Teekay (TK) Competitors

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

Is TK or STNG a better dividend stock?

Teekay pays an annual dividend of $0.25 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.8%. Scorpio Tankers pays an annual dividend of $1.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.1%. Teekay pays out 17.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Scorpio Tankers pays out 12.3% 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 TK or STNG 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
Teekay	10.96%	5.67%	5.08%
Scorpio Tankers	53.76%	18.01%	12.91%

Do analysts prefer TK or STNG?

Scorpio Tankers has a consensus price target of $68.75, indicating a potential upside of 74.37%. Given Scorpio Tankers' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Scorpio Tankers is more favorable than Teekay.

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

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

46.7% of Teekay shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 54.6% of Scorpio Tankers shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.4% of Teekay shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 7.3% of Scorpio Tankers shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Which has better valuation and earnings, TK or STNG?

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
Teekay	$1.22B	0.49	$150.64M	$1.41	4.65
Scorpio Tankers	$1.24B	1.60	$668.77M	$13.04	3.02

Does the MarketBeat Community favor TK or STNG?

Scorpio Tankers received 217 more outperform votes than Teekay when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.31% of users gave Scorpio Tankers an outperform vote while only 63.77% of users gave Teekay an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Teekay	Outperform Votes 338 63.77%	Underperform Votes 192 36.23%
Scorpio Tankers	Outperform Votes 555 66.31%	Underperform Votes 282 33.69%

Which has more volatility and risk, TK or STNG?

Teekay has a beta of 0.51, indicating that its share price is 49% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Scorpio Tankers has a beta of 0.01, indicating that its share price is 99% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media prefer TK or STNG?

In the previous week, Scorpio Tankers had 8 more articles in the media than Teekay. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for Scorpio Tankers and 2 mentions for Teekay. Scorpio Tankers' average media sentiment score of 0.68 beat Teekay's score of -0.02 indicating that Scorpio Tankers is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

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

Summary

Scorpio Tankers beats Teekay on 18 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.