TNP vs. ASC, GSL, TK, GNK, OSG, SB, NVGS, SMHI, PANL, and HSHP
Should you be buying Tsakos Energy Navigation stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Tsakos Energy Navigation include Ardmore Shipping (ASC), Global Ship Lease (GSL), Teekay (TK), Genco Shipping & Trading (GNK), Overseas Shipholding Group (OSG), Safe Bulkers (SB), Navigator (NVGS), SEACOR Marine (SMHI), Pangaea Logistics Solutions (PANL), and Himalaya Shipping (HSHP). These companies are all part of the "deep sea foreign transportation of freight" industry.
Tsakos Energy Navigation (NYSE:TNP) and Ardmore Shipping (NYSE:ASC) are both small-cap transportation companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, community ranking, risk, institutional ownership, valuation, media sentiment, earnings, analyst recommendations and dividends.
Tsakos Energy Navigation has higher revenue and earnings than Ardmore Shipping. Tsakos Energy Navigation is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Ardmore Shipping, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Ardmore Shipping had 2 more articles in the media than Tsakos Energy Navigation. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Ardmore Shipping and 0 mentions for Tsakos Energy Navigation. Ardmore Shipping's average media sentiment score of 1.38 beat Tsakos Energy Navigation's score of 1.00 indicating that Ardmore Shipping is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
19.2% of Tsakos Energy Navigation shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 62.2% of Ardmore Shipping shares are held by institutional investors. 1.0% of Tsakos Energy Navigation shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Tsakos Energy Navigation currently has a consensus price target of $30.00, suggesting a potential downside of 3.69%. Ardmore Shipping has a consensus price target of $21.50, suggesting a potential downside of 5.83%. Given Tsakos Energy Navigation's higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe Tsakos Energy Navigation is more favorable than Ardmore Shipping.
Tsakos Energy Navigation received 1 more outperform votes than Ardmore Shipping when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 70.92% of users gave Tsakos Energy Navigation an outperform vote while only 63.94% of users gave Ardmore Shipping an outperform vote.
Tsakos Energy Navigation pays an annual dividend of $0.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.9%. Ardmore Shipping pays an annual dividend of $0.84 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.7%. Tsakos Energy Navigation pays out 6.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Ardmore Shipping pays out 32.2% 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 a beta of -0.14, meaning that its stock price is 114% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ardmore Shipping has a beta of 0.36, meaning that its stock price is 64% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Tsakos Energy Navigation has a net margin of 33.74% compared to Ardmore Shipping's net margin of 29.15%. Tsakos Energy Navigation's return on equity of 29.41% beat Ardmore Shipping's return on equity.
Summary
Tsakos Energy Navigation beats Ardmore Shipping on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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