TORM (TRMD) Competitors

HF Sinclair (NYSE:DINO) and TORM (NASDAQ:TRMD) are both energy companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, valuation, institutional ownership, community ranking, earnings, profitability, dividends, media sentiment and analyst recommendations.

Do insiders & institutionals hold more shares of DINO or TRMD?

88.3% of HF Sinclair shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 73.9% of TORM shares are held by institutional investors. 0.3% of HF Sinclair shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.4% of TORM shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Is DINO or TRMD a better dividend stock?

HF Sinclair pays an annual dividend of $2.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.4%. TORM pays an annual dividend of $1.75 per share and has a dividend yield of 10.7%. HF Sinclair pays out 243.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. TORM pays out 27.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. TORM is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Do analysts prefer DINO or TRMD?

HF Sinclair currently has a consensus target price of $44.50, indicating a potential upside of 42.11%. TORM has a consensus target price of $27.50, indicating a potential upside of 67.48%. Given TORM's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe TORM is more favorable than HF Sinclair.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
HF Sinclair	0 Sell rating(s)	7 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.42
TORM	1 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.25

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in DINO or TRMD?

HF Sinclair received 31 more outperform votes than TORM when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 42.11% of users gave TORM an outperform vote while only 33.62% of users gave HF Sinclair an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
HF Sinclair	Outperform Votes 39 33.62%	Underperform Votes 77 66.38%
TORM	Outperform Votes 8 42.11%	Underperform Votes 11 57.89%

Is DINO or TRMD more profitable?

TORM has a net margin of 43.81% compared to HF Sinclair's net margin of 0.62%. TORM's return on equity of 34.45% beat HF Sinclair's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
HF Sinclair	0.62%	1.98%	1.13%
TORM	43.81%	34.45%	20.31%

Which has more risk and volatility, DINO or TRMD?

HF Sinclair has a beta of 1, suggesting that its stock price has a similar volatility profile to the S&P 500.Comparatively, TORM has a beta of 0.2, suggesting that its stock price is 80% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media favor DINO or TRMD?

In the previous week, HF Sinclair had 9 more articles in the media than TORM. MarketBeat recorded 16 mentions for HF Sinclair and 7 mentions for TORM. HF Sinclair's average media sentiment score of 1.01 beat TORM's score of 0.92 indicating that HF Sinclair is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
HF Sinclair	11 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
TORM	3 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has stronger valuation and earnings, DINO or TRMD?

HF Sinclair has higher revenue and earnings than TORM. TORM is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than HF Sinclair, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
HF Sinclair	$28.58B	0.21	$1.59B	$0.82	38.19
TORM	$1.56B	0.99	$648.27M	$6.38	2.57

Summary

HF Sinclair and TORM tied by winning 10 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.