DSX Stock Summary and Trading Ideas (Diana Shipping | NYSE:DSX)

Diana Shipping Inc provides shipping transportation services. The company, through its subsidiaries, operates a fleet of vessels consisting of dry bulk carriers such as Panamax, Kamsarmax, Post-Panamax, Capesize, and Newcastlemax vessels. Using this fleet, the firm provides transportation services for various goods, including coal, iron ore, and grains. It also transports minor bulks, including steel products, cement, and fertilizers, through its dry bulk carrier vessels. The operation of the vessels is the main source of revenue generation; the services provided by the vessels are similar, and all operate under the same economic environment.

Diana Shipping trades on the NYSE stock market under the symbol DSX.

As of August 4, 2026, DSX stock price was flat at $2.50 with 853,329 million shares trading.

DSX has a beta of 1.52, meaning it tends to be more sensitive to market movements. DSX has a correlation of 0.16 to the broad based SPY ETF.

DSX has a market cap of $311.01 million. This is considered a Small Cap stock.

In the last 3 years, DSX traded as high as $3.98 and as low as $1.27.

The top ETF exchange traded funds that DSX belongs to (by Net Assets): BOAT, HULL.

DSX has outperformed the market in the last year with a price return of +68.2% while the SPY ETF gained +23.4%. However, in the short term, DSX had mixed performance relative to the market. It has underperformed in the last 3 months, returning -3.1% vs +7.7% return in SPY. But in the last 2 weeks, DSX shares have fared better than the market returning +12.6% compared to SPY +3.1%.

DSX support price is $2.44 and resistance is $2.56 (based on 1 day standard deviation move). This means that using the most recent 20 day stock volatility and applying a one standard deviation move around the stock's closing price, stastically there is a 67% probability that DSX shares will trade within this expected range on the day.