International Seaways (INSW) Competitors

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

Which has more volatility & risk, INSW or DINO?

International Seaways has a beta of -0.06, meaning that its stock price is 106% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, HF Sinclair has a beta of 1.18, meaning that its stock price is 18% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts prefer INSW or DINO?

International Seaways presently has a consensus target price of $62.67, indicating a potential upside of 50.06%. HF Sinclair has a consensus target price of $54.27, indicating a potential upside of 28.40%. 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)	6 Hold rating(s)	7 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.54

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer INSW or DINO?

International Seaways received 166 more outperform votes than HF Sinclair when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 59.82% of users gave International Seaways an outperform vote while only 34.31% of users gave HF Sinclair an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
International Seaways	Outperform Votes 201 59.82%	Underperform Votes 135 40.18%
HF Sinclair	Outperform Votes 35 34.31%	Underperform Votes 67 65.69%

Which has stronger valuation & 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	$1.07B	1.94	$556.45M	$10.35	4.03
HF Sinclair	$29.74B	0.27	$1.59B	$1.62	26.09

Does the media favor INSW or DINO?

In the previous week, International Seaways had 6 more articles in the media than HF Sinclair. MarketBeat recorded 19 mentions for International Seaways and 13 mentions for HF Sinclair. HF Sinclair's average media sentiment score of 0.80 beat International Seaways' score of 0.50 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	5 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	6 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
HF Sinclair	7 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is INSW or DINO more profitable?

International Seaways has a net margin of 50.91% compared to HF Sinclair's net margin of 1.10%. International Seaways' return on equity of 24.91% beat HF Sinclair's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
International Seaways	50.91%	24.91%	17.36%
HF Sinclair	1.10%	5.51%	3.16%

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 1.1%. HF Sinclair pays an annual dividend of $2.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.7%. International Seaways pays out 4.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. HF Sinclair pays out 123.5% 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 and 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 will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

International Seaways beats HF Sinclair on 13 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.