TORM (TRMD) Competitors

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

Which has higher valuation and earnings, DINO or TRMD?

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
HF Sinclair	$28.58B	0.22	$1.59B	$0.82	40.33
TORM	$1.56B	1.02	$648.27M	$6.38	2.64

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in DINO or TRMD?

HF Sinclair received 30 more outperform votes than TORM when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 41.18% of users gave TORM an outperform vote while only 33.04% of users gave HF Sinclair an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
HF Sinclair	Outperform Votes 37 33.04%	Underperform Votes 75 66.96%
TORM	Outperform Votes 7 41.18%	Underperform Votes 10 58.82%

Do institutionals & insiders believe in DINO or TRMD?

88.3% of HF Sinclair shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 73.9% of TORM shares are held by institutional investors. 0.3% of HF Sinclair shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.4% of TORM shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Do analysts prefer DINO or TRMD?

HF Sinclair presently has a consensus target price of $47.00, indicating a potential upside of 42.13%. TORM has a consensus target price of $40.00, indicating a potential upside of 137.11%. Given TORM's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe TORM is more favorable than HF Sinclair.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
HF Sinclair	0 Sell rating(s)	7 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.42
TORM	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.67

Which has more risk & volatility, DINO or TRMD?

HF Sinclair has a beta of 1.13, indicating that its stock price is 13% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, TORM has a beta of 0.14, indicating that its stock price is 86% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is DINO or TRMD a better dividend stock?

HF Sinclair pays an annual dividend of $2.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.0%. TORM pays an annual dividend of $1.75 per share and has a dividend yield of 10.4%. 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 pays out 27.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. TORM is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Does the media favor DINO or TRMD?

In the previous week, HF Sinclair had 15 more articles in the media than TORM. MarketBeat recorded 21 mentions for HF Sinclair and 6 mentions for TORM. TORM's average media sentiment score of 0.98 beat HF Sinclair's score of 0.84 indicating that TORM is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
HF Sinclair	11 Very Positive mention(s)	3 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
TORM	3 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is DINO or TRMD 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
HF Sinclair	0.62%	1.98%	1.13%
TORM	43.81%	34.45%	20.31%

Summary

TORM beats HF Sinclair on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.