Teekay Tankers (TNK) Competitors

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

Does the MarketBeat Community favor GLNG or TNK?

Golar LNG received 29 more outperform votes than Teekay Tankers when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.55% of users gave Golar LNG an outperform vote while only 60.49% of users gave Teekay Tankers an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Golar LNG	Outperform Votes 476 63.55%	Underperform Votes 273 36.45%
Teekay Tankers	Outperform Votes 447 60.49%	Underperform Votes 292 39.51%

Is GLNG or TNK a better dividend stock?

Golar LNG pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.5%. Teekay Tankers pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.6%. Golar LNG pays out 208.3% 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 pays out 8.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Teekay Tankers is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Does the media prefer GLNG or TNK?

In the previous week, Golar LNG had 16 more articles in the media than Teekay Tankers. MarketBeat recorded 21 mentions for Golar LNG and 5 mentions for Teekay Tankers. Teekay Tankers' average media sentiment score of 1.26 beat Golar LNG's score of 0.66 indicating that Teekay Tankers is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Golar LNG	10 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	6 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Teekay Tankers	5 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

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

92.2% of Golar LNG shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 52.7% of Teekay Tankers shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.0% of Golar LNG shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.9% of Teekay Tankers shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has better valuation and earnings, GLNG or TNK?

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
Golar LNG	$260.37M	15.93	-$46.79M	$0.48	82.75
Teekay Tankers	$1.23B	1.08	$513.67M	$11.32	3.42

Which has more volatility and risk, GLNG or TNK?

Golar LNG has a beta of 0.78, indicating that its share price is 22% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Teekay Tankers has a beta of -0.44, indicating that its share price is 144% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts prefer GLNG or TNK?

Golar LNG presently has a consensus price target of $50.13, indicating a potential upside of 26.20%. Teekay Tankers has a consensus price target of $62.00, indicating a potential upside of 60.00%. Given Teekay Tankers' higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Teekay Tankers is more favorable than Golar LNG.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Golar LNG	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Teekay Tankers	1 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.75

Is GLNG or TNK more profitable?

Teekay Tankers has a net margin of 34.55% compared to Golar LNG's net margin of 4.92%. Teekay Tankers' return on equity of 20.67% beat Golar LNG's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Golar LNG	4.92%	9.12%	5.78%
Teekay Tankers	34.55%	20.67%	18.63%

Summary

Teekay Tankers beats Golar LNG on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.