TNP vs. TRMD, ZIM, SBLK, CDLR, LPG, SFL, DHT, CMRE, DAC, and NMM
Should you be buying Tsakos Energy Navigation stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Tsakos Energy Navigation include TORM (TRMD), ZIM Integrated Shipping Services (ZIM), Star Bulk Carriers (SBLK), Cadeler A/S (CDLR), Dorian LPG (LPG), SFL (SFL), DHT (DHT), Costamare (CMRE), Danaos (DAC), and Navios Maritime Partners (NMM). These companies are all part of the "deep sea foreign transportation of freight" industry.
TORM (NASDAQ:TRMD) and Tsakos Energy Navigation (NYSE:TNP) are both transportation companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, earnings, risk, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, dividends, media sentiment, valuation and community ranking.
In the previous week, Tsakos Energy Navigation had 2 more articles in the media than TORM. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Tsakos Energy Navigation and 2 mentions for TORM. Tsakos Energy Navigation's average media sentiment score of 1.46 beat TORM's score of 0.83 indicating that TORM is being referred to more favorably in the media.
73.9% of TORM shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 19.2% of Tsakos Energy Navigation shares are held by institutional investors. 0.4% of TORM shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of Tsakos Energy Navigation shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
TORM has higher revenue and earnings than Tsakos Energy Navigation. Tsakos Energy Navigation is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than TORM, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
TORM has a beta of 0.16, meaning that its stock price is 84% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Tsakos Energy Navigation has a beta of -0.14, meaning that its stock price is 114% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Tsakos Energy Navigation has a consensus price target of $30.00, indicating a potential downside of 3.85%. Given TORM's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Tsakos Energy Navigation is more favorable than TORM.
Tsakos Energy Navigation received 434 more outperform votes than TORM when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 70.92% of users gave Tsakos Energy Navigation an outperform vote while only 35.71% of users gave TORM an outperform vote.
TORM has a net margin of 42.64% compared to TORM's net margin of 33.74%. Tsakos Energy Navigation's return on equity of 36.99% beat TORM's return on equity.
TORM pays an annual dividend of $4.38 per share and has a dividend yield of 11.8%. Tsakos Energy Navigation pays an annual dividend of $0.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.9%. TORM pays out 58.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Tsakos Energy Navigation pays out 6.7% 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. Tsakos Energy Navigation has increased its dividend for 1 consecutive years.
Summary
TORM beats Tsakos Energy Navigation on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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