FRO vs. TRMD, ASC, DHT, INSW, NAT, STNG, TK, TNK, GLNG, and GOGL
Should you be buying Frontline stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Frontline include Torm (TRMD), Ardmore Shipping (ASC), DHT (DHT), International Seaways (INSW), Nordic American Tankers (NAT), Scorpio Tankers (STNG), Teekay (TK), Teekay Tankers (TNK), Golar LNG (GLNG), and Golden Ocean Group (GOGL).
Frontline vs. Its Competitors
Frontline (NYSE:FRO) and Torm (NASDAQ:TRMD) are both transportation companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, valuation, media sentiment, earnings, analyst recommendations, risk, institutional ownership and dividends.
Frontline presently has a consensus price target of $20.62, suggesting a potential upside of 7.75%. Torm has a consensus price target of $27.50, suggesting a potential upside of 43.01%. Given Torm's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Torm is more favorable than Frontline.
Torm has a net margin of 32.20% compared to Frontline's net margin of 17.67%. Torm's return on equity of 22.40% beat Frontline's return on equity.
Torm has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Frontline. Torm is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Frontline, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Frontline has a beta of 0.22, indicating that its share price is 78% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Torm has a beta of 0.12, indicating that its share price is 88% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Frontline pays an annual dividend of $0.72 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.8%. Torm pays an annual dividend of $1.17 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.1%. Frontline pays out 46.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Torm pays out 24.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Torm is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
22.7% of Frontline shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 73.9% of Torm shares are owned by institutional investors. 48.1% of Frontline shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.4% of Torm shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, Frontline had 1 more articles in the media than Torm. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Frontline and 1 mentions for Torm. Torm's average media sentiment score of 1.76 beat Frontline's score of 1.11 indicating that Torm is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
Torm beats Frontline on 10 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
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Media Sentiment Over Time
This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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This page (NYSE:FRO) was last updated on 8/9/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
