Teekay (TK) Competitors

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

Do analysts prefer STNG or TK?

Scorpio Tankers presently has a consensus target price of $63.75, suggesting a potential upside of 71.23%. Given Scorpio Tankers' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe Scorpio Tankers is more favorable than Teekay.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Scorpio Tankers	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.40
Teekay	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Which has more risk and volatility, STNG or TK?

Scorpio Tankers has a beta of -0.01, meaning that its share price is 101% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Teekay has a beta of 0.47, meaning that its share price is 53% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media prefer STNG or TK?

In the previous week, Scorpio Tankers had 7 more articles in the media than Teekay. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for Scorpio Tankers and 5 mentions for Teekay. Teekay's average media sentiment score of 1.76 beat Scorpio Tankers' score of 0.55 indicating that Teekay is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Scorpio Tankers	5 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	3 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Teekay	5 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive

Which has better valuation and earnings, STNG or TK?

Scorpio Tankers has higher revenue and earnings than Teekay. Scorpio Tankers is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Teekay, 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	$1.24B	1.49	$668.77M	$13.04	2.86
Teekay	$1.22B	0.53	$150.64M	$1.41	5.02

Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in STNG or TK?

54.6% of Scorpio Tankers shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 46.7% of Teekay shares are owned by institutional investors. 7.3% of Scorpio Tankers shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 2.4% of Teekay shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer STNG or TK?

Scorpio Tankers received 218 more outperform votes than Teekay when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.35% of users gave Scorpio Tankers an outperform vote while only 63.77% of users gave Teekay an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Scorpio Tankers	Outperform Votes 556 66.35%	Underperform Votes 282 33.65%
Teekay	Outperform Votes 338 63.77%	Underperform Votes 192 36.23%

Is STNG or TK a better dividend stock?

Scorpio Tankers pays an annual dividend of $1.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.3%. Teekay pays an annual dividend of $0.25 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.5%. Scorpio Tankers pays out 12.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Teekay pays out 17.7% 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. Scorpio Tankers is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Is STNG or TK more profitable?

Scorpio Tankers has a net margin of 53.76% compared to Teekay's net margin of 10.96%. Scorpio Tankers' return on equity of 18.01% beat Teekay's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Scorpio Tankers	53.76%	18.01%	12.91%
Teekay	10.96%	5.67%	5.08%

Summary

Scorpio Tankers beats Teekay on 17 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.