Tsakos Energy Navigation (TEN) Competitors

Tsakos Energy Navigation (NYSE:TEN) and Dana (NYSE:DAN) are both small-cap transportation companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, earnings, profitability, community ranking, media sentiment, institutional ownership, dividends, valuation and risk.

Which has more risk and volatility, TEN or DAN?

Tsakos Energy Navigation has a beta of -0.2, suggesting that its share price is 120% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Dana has a beta of 2.26, suggesting that its share price is 126% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do institutionals and insiders have more ownership in TEN or DAN?

19.2% of Tsakos Energy Navigation shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 96.8% of Dana shares are held by institutional investors. 1.4% of Tsakos Energy Navigation shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.5% of Dana shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in TEN or DAN?

Dana received 40 more outperform votes than Tsakos Energy Navigation when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 61.73% of users gave Tsakos Energy Navigation an outperform vote while only 59.63% of users gave Dana an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Tsakos Energy Navigation	Outperform Votes 508 61.73%	Underperform Votes 315 38.27%
Dana	Outperform Votes 548 59.63%	Underperform Votes 371 40.37%

Which has stronger valuation & earnings, TEN or DAN?

Tsakos Energy Navigation has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Dana. Dana is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Tsakos Energy Navigation, 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
Tsakos Energy Navigation	$836.04M	0.56	$300.18M	$5.05	3.12
Dana	$10.28B	0.16	$38M	-$0.39	-28.33

Do analysts prefer TEN or DAN?

Tsakos Energy Navigation presently has a consensus price target of $31.00, suggesting a potential upside of 96.70%. Dana has a consensus price target of $18.25, suggesting a potential upside of 65.16%. Given Tsakos Energy Navigation's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Tsakos Energy Navigation is more favorable than Dana.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Tsakos Energy Navigation	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Dana	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	6 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.67

Is TEN or DAN more profitable?

Tsakos Energy Navigation has a net margin of 22.57% compared to Dana's net margin of -0.55%. Tsakos Energy Navigation's return on equity of 19.07% beat Dana's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Tsakos Energy Navigation	22.57%	19.07%	9.04%
Dana	-0.55%	6.70%	1.32%

Does the media favor TEN or DAN?

In the previous week, Dana had 7 more articles in the media than Tsakos Energy Navigation. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Dana and 0 mentions for Tsakos Energy Navigation. Dana's average media sentiment score of 0.47 beat Tsakos Energy Navigation's score of 0.00 indicating that Dana is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Tsakos Energy Navigation	Neutral
Dana	Neutral

Is TEN or DAN a better dividend stock?

Tsakos Energy Navigation pays an annual dividend of $1.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 11.4%. Dana pays an annual dividend of $0.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.6%. Tsakos Energy Navigation pays out 35.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Dana pays out -102.6% 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

Tsakos Energy Navigation beats Dana on 13 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.