STNG vs. FRO, SFL, EURN, TRMD, ZIM, SBLK, DHT, LPG, CDLR, and DAC Should you be buying Scorpio Tankers stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Scorpio Tankers include Frontline (FRO), SFL (SFL), Euronav (EURN), TORM (TRMD), ZIM Integrated Shipping Services (ZIM), Star Bulk Carriers (SBLK), DHT (DHT), Dorian LPG (LPG), Cadeler A/S (CDLR), and Danaos (DAC). These companies are all part of the "deep sea foreign transportation of freight" industry.
Frontline (NYSE:FRO ) and Scorpio Tankers (NYSE:STNG ) are both mid-cap transportation companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, dividends, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, community ranking, risk, profitability, valuation and earnings.
Frontline has a beta of 0.03, meaning that its stock price is 97% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Scorpio Tankers has a beta of 0.18, meaning that its stock price is 82% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Scorpio Tankers has a net margin of 42.12% compared to Scorpio Tankers' net margin of 35.95%. Scorpio Tankers' return on equity of 26.00% beat Frontline's return on equity.
22.7% of Frontline shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 54.6% of Scorpio Tankers shares are held by institutional investors. 48.1% of Frontline shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 7.3% of Scorpio Tankers shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Frontline has higher revenue and earnings than Scorpio Tankers. Scorpio Tankers is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Frontline, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Scorpio Tankers received 74 more outperform votes than Frontline when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.59% of users gave Scorpio Tankers an outperform vote while only 58.20% of users gave Frontline an outperform vote.
Frontline pays an annual dividend of $1.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.4%. Scorpio Tankers pays an annual dividend of $1.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.0%. Frontline pays out 50.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Scorpio Tankers pays out 14.8% 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. Frontline has raised its dividend for 1 consecutive years and Scorpio Tankers has raised its dividend for 1 consecutive years.
Frontline presently has a consensus target price of $26.10, indicating a potential downside of 5.02%. Scorpio Tankers has a consensus target price of $80.17, indicating a potential downside of 1.86%. Given Frontline's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Scorpio Tankers is more favorable than Frontline.
In the previous week, Frontline and Frontline both had 6 articles in the media. Scorpio Tankers' average media sentiment score of 1.17 beat Frontline's score of 0.66 indicating that Frontline is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary Scorpio Tankers beats Frontline on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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