Consider the case of Navios Maritime Partners LP (NYSE: NMM), an MLP that owns a fleet of 25 dry-bulk carriers and sports a distribution yield of almost 12 percent--the fourth highest of any publicly traded partnership.

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Milan, June 04, 2013 -- Moody's Investors Service has today assigned to Navios Maritime Partners L.P. ("NMP") a first-time corporate family rating (CFR) of Ba3 and a probability of default rating (PDR) of Ba3-PD.

Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/3zmq5n/navios_maritime) has announced the addition of the "Navios Maritime Partners L.P. Fundamental Company Report Including Financial, SWOT, Competitors and Industry Analysis" ...

Underpriced Diana. On June 7th, enterprise value to sales multiple (trailing twelve months) for Diana Shipping Inc. (DSX), Safe Bulkers Inc. (SB), DryShips Inc. (DRYS) and Navios Maritime Partners LP (NMM) stood at 4.07, 4.83, 4.68 and 5.34, respectively.

The two main markets for shipping companies, such as DryShips Inc. (DRYS), Diana Shipping Inc. (DSX), Navios Maritime Partners LP (NMM) and Safe Bulkers Inc. (SB), are spot (voyage) and time charter (period). Companies that engage in the spot market ...

This will lower day rates, which will negatively affect bottom line earnings, free cash flows and share prices for companies such as DryShips Inc. (DRYS), Diana Shipping Inc. (DSX), Navios Maritime Partners LP (NMM) and Safe Bulkers Inc. (SB). Capacity ...

Navios Maritime Holdings (NM) recently announced its Q1 earnings for 2013. In preparation, I analyzed the previous earnings report of NM along with the recent quarterly reports of its major holdings - Navios Maritime Partners LP (NMM), Navios Maritime ...

Clarkson Capital Markets analyst Urs Dur noted that while some drybulk shippers remain stressed, companies such as Navios Maritime Holdings Inc and Navios Maritime Partners LP had solid balance sheets. Excel had $27.2 million in cash and more than ...

This is negative for dry bulk shipping companies, such as DryShips Inc. (DRYS), Diana Shipping Inc. (DSX), Navios Maritime Partners LP (NMM) and Safe Bulkers Inc. (SB), in the short to medium-term because time charters are correlated with spot rates.