TK vs. SFL, ASC, EGLE, TNP, SB, GSL, OSG, GNK, CPLP, and SMHI
Should you be buying Teekay stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Teekay include SFL (SFL), Ardmore Shipping (ASC), Eagle Bulk Shipping (EGLE), Tsakos Energy Navigation (TNP), Safe Bulkers (SB), Global Ship Lease (GSL), Overseas Shipholding Group (OSG), Genco Shipping & Trading (GNK), Capital Product Partners (CPLP), and SEACOR Marine (SMHI). These companies are all part of the "deep sea foreign transportation of freight" industry.
SFL (NYSE:SFL) and Teekay (NYSE:TK) are both small-cap transportation companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, earnings, valuation, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, risk, dividends, institutional ownership and profitability.
SFL has a net margin of 11.16% compared to SFL's net margin of 10.28%. SFL's return on equity of 9.07% beat Teekay's return on equity.
In the previous week, SFL had 4 more articles in the media than Teekay. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for SFL and 3 mentions for Teekay. Teekay's average media sentiment score of 0.27 beat SFL's score of -0.30 indicating that SFL is being referred to more favorably in the media.
SFL presently has a consensus target price of $12.00, suggesting a potential downside of 11.89%. Given Teekay's higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe SFL is more favorable than Teekay.
SFL has a beta of 0.65, suggesting that its share price is 35% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Teekay has a beta of 0.62, suggesting that its share price is 38% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Teekay received 95 more outperform votes than SFL when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.64% of users gave Teekay an outperform vote while only 56.84% of users gave SFL an outperform vote.
Teekay has higher revenue and earnings than SFL. Teekay is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than SFL, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
28.6% of SFL shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 46.7% of Teekay shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.4% of Teekay shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
Teekay beats SFL on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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