Okeanis Eco Tankers (ECO) Competitors

FLEX LNG (NYSE:FLNG) and Okeanis Eco Tankers (NYSE:ECO) are both transportation companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, analyst recommendations, community ranking, valuation, profitability, dividends, risk, media sentiment and institutional ownership.

Do analysts recommend FLNG or ECO?

FLEX LNG currently has a consensus price target of $23.00, indicating a potential downside of 19.38%. Okeanis Eco Tankers has a consensus price target of $38.00, indicating a potential upside of 14.87%. Given FLEX LNG's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Okeanis Eco Tankers is more favorable than FLEX LNG.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
FLEX LNG	1 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	1.00
Okeanis Eco Tankers	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Is FLNG or ECO a better dividend stock?

FLEX LNG pays an annual dividend of $3.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 10.5%. Okeanis Eco Tankers pays an annual dividend of $2.64 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.0%. FLEX LNG pays out 134.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

Is FLNG or ECO more profitable?

FLEX LNG has a net margin of 32.35% compared to FLEX LNG's net margin of 0.00%. Okeanis Eco Tankers' return on equity of 15.86% beat FLEX LNG's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
FLEX LNG	32.35%	15.86%	4.95%
Okeanis Eco Tankers	N/A	N/A	N/A

Does the media prefer FLNG or ECO?

In the previous week, FLEX LNG had 1 more articles in the media than Okeanis Eco Tankers. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for FLEX LNG and 2 mentions for Okeanis Eco Tankers. Okeanis Eco Tankers' average media sentiment score of 0.61 beat FLEX LNG's score of 0.50 indicating that FLEX LNG is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
FLEX LNG	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Okeanis Eco Tankers	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has stronger earnings & valuation, FLNG or ECO?

FLEX LNG has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Okeanis Eco Tankers.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
FLEX LNG	$371.02M	N/A	$120.04M	$2.23	12.79
Okeanis Eco Tankers	$413.10M	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

Does the MarketBeat Community favor FLNG or ECO?

FLEX LNG received 5 more outperform votes than Okeanis Eco Tankers when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 100.00% of users gave Okeanis Eco Tankers an outperform vote while only 28.57% of users gave FLEX LNG an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
FLEX LNG	Outperform Votes 6 28.57%	Underperform Votes 15 71.43%
Okeanis Eco Tankers	Outperform Votes 1 100.00%	Underperform Votes No Votes

Summary

FLEX LNG beats Okeanis Eco Tankers on 7 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.