TK vs. SFL, ASC, EGLE, TNP, SB, GSL, OSG, GNK, CPLP, and SMHI
Should you be buying Teekay stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Teekay include SFL (SFL), Ardmore Shipping (ASC), Eagle Bulk Shipping (EGLE), Tsakos Energy Navigation (TNP), Safe Bulkers (SB), Global Ship Lease (GSL), Overseas Shipholding Group (OSG), Genco Shipping & Trading (GNK), Capital Product Partners (CPLP), and SEACOR Marine (SMHI). These companies are all part of the "deep sea foreign transportation of freight" industry.
SFL (NYSE:SFL) and Teekay (NYSE:TK) are both small-cap transportation companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, media sentiment, dividends, community ranking, risk, profitability, valuation and earnings.
SFL has a beta of 0.65, meaning that its share price is 35% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Teekay has a beta of 0.62, meaning that its share price is 38% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Teekay has higher revenue and earnings than SFL. Teekay is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than SFL, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
SFL has a net margin of 11.16% compared to SFL's net margin of 10.28%. SFL's return on equity of 9.07% beat Teekay's return on equity.
28.6% of SFL shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 46.7% of Teekay shares are held by institutional investors. 2.4% of Teekay shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Teekay received 95 more outperform votes than SFL when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.64% of users gave Teekay an outperform vote while only 56.84% of users gave SFL an outperform vote.
SFL currently has a consensus price target of $12.00, suggesting a potential downside of 9.43%. Given Teekay's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe SFL is more favorable than Teekay.
In the previous week, SFL had 1 more articles in the media than Teekay. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for SFL and 4 mentions for Teekay. Teekay's average media sentiment score of 0.29 beat SFL's score of -0.30 indicating that SFL is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
Teekay beats SFL on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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