Teekay Tankers (TNK) Competitors

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

Do analysts recommend TNK or GLNG?

Teekay Tankers presently has a consensus target price of $63.67, indicating a potential upside of 52.55%. Golar LNG has a consensus target price of $49.63, indicating a potential upside of 34.41%. 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

Is TNK or GLNG more profitable?

Golar LNG has a net margin of 50.89% compared to Teekay Tankers' net margin of 35.44%. 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	50.89%	9.20%	5.97%

Do insiders and institutionals 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, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

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 2.4%. Golar LNG pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.7%. Teekay Tankers pays out 8.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Golar LNG pays out 74.6% 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.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in TNK or GLNG?

Golar LNG received 28 more outperform votes than Teekay Tankers when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.71% 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 63.71%	Underperform Votes 270 36.29%

Which has preferable earnings & 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	$1.36B	1.05	$513.67M	$12.18	3.43
Golar LNG	$298.43M	12.92	-$46.79M	$1.34	27.55

Does the media refer more to TNK or GLNG?

In the previous week, Golar LNG had 3 more articles in the media than Teekay Tankers. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Golar LNG and 2 mentions for Teekay Tankers. Teekay Tankers' average media sentiment score of 0.32 beat Golar LNG's score of -0.20 indicating that Teekay Tankers is being referred to more favorably in the 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)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Golar LNG	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Which has more risk & volatility, TNK or GLNG?

Teekay Tankers has a beta of -0.32, suggesting that its stock price is 132% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Golar LNG has a beta of 0.58, suggesting that its stock price is 42% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

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