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Diana Shipping Inc. (DSX)

Industrials | Marine Shipping | Athens, Greece | NYSE
2.78 USD +0.09 (3.346%) ⇧ (Aug. 28, 2026, 4 p.m. EDT)
After hours: 2.76 -0.02 (-0.020%) ⇩ (Aug. 28, 2026, 7:30 p.m. EDT)

Short-term:★★⯪☆☆Long-term:★⯪☆☆☆Dividends:★★☆☆☆
Hot Take | Aug. 22, 2026, 5:15 a.m. EDT

The fundamental picture for Diana Shipping is deteriorating, marked by a brutal multi-year price collapse where the stock has lost nearly 23% of its value over nine years. Crucially, the company has endured three consecutive years of negative annual returns, a structural decline that signals the market sees no sustainable path to recovery in the near term. While the balance sheet shows a low debt-to-equity ratio relative to book value, the reality is precarious: the company is trading at less than half its book value, and the dividend has been slashed from $0.175 per quarter in 2022 to just $0.01 recently, indicating severe cash flow constraints. The recent news of charter renewals offers a glimmer of operational hope, but the stock's trajectory remains firmly in the red. Options activity confirms this pessimism, with heavy put buying creating a floor that suggests investors are bracing for further drops rather than expecting a bounce. Until the price history shows a reversal of this three-year downtrend, the investment case remains weak.

Model Selection — Backtest MAE (log-scale, lower is better)
ModelMAE
MSTL ✓0.126478
AutoETS0.132679
AutoARIMA0.133657
AutoTheta0.184585

Forecast horizon: 45 days | Selected: MSTL

Forecast Reliability
Score 35%
H-stat 51.27
Ljung-Box p 0.000
Jarque-Bera p 0.129
Excess Kurtosis -1.32
Attribute Value
Sector Industrials
Ex Dividend Date 2026-08-20
Last Dividend Date 2026-08-20
Debt to Equity Ratio 109.921
Revenue per Share 1.928
Market Cap 345,870,144
Trailing P/E 5.45
Forward P/E 4.63
Beta 0.45
Profit Margins 27.88%
Website https://www.dianashippinginc.com

As of Aug. 22, 2026, 5:15 a.m. EDT: Speculators are overwhelmingly positioning for downside protection rather than upside participation. Put open interest significantly exceeds call open interest across all expirations, with the heaviest concentration in out-of-the-money strikes ($2.00). This 'bear put spread' structure suggests traders are hedging against further declines or betting on continued weakness, while call volume remains thin and concentrated only at the money or deep out-of-the-money strikes.


Dividend Data

Yield Summary
Last Yield 1yr Yield 3yr Avg 5yr Avg
0.37% 1.21% 3.91% 8.43%
Dividend History
Date Dividend Yield %
2026-08-21 0.010000 0.369004
2026-06-10 0.010000 0.429185
2026-03-11 0.010000 0.411523
2025-08-21 0.010000 0.617284
2025-06-17 0.010000 0.595238
2025-03-12 0.010000 0.564972
2024-12-11 0.010000 0.543478
2024-08-15 0.075000 3.048780
2024-06-12 0.075000 2.577320
2024-03-04 0.075000 2.586207
2023-08-11 0.150000 3.978780
2023-06-09 0.150000 3.968254
2023-03-10 0.150000 3.676471
2022-11-25 0.175000 4.408060
2022-08-05 0.275000 4.583333
2022-06-03 0.250000 3.937008
2022-03-08 0.200000 3.710575
2021-11-02 0.087642 2.123132
2008-11-24 0.802896 12.117348
2008-08-12 0.769090 2.996379
2008-05-23 0.718380 2.523002
2008-02-27 0.507092 2.004008
2007-11-27 0.490189 2.009006
2007-08-14 0.431028 2.069804
2007-05-14 0.422577 2.227173
2007-03-05 0.388771 2.566967
2006-11-20 0.338061 2.673793
2006-08-16 0.300029 2.756207
2006-05-16 0.291578 2.984429
2006-02-24 0.338061 3.533565
2005-11-03 0.392996 2.961780
2005-08-12 0.456383 3.776225
2005-05-12 0.067612 0.555553
Additional Data
dividendRate 0.04
dividendYield 1.49
exDividendDate 2026-08-21
trailingAnnualDividendRate 0.04
trailingAnnualDividendYield 0.014869887
lastDividendValue 0.01
lastDividendDate 2026-08-21
dividendDate 2026-09-11

Info Dump

Attribute Value
52 Week Change 0.6503067
Address1 Pendelis 16
Address2 175 64 Palaio Faliro
All Time High 38.15868
All Time Low 1.09553
Ask 2.77
Ask Size 2,000
Average Daily Volume10 Day 1,060,290
Average Daily Volume3 Month 753,458
Average Volume 753,458
Average Volume10Days 1,060,290
Beta 0.448
Bid 2.75
Bid Size 5,700
Book Value 4.81
City Athens
Country Greece
Crypto Tradeable 0
Currency USD
Current Price 2.78
Current Ratio 2.047
Custom Price Alert Confidence HIGH
Date Short Interest 1,786,665,600
Day High 2.79
Day Low 2.7
Debt To Equity 109.921
Display Name Diana Shipping
Dividend Date 1,789,084,800
Dividend Rate 0.04
Dividend Yield 1.49
Earnings Call Timestamp End 1,785,416,400
Earnings Call Timestamp Start 1,785,416,400
Earnings Growth 4.66
Earnings Quarterly Growth 3.57
Earnings Timestamp 1,785,414,600
Earnings Timestamp End 1,795,091,400
Earnings Timestamp Start 1,795,091,400
Ebitda 75,211,000
Ebitda Margins 0.3483
Enterprise To Ebitda 9.582
Enterprise To Revenue 3.338
Enterprise Value 720,693,568
Eps Current Year 0.6
Eps Forward 0.6
Eps Trailing Twelve Months 0.51
Esg Populated 0
Ex Dividend Date 1,787,270,400
Exchange NYQ
Exchange Data Delayed By 0
Exchange Timezone Name America/New_York
Exchange Timezone Short Name EDT
Fifty Day Average 2.3052
Fifty Day Average Change 0.47479987
Fifty Day Average Change Percent 0.20596905
Fifty Two Week Change Percent 65.03067
Fifty Two Week High 2.92
Fifty Two Week High Change -0.1400001
Fifty Two Week High Change Percent -0.04794524
Fifty Two Week Low 1.57
Fifty Two Week Low Change 1.2099999
Fifty Two Week Low Change Percent 0.7707006
Fifty Two Week Range 1.57 - 2.92
Financial Currency USD
First Trade Date Milliseconds 1,111,588,200,000
Float Shares 57,454,792
Forward Eps 0.6
Forward P E 4.633333
Full Exchange Name NYSE
Fullday Change 0.0899999
Fullday Change Percent 3.34572
Fullday Price 2.76
Gmt Off Set Milliseconds -14,400,000
Gross Margins 0.56681997
Gross Profits 122,397,000
Has Pre Post Market Data 1
Held Percent Insiders 0.405
Held Percent Institutions 0.15822
Implied Shares Outstanding 124,413,717
Industry Marine Shipping
Industry Disp Marine Shipping
Industry Key marine-shipping
Is Earnings Date Estimate 0
Language en-US
Last Dividend Date 1,787,270,400
Last Dividend Value 0.01
Last Fiscal Year End 1,767,139,200
Long Business Summary Diana Shipping Inc. provides shipping transportation services worldwide. It also engages in the ownership and bareboat charter-in of dry bulk carriers. The company transports a range of dry bulk cargoes, including commodities, such as iron ore, coal, grain, and other materials in shipping routes. December 31, 2025, the company had a fleet of 36 dry bulk carriers, owned and chartered-in, consisting of nineUltramax, five Panamax, six Kamsarmax, four Post-Panamax, eight Capesize and four Newcastlemaxvessels, having a combined carrying capacity of approximately 4.1 million dwt. The company was formerly known as Diana Shipping Investments Corp. and changed its name to Diana Shipping Inc. in February 2005. Diana Shipping Inc. was incorporated in 1999 and is based in Athens, Greece.
Long Name Diana Shipping Inc.
Market us_market
Market Cap 345,870,144
Market State CLOSED
Max Age 86,400
Message Board Id finmb_20759906
Most Recent Quarter 1,782,777,600
Net Income To Common 54,427,000
Next Fiscal Year End 1,798,675,200
Non Diluted Market Cap 334,672,898
Number Of Analyst Opinions 1
Open 2.7
Operating Margins 0.21119
Payout Ratio 0.081599995
Peg Ratio 1.44
Post Market Change -0.01999998
Post Market Change Percent -0.7194238
Post Market Price 2.76
Post Market Time 1,787,959,805
Previous Close 2.69
Price Eps Current Year 4.633333
Price Hint 4
Price To Book 0.5779626
Price To Sales Trailing12 Months 1.6017252
Profit Margins 0.27877
Quick Ratio 1.571
Quote Source Name Nasdaq Real Time Price
Quote Type EQUITY
Recommendation Key none
Region US
Regular Market Change 0.0899999
Regular Market Change Percent 3.34572
Regular Market Day High 2.79
Regular Market Day Low 2.7
Regular Market Day Range 2.7 - 2.79
Regular Market Open 2.7
Regular Market Previous Close 2.69
Regular Market Price 2.78
Regular Market Time 1,787,947,202
Regular Market Volume 1,013,186
Return On Assets 0.021170001
Return On Equity 0.11529
Revenue Growth 0.047
Revenue Per Share 1.928
Sand P52 Week Change 0.20504117
Sector Industrials
Sector Disp Industrials
Sector Key industrials
Shares Outstanding 124,413,717
Shares Percent Shares Out 0.0127
Shares Short 1,582,824
Shares Short Previous Month Date 1,784,073,600
Shares Short Prior Month 1,564,326
Short Name Diana Shipping inc.
Short Percent Of Float 0.0227
Short Ratio 2.52
Source Interval 15
Symbol DSX
Target High Price 3.8
Target Low Price 3.8
Target Mean Price 3.8
Target Median Price 3.8
Total Cash 204,212,000
Total Cash Per Share 1.781
Total Debt 606,163,968
Total Revenue 215,936,000
Tradeable 0
Trailing Annual Dividend Rate 0.04
Trailing Annual Dividend Yield 0.014869887
Trailing Eps 0.51
Trailing P E 5.4509807
Trailing Peg Ratio None
Triggerable 1
Two Hundred Day Average 2.26785
Two Hundred Day Average Change 0.51215005
Two Hundred Day Average Change Percent 0.22583066
Type Disp Equity
Volume 1,013,186
Website https://www.dianashippinginc.com
Zip 175 64