FLNG vs. ECO, USEA, EDRY, OMEX, DLNG, KNOP, CLCO, NAT, TNK, and GLNG
Should you be buying FLEX LNG stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of FLEX LNG include Okeanis Eco Tankers (ECO), United Maritime (USEA), EuroDry (EDRY), Odyssey Marine Exploration (OMEX), Dynagas LNG Partners (DLNG), KNOT Offshore Partners (KNOP), Cool (CLCO), Nordic American Tankers (NAT), Teekay Tankers (TNK), and Golar LNG (GLNG). These companies are all part of the "transportation" sector.
FLEX LNG (NYSE:FLNG) and Okeanis Eco Tankers (NYSE:ECO) are both transportation companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, risk, community ranking, profitability, media sentiment, valuation, analyst recommendations, dividends and institutional ownership.
FLEX LNG received 5 more outperform votes than Okeanis Eco Tankers when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 100.00% of users gave Okeanis Eco Tankers an outperform vote while only 28.57% of users gave FLEX LNG an outperform vote.
FLEX LNG has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Okeanis Eco Tankers.
FLEX LNG pays an annual dividend of $3.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 10.4%. Okeanis Eco Tankers pays an annual dividend of $2.64 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.7%. FLEX LNG pays out 134.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
FLEX LNG has a net margin of 32.35% compared to Okeanis Eco Tankers' net margin of 0.00%. FLEX LNG's return on equity of 15.86% beat Okeanis Eco Tankers' return on equity.
FLEX LNG presently has a consensus price target of $23.00, suggesting a potential downside of 20.22%. Okeanis Eco Tankers has a consensus price target of $38.00, suggesting a potential upside of 10.37%. Given Okeanis Eco Tankers' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Okeanis Eco Tankers is more favorable than FLEX LNG.
In the previous week, Okeanis Eco Tankers had 5 more articles in the media than FLEX LNG. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Okeanis Eco Tankers and 0 mentions for FLEX LNG. Okeanis Eco Tankers' average media sentiment score of 0.53 beat FLEX LNG's score of 0.00 indicating that Okeanis Eco Tankers is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
Okeanis Eco Tankers beats FLEX LNG on 8 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.
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