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BDRY: A Valuation Unicorn Among Public Dry Bulk Shipping Stocks
Unlike most publicly-listed dry bulk shipping companies, the Breakwave Advisors Dry Bulk Shipping ETF (BDRY) trades at a slight premium. Public dry bulk shipping companies on average trade at a 25% discount to their net asset value (NAV) yet BDRY stays close to its NAV. How can this be?
Comparing Public and Private Shipping Company Valuations
Public shipping companies’ end valuations are far more variable than private shipping companies’, since the latter group doesn’t have the constant mark-to-market pricing mechanism of public markets–P/NAV–as a factor.