BSTI vs. TNP, CYRX, VTOL, GSL, NAT, VLRS, ASC, DESP, HTLD, and TK
Should you be buying BEST stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of BEST include Tsakos Energy Navigation (TNP), Cryoport (CYRX), Bristow Group (VTOL), Global Ship Lease (GSL), Nordic American Tankers (NAT), Controladora Vuela Compañía de Aviación (VLRS), Ardmore Shipping (ASC), Despegar.com (DESP), Heartland Express (HTLD), and Teekay (TK). These companies are all part of the "transportation" sector.
Tsakos Energy Navigation (NYSE:TNP) and BEST (NYSE:BSTI) are both small-cap transportation companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, community ranking, risk, dividends, earnings, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership and profitability.
Tsakos Energy Navigation has a net margin of 33.74% compared to Tsakos Energy Navigation's net margin of 0.00%. BEST's return on equity of 29.41% beat Tsakos Energy Navigation's return on equity.
Tsakos Energy Navigation presently has a consensus target price of $30.00, indicating a potential upside of 13.29%. Given BEST's higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe Tsakos Energy Navigation is more favorable than BEST.
Tsakos Energy Navigation has higher earnings, but lower revenue than BEST. BEST is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Tsakos Energy Navigation, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, BEST had 2 more articles in the media than Tsakos Energy Navigation. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for BEST and 1 mentions for Tsakos Energy Navigation. BEST's average media sentiment score of 0.99 beat Tsakos Energy Navigation's score of 0.00 indicating that Tsakos Energy Navigation is being referred to more favorably in the media.
19.2% of Tsakos Energy Navigation shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 15.2% of BEST shares are held by institutional investors. 1.0% of Tsakos Energy Navigation shares are held by company 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 162 more outperform votes than BEST when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 71.04% of users gave Tsakos Energy Navigation an outperform vote while only 68.06% of users gave BEST an outperform vote.
Tsakos Energy Navigation has a beta of -0.14, meaning that its stock price is 114% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, BEST has a beta of 0.05, meaning that its stock price is 95% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Tsakos Energy Navigation beats BEST on 14 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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