STNG vs. FRO, SFL, TRMD, SBLK, ZIM, DHT, CDLR, LPG, CMRE, and DAC
Should you be buying Scorpio Tankers stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Scorpio Tankers include Frontline (FRO), SFL (SFL), TORM (TRMD), Star Bulk Carriers (SBLK), ZIM Integrated Shipping Services (ZIM), DHT (DHT), Cadeler A/S (CDLR), Dorian LPG (LPG), Costamare (CMRE), and Danaos (DAC). These companies are all part of the "deep sea foreign transportation of freight" industry.
Frontline (NYSE:FRO) and Scorpio Tankers (NYSE:STNG) are both mid-cap transportation companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their risk, analyst recommendations, valuation, earnings, institutional ownership, profitability, media sentiment, dividends and community ranking.
Frontline has a beta of 0.03, suggesting that its share price is 97% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Scorpio Tankers has a beta of 0.18, suggesting that its share price is 82% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Scorpio Tankers has a net margin of 42.12% compared to Scorpio Tankers' net margin of 35.95%. Scorpio Tankers' return on equity of 26.00% beat Frontline's return on equity.
Frontline has higher revenue and earnings than Scorpio Tankers. Scorpio Tankers is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Frontline, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Scorpio Tankers received 74 more outperform votes than Frontline when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.59% of users gave Scorpio Tankers an outperform vote while only 58.20% of users gave Frontline an outperform vote.
Frontline presently has a consensus target price of $26.10, indicating a potential downside of 10.52%. Scorpio Tankers has a consensus target price of $80.17, indicating a potential downside of 1.05%. Given Frontline's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Scorpio Tankers is more favorable than Frontline.
22.7% of Frontline shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 54.6% of Scorpio Tankers shares are held by institutional investors. 48.1% of Frontline shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 7.3% of Scorpio Tankers shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Frontline pays an annual dividend of $1.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.1%. Scorpio Tankers pays an annual dividend of $1.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.0%. Frontline pays out 50.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Scorpio Tankers pays out 14.8% 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. Frontline has raised its dividend for 1 consecutive years and Scorpio Tankers has raised its dividend for 1 consecutive years.
In the previous week, Scorpio Tankers had 3 more articles in the media than Frontline. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Scorpio Tankers and 3 mentions for Frontline. Frontline's average media sentiment score of 0.88 beat Scorpio Tankers' score of 0.61 indicating that Scorpio Tankers is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
Scorpio Tankers beats Frontline on 13 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
Get Scorpio Tankers News Delivered to You Automatically
Sign up to receive the latest news and ratings for STNG and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter.
This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding STNG and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
Scorpio Tankers Competitors List
Related Companies and Tools
