TORM (TRMD) Competitors

TORM (NASDAQ:TRMD) and South Bow (NYSE:SOBO) are both transportation companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, profitability, risk, dividends, institutional ownership, community ranking, earnings, valuation and analyst recommendations.

Is TRMD or SOBO more profitable?

TORM has a net margin of 43.81% compared to South Bow's net margin of 0.00%. TORM's return on equity of 34.45% beat South Bow's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
TORM	43.81%	34.45%	20.31%
South Bow	N/A	N/A	N/A

Is TRMD or SOBO a better dividend stock?

TORM pays an annual dividend of $1.16 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.4%. South Bow pays an annual dividend of $2.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.3%. TORM pays out 24.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. South Bow pays out 108.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

Do insiders & institutionals believe in TRMD or SOBO?

73.9% of TORM shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.4% of TORM shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Do analysts prefer TRMD or SOBO?

TORM currently has a consensus target price of $27.50, suggesting a potential upside of 51.52%. South Bow has a consensus target price of $28.60, suggesting a potential upside of 4.92%. Given TORM's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe TORM is more favorable than South Bow.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
TORM	1 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.80
South Bow	2 Sell rating(s)	8 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	2 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.23

Does the media favor TRMD or SOBO?

In the previous week, TORM and TORM both had 3 articles in the media. TORM's average media sentiment score of 1.54 beat South Bow's score of 1.21 indicating that TORM is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
TORM	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive
South Bow	2 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Does the MarketBeat Community favor TRMD or SOBO?

TORM received 5 more outperform votes than South Bow when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 47.62% of users gave TORM an outperform vote while only 29.41% of users gave South Bow an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
TORM	Outperform Votes 10 47.62%	Underperform Votes 11 52.38%
South Bow	Outperform Votes 5 29.41%	Underperform Votes 12 70.59%

Which has stronger valuation & earnings, TRMD or SOBO?

TORM has higher earnings, but lower revenue than South Bow. TORM is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than South Bow, 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
TORM	$1.44B	1.18	$648.27M	$4.74	3.83
South Bow	$2.07B	2.74	$385.21M	$1.85	14.74

Summary

TORM beats South Bow on 14 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.