Okeanis Eco Tankers (ECO) Competitors

Scorpio Tankers (NYSE:STNG) and Okeanis Eco Tankers (NYSE:ECO) are both transportation companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, earnings, institutional ownership, profitability, community ranking, valuation, analyst recommendations, risk and dividends.

Is STNG or ECO more profitable?

Scorpio Tankers has a net margin of 52.40% compared to Okeanis Eco Tankers' net margin of 29.25%. Okeanis Eco Tankers' return on equity of 27.00% beat Scorpio Tankers' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Scorpio Tankers	52.40%	22.56%	15.35%
Okeanis Eco Tankers	29.25%	27.00%	10.04%

Does the media favor STNG or ECO?

In the previous week, Scorpio Tankers and Scorpio Tankers both had 3 articles in the media. Okeanis Eco Tankers' average media sentiment score of 0.73 beat Scorpio Tankers' score of 0.67 indicating that Okeanis Eco Tankers is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Scorpio Tankers	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Okeanis Eco Tankers	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do analysts prefer STNG or ECO?

Scorpio Tankers presently has a consensus target price of $76.40, indicating a potential upside of 39.70%. Okeanis Eco Tankers has a consensus target price of $44.00, indicating a potential upside of 82.80%. Given Okeanis Eco Tankers' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Okeanis Eco Tankers is more favorable than Scorpio Tankers.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Scorpio Tankers	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50
Okeanis Eco Tankers	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in STNG or ECO?

Scorpio Tankers received 551 more outperform votes than Okeanis Eco Tankers when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 100.00% of users gave Okeanis Eco Tankers an outperform vote while only 66.31% of users gave Scorpio Tankers an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Scorpio Tankers	Outperform Votes 553 66.31%	Underperform Votes 281 33.69%
Okeanis Eco Tankers	Outperform Votes 2 100.00%	Underperform Votes No Votes

Is STNG or ECO a better dividend stock?

Scorpio Tankers pays an annual dividend of $1.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.9%. Okeanis Eco Tankers pays an annual dividend of $1.76 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.3%. Scorpio Tankers pays out 11.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Okeanis Eco Tankers pays out 48.5% 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.

Do insiders & institutionals hold more shares of STNG or ECO?

54.6% of Scorpio Tankers shares are owned by institutional investors. 7.3% of Scorpio Tankers shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has preferable earnings & valuation, STNG or ECO?

Scorpio Tankers has higher revenue and earnings than Okeanis Eco Tankers. Scorpio Tankers is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Okeanis Eco Tankers, 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
Scorpio Tankers	$1.34B	2.06	$546.90M	$13.95	3.92
Okeanis Eco Tankers	$413.10M	1.88	$145.25M	$3.63	6.63

Summary

Scorpio Tankers beats Okeanis Eco Tankers on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.