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 compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, valuation, community ranking, risk, media sentiment, profitability, dividends, earnings and analyst recommendations.

Do analysts prefer TNK or GLNG?

Teekay Tankers presently has a consensus target price of $62.00, indicating a potential upside of 61.63%. Golar LNG has a consensus target price of $50.13, indicating a potential upside of 34.31%. Given Teekay Tankers' higher probable upside, analysts clearly 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)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Is TNK or GLNG 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
Teekay Tankers	34.55%	20.67%	18.63%
Golar LNG	4.92%	9.12%	5.78%

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 2.7%. Teekay Tankers pays out 8.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. 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.

Does the media favor TNK or GLNG?

In the previous week, Teekay Tankers had 1 more articles in the media than Golar LNG. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for Teekay Tankers and 10 mentions for Golar LNG. Golar LNG's average media sentiment score of 1.00 beat Teekay Tankers' score of 0.95 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	8 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Golar LNG	5 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has stronger earnings and valuation, 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	$1.23B	1.07	$513.67M	$11.32	3.39
Golar LNG	$260.37M	14.98	-$46.79M	$0.48	77.75

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in 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 endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor TNK or GLNG?

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

Which has more volatility and risk, TNK or GLNG?

Teekay Tankers has a beta of -0.16, suggesting that its share price is 116% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Golar LNG has a beta of 0.47, suggesting that its share price is 53% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Teekay Tankers and Golar LNG tied by winning 10 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.