Teekay Tankers (TNK) Competitors

Teekay Tankers (NYSE:TNK) and Golar LNG (NASDAQ:GLNG) are both transportation companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, community ranking, risk, media sentiment, dividends, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, profitability and earnings.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor TNK or GLNG?

Golar LNG received 28 more outperform votes than Teekay Tankers when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.62% of users gave Golar LNG an outperform vote while only 60.43% of users gave Teekay Tankers an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Teekay Tankers	Outperform Votes 446 60.43%	Underperform Votes 292 39.57%
Golar LNG	Outperform Votes 474 63.62%	Underperform Votes 271 36.38%

Is TNK or GLNG a better dividend stock?

Teekay Tankers pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.6%. Golar LNG pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.4%. Teekay Tankers pays out 8.2% 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. Teekay Tankers is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Do insiders & institutionals hold more shares of TNK or GLNG?

52.7% of Teekay Tankers shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 92.2% of Golar LNG shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.9% of Teekay Tankers shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.0% of Golar LNG shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Is TNK or GLNG more profitable?

Teekay Tankers has a net margin of 35.44% compared to Golar LNG's net margin of 4.92%. Teekay Tankers' return on equity of 24.27% beat Golar LNG's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Teekay Tankers	35.44%	24.27%	21.42%
Golar LNG	4.92%	9.12%	5.78%

Do analysts rate TNK or GLNG?

Teekay Tankers presently has a consensus target price of $63.67, suggesting a potential upside of 62.87%. Golar LNG has a consensus target price of $49.63, suggesting a potential upside of 18.61%. Given Teekay Tankers' higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe Teekay Tankers is more favorable than Golar LNG.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Teekay Tankers	1 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.75
Golar LNG	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.80

Which has stronger valuation & earnings, TNK or GLNG?

Teekay Tankers has higher revenue and earnings than Golar LNG. Teekay 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
Teekay Tankers	$1.19B	1.13	$513.67M	$12.18	3.21
Golar LNG	$274.13M	15.93	-$46.79M	$0.14	298.86

Which has more volatility & risk, TNK or GLNG?

Teekay Tankers has a beta of -0.39, suggesting that its stock price is 139% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Golar LNG has a beta of 0.61, suggesting that its stock price is 39% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media prefer TNK or GLNG?

In the previous week, Golar LNG had 1 more articles in the media than Teekay Tankers. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Golar LNG and 3 mentions for Teekay Tankers. Golar LNG's average media sentiment score of 1.20 beat Teekay Tankers' score of 0.14 indicating that Golar LNG is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Teekay Tankers	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Golar LNG	4 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

Teekay Tankers beats Golar LNG on 11 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.