Teekay Tankers (TNK) Competitors

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

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in TNK or GLNG?

Golar LNG received 29 more outperform votes than Teekay Tankers when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.67% 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 475 63.67%	Underperform Votes 271 36.33%

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

Which has preferable valuation and 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	$1.36B	1.00	$513.67M	$12.18	3.26
Golar LNG	$298.43M	14.08	-$46.79M	$0.14	287.58

Which has more risk & volatility, TNK or GLNG?

Teekay Tankers has a beta of -0.4, meaning that its share price is 140% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Golar LNG has a beta of 0.59, meaning that its share price is 41% less volatile than the S&P 500.

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 2.5%. Golar LNG pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.5%. 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 analysts prefer TNK or GLNG?

Teekay Tankers currently has a consensus price target of $63.67, indicating a potential upside of 60.11%. Golar LNG has a consensus price target of $50.13, indicating a potential upside of 24.51%. 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
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

Does the media favor TNK or GLNG?

In the previous week, Golar LNG had 13 more articles in the media than Teekay Tankers. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for Golar LNG and 0 mentions for Teekay Tankers. Golar LNG's average media sentiment score of 0.79 beat Teekay Tankers' score of -0.11 indicating that Golar LNG is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Teekay Tankers	Neutral
Golar LNG	Positive

Summary

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