SFL vs. TK, STNG, FRO, DHT, DAC, CMRE, NVGS, LPG, ZIM, and GSL
Should you be buying SFL stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of SFL include Teekay (TK), Scorpio Tankers (STNG), Frontline (FRO), DHT (DHT), Danaos (DAC), Costamare (CMRE), Navigator (NVGS), Dorian LPG (LPG), ZIM Integrated Shipping Services (ZIM), and Global Ship Lease (GSL). These companies are all part of the "deep sea foreign transportation of freight" industry.
SFL vs.
SFL (NYSE:SFL) and Teekay (NYSE:TK) are both small-cap transportation companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, earnings, community ranking, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, risk, dividends, institutional ownership and profitability.
Teekay received 95 more outperform votes than SFL when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.50% of users gave Teekay an outperform vote while only 57.59% of users gave SFL an outperform vote.
SFL has a beta of 0.78, suggesting that its share price is 22% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Teekay has a beta of 0.8, suggesting that its share price is 20% less volatile than the S&P 500.
SFL has a net margin of 23.45% compared to Teekay's net margin of 9.04%. SFL's return on equity of 11.29% beat Teekay's return on equity.
31.2% of SFL shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 20.5% 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, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
SFL presently has a consensus target price of $12.00, suggesting a potential upside of 27.52%. Given SFL's higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe SFL is more favorable than Teekay.
In the previous week, SFL had 8 more articles in the media than Teekay. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for SFL and 4 mentions for Teekay. Teekay's average media sentiment score of 0.98 beat SFL's score of 0.60 indicating that Teekay is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
SFL has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Teekay. Teekay is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than SFL, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
SFL beats Teekay on 9 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
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