TNK vs. GLNG, GOGL, NAT, INSW, MATX, KEX, WERN, ZIM, RXO, and TRN
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), International Seaways (INSW), Matson (MATX), Kirby (KEX), Werner Enterprises (WERN), ZIM Integrated Shipping Services (ZIM), RXO (RXO), and Trinity Industries (TRN). These companies are all part of the "transportation" sector.
Golar LNG (NASDAQ:GLNG) and Teekay Tankers (NYSE:TNK) are both mid-cap transportation companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, media sentiment, community ranking, valuation, institutional ownership, earnings, profitability, risk 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 company insiders. Comparatively, 1.9% of Teekay Tankers shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Golar LNG has a beta of 0.62, suggesting that its share price is 38% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Teekay Tankers has a beta of -0.27, suggesting that its share price is 127% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Golar LNG received 27 more outperform votes than Teekay Tankers when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.89% of users gave Golar LNG an outperform vote while only 60.44% of users gave Teekay Tankers an outperform vote.
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.
Golar LNG presently has a consensus price target of $27.00, indicating a potential upside of 0.37%. Teekay Tankers has a consensus price target of $76.00, indicating a potential upside of 5.81%. Given Golar LNG's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Teekay Tankers is more favorable than Golar LNG.
Golar LNG pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.7%. Teekay Tankers pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.4%. Golar LNG pays out -232.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Teekay Tankers pays out 7.1% 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 raised its dividend for 1 consecutive years and Teekay Tankers has raised its dividend for 1 consecutive years. Golar LNG is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Teekay Tankers has a net margin of 37.39% compared to Teekay Tankers' net margin of -15.68%. Golar LNG's return on equity of 30.73% beat Teekay Tankers' return on equity.
In the previous week, Teekay Tankers had 5 more articles in the media than Golar LNG. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for Teekay Tankers and 3 mentions for Golar LNG. Golar LNG's average media sentiment score of 0.68 beat Teekay Tankers' score of 0.30 indicating that Teekay Tankers is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
Teekay Tankers beats Golar LNG on 13 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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