TNP vs. TRMD, ZIM, SBLK, CDLR, SFL, DHT, DAC, CMRE, LPG, 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), SFL (SFL), DHT (DHT), Danaos (DAC), Costamare (CMRE), Dorian LPG (LPG), and Navios Maritime Partners (NMM). These companies are all part of the "deep sea foreign transportation of freight" industry.
Tsakos Energy Navigation (NYSE:TNP) and TORM (NASDAQ:TRMD) are both transportation companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, profitability, media sentiment, earnings, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, risk, community ranking and valuation.
19.2% of Tsakos Energy Navigation shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 73.9% of TORM shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.0% of Tsakos Energy Navigation shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.4% of TORM shares are owned 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.
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.
Tsakos Energy Navigation presently has a consensus price target of $30.00, suggesting a potential downside of 2.25%. Given Tsakos Energy Navigation's higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Tsakos Energy Navigation is more favorable than TORM.
In the previous week, Tsakos Energy Navigation and Tsakos Energy Navigation both had 4 articles in the media. TORM's average media sentiment score of 1.63 beat Tsakos Energy Navigation's score of 0.44 indicating that TORM is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Tsakos Energy Navigation has a beta of -0.12, suggesting that its share price is 112% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, TORM has a beta of 0.25, suggesting that its share price is 75% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Tsakos Energy Navigation pays an annual dividend of $0.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.0%. TORM pays an annual dividend of $4.38 per share and has a dividend yield of 12.0%. Tsakos Energy Navigation pays out 6.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. TORM pays out 58.7% 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 net margin of 42.64% compared to Tsakos Energy Navigation's net margin of 33.74%. TORM's return on equity of 36.99% beat Tsakos Energy Navigation's return on equity.
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.
Summary
TORM beats Tsakos Energy Navigation on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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