TNP vs. EGLE, GSL, ASC, TK, SB, GNK, OSG, NVGS, SMHI, and CPLP
Should you be buying Tsakos Energy Navigation stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Tsakos Energy Navigation include Eagle Bulk Shipping (EGLE), Global Ship Lease (GSL), Ardmore Shipping (ASC), Teekay (TK), Safe Bulkers (SB), Genco Shipping & Trading (GNK), Overseas Shipholding Group (OSG), Navigator (NVGS), SEACOR Marine (SMHI), and Capital Product Partners (CPLP). These companies are all part of the "deep sea foreign transportation of freight" industry.
Eagle Bulk Shipping (NASDAQ:EGLE) and Tsakos Energy Navigation (NYSE:TNP) are both small-cap transportation companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, dividends, analyst recommendations, valuation, profitability, institutional ownership, risk, community ranking and earnings.
In the previous week, Tsakos Energy Navigation had 5 more articles in the media than Eagle Bulk Shipping. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Tsakos Energy Navigation and 1 mentions for Eagle Bulk Shipping. Eagle Bulk Shipping's average media sentiment score of 0.74 beat Tsakos Energy Navigation's score of 0.00 indicating that Tsakos Energy Navigation is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Eagle Bulk Shipping has a beta of 1.49, indicating that its stock price is 49% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Tsakos Energy Navigation has a beta of -0.14, indicating that its stock price is 114% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Eagle Bulk Shipping pays an annual dividend of $2.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.8%. Tsakos Energy Navigation pays an annual dividend of $0.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.3%. Eagle Bulk Shipping pays out 156.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Tsakos Energy Navigation pays out 6.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Eagle Bulk Shipping has increased its dividend for 1 consecutive years and Tsakos Energy Navigation has increased its dividend for 2 consecutive years.
Tsakos Energy Navigation has a net margin of 33.74% compared to Tsakos Energy Navigation's net margin of 5.77%. Eagle Bulk Shipping's return on equity of 44.36% beat Tsakos Energy Navigation's return on equity.
Tsakos Energy Navigation received 115 more outperform votes than Eagle Bulk Shipping when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 71.04% of users gave Tsakos Energy Navigation an outperform vote while only 57.24% of users gave Eagle Bulk Shipping an outperform vote.
70.6% of Eagle Bulk Shipping shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 19.2% of Tsakos Energy Navigation shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.9% of Eagle Bulk Shipping shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of Tsakos Energy Navigation shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Eagle Bulk Shipping currently has a consensus target price of $56.75, indicating a potential downside of 9.35%. Tsakos Energy Navigation has a consensus target price of $30.00, indicating a potential upside of 15.79%. Given Eagle Bulk Shipping's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Tsakos Energy Navigation is more favorable than Eagle Bulk Shipping.
Tsakos Energy Navigation has higher revenue and earnings than Eagle Bulk Shipping. Tsakos Energy Navigation is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Eagle Bulk Shipping, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Tsakos Energy Navigation beats Eagle Bulk Shipping on 15 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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