STNG vs. FRO, GOGL, GLNG, TNK, SFL, TK, NAT, WMB, KMI, and LNG
Should you be buying Scorpio Tankers stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Scorpio Tankers include Frontline (FRO), Golden Ocean Group (GOGL), Golar LNG (GLNG), Teekay Tankers (TNK), SFL (SFL), Teekay (TK), Nordic American Tankers (NAT), Williams Companies (WMB), Kinder Morgan (KMI), and Cheniere Energy (LNG). These companies are all part of the "oil & gas storage & transportation" industry.
Scorpio Tankers (NYSE:STNG) and Frontline (NYSE:FRO) are both mid-cap transportation companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, risk, earnings, profitability, institutional ownership, valuation, media sentiment, analyst recommendations and community ranking.
54.6% of Scorpio Tankers shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 22.7% of Frontline shares are held by institutional investors. 7.3% of Scorpio Tankers shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 48.1% of Frontline shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Scorpio Tankers has a net margin of 42.12% compared to Frontline's net margin of 35.95%. Frontline's return on equity of 26.00% beat Scorpio Tankers' return on equity.
Scorpio Tankers received 73 more outperform votes than Frontline when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.59% of users gave Scorpio Tankers an outperform vote while only 58.25% of users gave Frontline an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Frontline had 9 more articles in the media than Scorpio Tankers. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for Frontline and 2 mentions for Scorpio Tankers. Scorpio Tankers' average media sentiment score of 0.92 beat Frontline's score of -0.09 indicating that Scorpio Tankers is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Frontline has higher revenue and earnings than Scorpio Tankers. Scorpio Tankers is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Frontline, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Scorpio Tankers currently has a consensus target price of $80.17, suggesting a potential downside of 2.45%. Frontline has a consensus target price of $26.10, suggesting a potential downside of 7.97%. Given Scorpio Tankers' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe Scorpio Tankers is more favorable than Frontline.
Scorpio Tankers has a beta of 0.18, suggesting that its share price is 82% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Frontline has a beta of 0.03, suggesting that its share price is 97% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Scorpio Tankers pays an annual dividend of $1.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.0%. Frontline pays an annual dividend of $1.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.2%. Scorpio Tankers pays out 14.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Frontline pays out 50.2% 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.
Summary
Scorpio Tankers beats Frontline on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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