TORM (TRMD) Competitors

TORM (NASDAQ:TRMD) and HF Sinclair (NYSE:DINO) are both transportation companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, institutional ownership, valuation, risk, media sentiment, dividends, community ranking, profitability and analyst recommendations.

Do analysts rate TRMD or DINO?

TORM presently has a consensus target price of $40.00, indicating a potential upside of 160.59%. HF Sinclair has a consensus target price of $45.10, indicating a potential upside of 58.41%. Given TORM's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe TORM is more favorable than HF Sinclair.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
TORM	1 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.25
HF Sinclair	0 Sell rating(s)	7 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.42

Which has more volatility & risk, TRMD or DINO?

TORM has a beta of 0.2, suggesting that its stock price is 80% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, HF Sinclair has a beta of 1, suggesting that its stock price has a similar volatility profile to the S&P 500.

Does the media favor TRMD or DINO?

In the previous week, HF Sinclair had 18 more articles in the media than TORM. MarketBeat recorded 22 mentions for HF Sinclair and 4 mentions for TORM. HF Sinclair's average media sentiment score of 1.22 beat TORM's score of 1.06 indicating that HF Sinclair is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
TORM	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
HF Sinclair	16 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	4 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is TRMD or DINO a better dividend stock?

TORM pays an annual dividend of $1.75 per share and has a dividend yield of 11.4%. HF Sinclair pays an annual dividend of $2.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.0%. TORM pays out 27.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. HF Sinclair pays out 243.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. TORM is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Is TRMD or DINO more profitable?

TORM has a net margin of 43.81% compared to HF Sinclair's net margin of 0.62%. TORM's return on equity of 34.45% beat HF Sinclair's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
TORM	43.81%	34.45%	20.31%
HF Sinclair	0.62%	1.98%	1.13%

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in TRMD or DINO?

73.9% of TORM shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 88.3% of HF Sinclair shares are held by institutional investors. 0.4% of TORM shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of HF Sinclair shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in TRMD or DINO?

HF Sinclair received 31 more outperform votes than TORM when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 38.89% of users gave TORM an outperform vote while only 33.04% of users gave HF Sinclair an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
TORM	Outperform Votes 7 38.89%	Underperform Votes 11 61.11%
HF Sinclair	Outperform Votes 38 33.04%	Underperform Votes 77 66.96%

Which has better earnings & valuation, TRMD or DINO?

HF Sinclair has higher revenue and earnings than TORM. TORM is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than HF Sinclair, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
TORM	$1.56B	0.93	$648.27M	$6.38	2.41
HF Sinclair	$28.58B	0.19	$1.59B	$0.82	34.72

Summary

TORM and HF Sinclair tied by winning 10 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.