TRMD vs. FRO, STNG, ZIM, SBLK, CDLR, LPG, SFL, DHT, CMRE, and DAC
Should you be buying TORM stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of TORM include Frontline (FRO), Scorpio Tankers (STNG), ZIM Integrated Shipping Services (ZIM), Star Bulk Carriers (SBLK), Cadeler A/S (CDLR), Dorian LPG (LPG), SFL (SFL), DHT (DHT), Costamare (CMRE), and Danaos (DAC). These companies are all part of the "deep sea foreign transportation of freight" industry.
TORM (NASDAQ:TRMD) and Frontline (NYSE:FRO) are both mid-cap transportation companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, analyst recommendations, dividends, community ranking, earnings, profitability, valuation, institutional ownership and risk.
Frontline has higher revenue and earnings than TORM. TORM is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Frontline, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
TORM has a net margin of 42.64% compared to Frontline's net margin of 32.94%. TORM's return on equity of 36.99% beat Frontline's return on equity.
Frontline received 468 more outperform votes than TORM when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 58.25% of users gave Frontline an outperform vote while only 35.71% of users gave TORM an outperform vote.
Frontline has a consensus price target of $26.10, suggesting a potential downside of 7.84%. Given Frontline's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Frontline is more favorable than TORM.
73.9% of TORM shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 22.7% of Frontline shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.4% of TORM shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 48.1% of Frontline shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, Frontline had 14 more articles in the media than TORM. MarketBeat recorded 16 mentions for Frontline and 2 mentions for TORM. TORM's average media sentiment score of 1.45 beat Frontline's score of 0.09 indicating that TORM is being referred to more favorably in the media.
TORM pays an annual dividend of $4.38 per share and has a dividend yield of 11.8%. Frontline pays an annual dividend of $1.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.2%. TORM pays out 58.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Frontline pays out 51.7% 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.
TORM has a beta of 0.16, indicating that its share price is 84% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Frontline has a beta of 0.03, indicating that its share price is 97% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Frontline beats TORM on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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