TNK vs. GLNG, GOGL, NAT, FLNG, INSW, MATX, KEX, SBLK, HTZ, and DHT
Should you be buying Teekay Tankers stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Teekay Tankers include Golar LNG (GLNG), Golden Ocean Group (GOGL), Nordic American Tankers (NAT), FLEX LNG (FLNG), International Seaways (INSW), Matson (MATX), Kirby (KEX), Star Bulk Carriers (SBLK), Hertz Global (HTZ), and DHT (DHT). These companies are all part of the "transportation" sector.
Golar LNG (NASDAQ:GLNG) and Teekay Tankers (NYSE:TNK) are both transportation companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, valuation, institutional ownership, community ranking, earnings, profitability, dividends, media sentiment and analyst recommendations.
92.2% of Golar LNG shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 52.7% of Teekay Tankers shares are held by institutional investors. 0.0% of Golar LNG shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.9% of Teekay Tankers 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.
Golar LNG pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.0%. Teekay Tankers pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.7%. Golar LNG pays out -232.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Teekay Tankers pays out 6.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Golar LNG has increased its dividend for 1 consecutive years and Teekay Tankers has increased its dividend for 1 consecutive years. Golar LNG is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Golar LNG currently has a consensus target price of $27.00, indicating a potential upside of 7.57%. Teekay Tankers has a consensus target price of $71.67, indicating a potential upside of 22.17%. Given Golar LNG's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Teekay Tankers is more favorable than Golar LNG.
Golar LNG received 30 more outperform votes than Teekay Tankers when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.89% of users gave Golar LNG an outperform vote while only 60.36% of users gave Teekay Tankers an outperform vote.
Teekay Tankers has a net margin of 37.65% compared to Teekay Tankers' net margin of -15.68%. Golar LNG's return on equity of 36.16% beat Teekay Tankers' return on equity.
Golar LNG has a beta of 0.61, suggesting that its stock price is 39% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Teekay Tankers has a beta of -0.28, suggesting that its stock price is 128% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Golar LNG and Golar LNG both had 3 articles in the media. Golar LNG's average media sentiment score of 0.96 beat Teekay Tankers' score of 0.05 indicating that Teekay Tankers is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Teekay Tankers has higher revenue and earnings than Golar LNG. Golar LNG is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Teekay Tankers, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Teekay Tankers beats Golar LNG on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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