International Seaways (INSW) Competitors

International Seaways (NYSE:INSW) and HF Sinclair (NYSE:DINO) are both transportation companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, earnings, community ranking, dividends, profitability, valuation, risk, media sentiment and analyst recommendations.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor INSW or DINO?

International Seaways received 166 more outperform votes than HF Sinclair when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 59.88% of users gave International Seaways an outperform vote while only 33.04% of users gave HF Sinclair an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
International Seaways	Outperform Votes 203 59.88%	Underperform Votes 136 40.12%
HF Sinclair	Outperform Votes 37 33.04%	Underperform Votes 75 66.96%

Is INSW or DINO more profitable?

International Seaways has a net margin of 50.91% compared to HF Sinclair's net margin of 0.62%. International Seaways' return on equity of 24.65% beat HF Sinclair's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
International Seaways	50.91%	24.65%	17.35%
HF Sinclair	0.62%	1.98%	1.13%

Do analysts prefer INSW or DINO?

International Seaways currently has a consensus target price of $57.50, indicating a potential upside of 67.42%. HF Sinclair has a consensus target price of $47.00, indicating a potential upside of 41.73%. Given International Seaways' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe International Seaways is more favorable than HF Sinclair.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
International Seaways	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
HF Sinclair	0 Sell rating(s)	7 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.42

Does the media favor INSW or DINO?

In the previous week, HF Sinclair had 16 more articles in the media than International Seaways. MarketBeat recorded 20 mentions for HF Sinclair and 4 mentions for International Seaways. HF Sinclair's average media sentiment score of 1.09 beat International Seaways' score of 0.75 indicating that HF Sinclair is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
International Seaways	3 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
HF Sinclair	11 Very Positive mention(s)	3 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is INSW or DINO a better dividend stock?

International Seaways pays an annual dividend of $0.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.4%. HF Sinclair pays an annual dividend of $2.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.0%. International Seaways pays out 5.7% 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.

Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in INSW or DINO?

67.3% of International Seaways shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 88.3% of HF Sinclair shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.9% of International Seaways shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of HF Sinclair shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Which has higher valuation and earnings, INSW or DINO?

HF Sinclair has higher revenue and earnings than International Seaways. International Seaways 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
International Seaways	$951.61M	1.78	$556.45M	$8.39	4.09
HF Sinclair	$28.58B	0.22	$1.59B	$0.82	40.44

Which has more risk & volatility, INSW or DINO?

International Seaways has a beta of -0.17, meaning that its stock price is 117% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, HF Sinclair has a beta of 1.13, meaning that its stock price is 13% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

International Seaways beats HF Sinclair on 12 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.