Scorpio Tankers (STNG) Competitors

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

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer STNG or GLNG?

Scorpio Tankers received 79 more outperform votes than Golar LNG when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.35% of users gave Scorpio Tankers an outperform vote while only 63.67% of users gave Golar LNG an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Scorpio Tankers	Outperform Votes 554 66.35%	Underperform Votes 281 33.65%
Golar LNG	Outperform Votes 475 63.67%	Underperform Votes 271 36.33%

Which has more risk and volatility, STNG or GLNG?

Scorpio Tankers has a beta of 0.12, indicating that its stock price is 88% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Golar LNG has a beta of 0.59, indicating that its stock price is 41% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has preferable earnings and valuation, STNG or GLNG?

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
Scorpio Tankers	$1.34B	1.99	$546.90M	$13.95	3.79
Golar LNG	$298.43M	14.63	-$46.79M	$0.14	298.74

Is STNG or GLNG a better dividend stock?

Scorpio Tankers pays an annual dividend of $1.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.0%. Golar LNG pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.4%. Scorpio Tankers pays out 11.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. 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 is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Do institutionals and insiders believe in STNG or GLNG?

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

Does the media favor STNG or GLNG?

In the previous week, Scorpio Tankers had 13 more articles in the media than Golar LNG. MarketBeat recorded 15 mentions for Scorpio Tankers and 2 mentions for Golar LNG. Golar LNG's average media sentiment score of 0.76 beat Scorpio Tankers' score of 0.56 indicating that Golar LNG is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Scorpio Tankers	6 Very Positive mention(s)	3 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Golar LNG	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do analysts recommend STNG or GLNG?

Scorpio Tankers presently has a consensus price target of $75.40, indicating a potential upside of 42.54%. Golar LNG has a consensus price target of $50.13, indicating a potential upside of 19.86%. Given Scorpio Tankers' higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe Scorpio Tankers is more favorable than Golar LNG.

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
Golar LNG	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.80

Is STNG or GLNG more profitable?

Scorpio Tankers has a net margin of 52.40% compared to Golar LNG's net margin of 4.92%. Scorpio Tankers' return on equity of 22.56% beat Golar LNG's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Scorpio Tankers	52.40%	22.56%	15.35%
Golar LNG	4.92%	9.12%	5.78%

Summary

Scorpio Tankers beats Golar LNG on 13 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.