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 valuation, dividends, earnings, risk, profitability, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, community ranking and media sentiment.

Do analysts rate TNK or GLNG?

Teekay Tankers currently has a consensus price target of $62.00, indicating a potential upside of 54.49%. Golar LNG has a consensus price target of $50.13, indicating a potential upside of 28.69%. Given Teekay Tankers' stronger consensus rating and 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)	2 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.67

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 2.6%. Teekay Tankers pays out 8.8% 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.

Do institutionals and 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, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer TNK or GLNG?

Golar LNG received 28 more outperform votes than Teekay Tankers when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.59% 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 475 63.59%	Underperform Votes 272 36.41%

Does the media prefer TNK or GLNG?

In the previous week, Teekay Tankers had 15 more articles in the media than Golar LNG. MarketBeat recorded 21 mentions for Teekay Tankers and 6 mentions for Golar LNG. Teekay Tankers' average media sentiment score of 0.68 beat Golar LNG's score of 0.14 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	5 Very Positive mention(s)	4 Positive mention(s)	7 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Golar LNG	2 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

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%

Which has more volatility and risk, TNK or GLNG?

Teekay Tankers has a beta of -0.43, indicating that its share price is 143% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Golar LNG has a beta of 0.55, indicating that its share price is 45% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has better 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	$1.23B	1.12	$513.67M	$11.32	3.55
Golar LNG	$274.13M	14.83	-$46.79M	$0.14	278.21

Summary

Teekay Tankers beats Golar LNG on 13 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.