Scorpio Tankers (STNG) Competitors

Golar LNG (NASDAQ:GLNG) and Scorpio Tankers (NYSE:STNG) are both mid-cap transportation companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, institutional ownership, valuation, media sentiment, dividends, analyst recommendations, profitability, earnings and community ranking.

Is GLNG or STNG a better dividend stock?

Golar LNG pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.6%. Scorpio Tankers pays an annual dividend of $1.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.9%. Golar LNG pays out 714.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Scorpio Tankers pays out 12.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Scorpio Tankers is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Do analysts rate GLNG or STNG?

Golar LNG presently has a consensus target price of $50.13, indicating a potential upside of 28.67%. Scorpio Tankers has a consensus target price of $68.75, indicating a potential upside of 66.90%. Given Scorpio Tankers' higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Scorpio Tankers is more favorable than Golar LNG.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Golar LNG	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.67
Scorpio Tankers	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.40

Does the media refer more to GLNG or STNG?

In the previous week, Scorpio Tankers had 9 more articles in the media than Golar LNG. MarketBeat recorded 14 mentions for Scorpio Tankers and 5 mentions for Golar LNG. Scorpio Tankers' average media sentiment score of 0.24 beat Golar LNG's score of 0.11 indicating that Scorpio Tankers is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Golar LNG	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Scorpio Tankers	5 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	6 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	2 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Which has more risk & volatility, GLNG or STNG?

Golar LNG has a beta of 0.55, indicating that its stock price is 45% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Scorpio Tankers has a beta of 0.08, indicating that its stock price is 92% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has preferable earnings & valuation, GLNG or STNG?

Scorpio Tankers has higher revenue and earnings than Golar LNG. Scorpio Tankers is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Golar LNG, 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
Golar LNG	$298.43M	13.63	-$46.79M	$0.14	278.27
Scorpio Tankers	$1.24B	1.67	$668.77M	$13.04	3.16

Is GLNG or STNG more profitable?

Scorpio Tankers has a net margin of 53.76% compared to Golar LNG's net margin of 4.92%. Scorpio Tankers' return on equity of 18.01% beat Golar LNG's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Golar LNG	4.92%	9.12%	5.78%
Scorpio Tankers	53.76%	18.01%	12.91%

Do insiders and institutionals believe in GLNG or STNG?

92.2% of Golar LNG shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 54.6% of Scorpio Tankers shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.0% of Golar LNG shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 7.3% of Scorpio Tankers shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor GLNG or STNG?

Scorpio Tankers received 80 more outperform votes than Golar LNG when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.31% of users gave Scorpio Tankers an outperform vote while only 63.59% of users gave Golar LNG an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Golar LNG	Outperform Votes 475 63.59%	Underperform Votes 272 36.41%
Scorpio Tankers	Outperform Votes 555 66.31%	Underperform Votes 282 33.69%

Summary

Scorpio Tankers beats Golar LNG on 14 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.