Scorpio Tankers (STNG) Competitors

Torm (NASDAQ:TRMD) and Scorpio Tankers (NYSE:STNG) are both mid-cap transportation companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, institutional ownership, earnings, dividends and profitability.

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in TRMD or STNG?

73.9% of Torm shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 54.6% of Scorpio Tankers shares are held by institutional investors. 0.4% of Torm shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 7.3% of Scorpio Tankers shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Is TRMD or STNG a better dividend stock?

Torm pays an annual dividend of $1.17 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.2%. Scorpio Tankers pays an annual dividend of $1.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.7%. Torm pays out 35.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Scorpio Tankers pays out 21.8% 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. Scorpio Tankers has increased its dividend for 2 consecutive years.

Do analysts recommend TRMD or STNG?

Torm currently has a consensus price target of $27.50, indicating a potential upside of 21.90%. Scorpio Tankers has a consensus price target of $59.00, indicating a potential upside of 0.31%. Given Torm's higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe Torm is more favorable than Scorpio Tankers.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Torm	1 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.20
Scorpio Tankers	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Which has preferable earnings and valuation, TRMD or STNG?

Scorpio Tankers has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Torm. Torm is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Scorpio Tankers, 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	$1.56B	1.36	$612.50M	$3.30	6.84
Scorpio Tankers	$1.24B	2.41	$668.77M	$7.34	8.01

Does the media prefer TRMD or STNG?

In the previous week, Scorpio Tankers had 10 more articles in the media than Torm. MarketBeat recorded 18 mentions for Scorpio Tankers and 8 mentions for Torm. Scorpio Tankers' average media sentiment score of 0.95 beat Torm's score of 0.75 indicating that Scorpio Tankers is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Torm	1 Very Positive mention(s)	3 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Scorpio Tankers	6 Very Positive mention(s)	3 Positive mention(s)	7 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is TRMD or STNG more profitable?

Scorpio Tankers has a net margin of 39.18% compared to Torm's net margin of 24.90%. Torm's return on equity of 15.73% beat Scorpio Tankers' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Torm	24.90%	15.73%	9.56%
Scorpio Tankers	39.18%	8.08%	6.01%

Which has more risk & volatility, TRMD or STNG?

Torm has a beta of 0.12, indicating that its share price is 88% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Scorpio Tankers has a beta of 0.04, indicating that its share price is 96% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Scorpio Tankers beats Torm on 13 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.