE:ICGC

UK£748.8m

Clarkson

LSE:CKN

UK£1.1b

Zigup

LSE:ZIG

UK£813.9m

Globaltrans Investment

LSE:GLTR

US$715.1m

Price History & Performance

Summary of all time highs, changes and price drops for MPC Container Ships
Historical stock prices
Current Share Price	NOK 25.71
52 Week High	NOK 26.94
52 Week Low	NOK 11.62
Beta	1.32
11 Month Change	3.42%
3 Month Change	17.13%
1 Year Change	82.34%
33 Year Change	23.01%
5 Year Change	35.32%
Change since IPO	15.29%

Recent updates

Shareholder Returns

	0A27	GB Shipping	GB Market
7D	7.5%	-1.6%	0.8%
1Y	82.3%	6.5%	6.6%

Return vs Industry: 0A27 exceeded the UK Shipping industry which returned 9.9% over the past year.

Return vs Market: 0A27 exceeded the UK Market which returned 6.1% over the past year.

Price Volatility

Is 0A27's price volatile compared to industry and market?
0A27 volatility
0A27 Average Weekly Movement	6.7%
Shipping Industry Average Movement	5.3%
Market Average Movement	4.7%
10% most volatile stocks in GB Market	10.3%
10% least volatile stocks in GB Market	2.6%

Stable Share Price: 0A27 has not had significant price volatility in the past 3 months compared to the UK market.

Volatility Over Time: 0A27's weekly volatility (7%) has been stable over the past year.

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?
0A27 fundamental statistics
Market cap	NOK 11.45b
Earnings (TTM)	NOK 2.71b
Revenue (TTM)	NOK 6.81b

4.2x

P/E Ratio

1.7x

P/S Ratio

Is 0A27 overvalued?

See Fair Value and valuation analysis

Earnings & Revenue

Key profitability statistics from the latest earnings report (TTM)
0A27 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 0A27 perform over the long term?

See historical performance and comparison

Dividends

17.2%

Current Dividend Yield

91%

Payout Ratio

0A27 Stock Overview

Rewards

Risk Analysis

MPC Container Ships ASA Competitors

LSE:ICGC

UK£748.8m

LSE:CKN

UK£1.1b

LSE:ZIG

UK£813.9m

LSE:GLTR

US$715.1m

Price History & Performance

Recent News & Updates

Investor sentiment improves as stock rises 18%

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

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

Upcoming dividend of US$0.10 per share

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

Recent updates

Investor sentiment improves as stock rises 18%

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

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

Upcoming dividend of US$0.10 per share

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

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 23%

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

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 kr1.2m 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 20% 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)

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

Less than half of directors are independent

Chairman of the Board of Directors recently bought kr1.0m 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 kr2.5m 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

Second quarter 2021 earnings released: EPS US$0.03 (vs US$0.19 loss in 2Q 2020)