Scorpio Tankers (STNG) Competitors

Scorpio Tankers (NYSE:STNG) and Golar LNG (NASDAQ:GLNG) are both transportation companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, valuation, dividends, community ranking, earnings, risk, media sentiment, analyst recommendations and institutional ownership.

Is STNG or GLNG a better dividend stock?

Scorpio Tankers pays an annual dividend of $1.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.2%. Golar LNG pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.4%. Scorpio Tankers pays out 12.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Golar LNG pays out 208.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Scorpio Tankers is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Is STNG or GLNG more profitable?

Scorpio Tankers has a net margin of 53.76% compared to Golar LNG's net margin of 4.92%. Scorpio Tankers' return on equity of 18.01% beat Golar LNG's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Scorpio Tankers	53.76%	18.01%	12.91%
Golar LNG	4.92%	9.12%	5.78%

Do analysts rate STNG or GLNG?

Scorpio Tankers presently has a consensus target price of $61.25, indicating a potential upside of 59.75%. Golar LNG has a consensus target price of $49.70, indicating a potential upside of 16.80%. Given Scorpio Tankers' higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Scorpio Tankers is more favorable than Golar LNG.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Scorpio Tankers	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.40
Golar LNG	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	2 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.29

Which has stronger valuation and earnings, STNG or GLNG?

Scorpio Tankers has higher revenue and earnings than Golar LNG. Scorpio Tankers is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Golar LNG, 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
Scorpio Tankers	$1.24B	1.54	$668.77M	$13.04	2.94
Golar LNG	$260.37M	17.08	-$46.79M	$0.48	88.65

Does the media refer more to STNG or GLNG?

In the previous week, Golar LNG had 1 more articles in the media than Scorpio Tankers. MarketBeat recorded 16 mentions for Golar LNG and 15 mentions for Scorpio Tankers. Golar LNG's average media sentiment score of 0.99 beat Scorpio Tankers' score of 0.64 indicating that Golar LNG is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Scorpio Tankers	8 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	5 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Golar LNG	11 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of STNG or GLNG?

54.6% of Scorpio Tankers shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 92.2% of Golar LNG shares are held by institutional investors. 7.3% of Scorpio Tankers shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.0% of Golar LNG shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in STNG or GLNG?

Scorpio Tankers received 79 more outperform votes than Golar LNG when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.39% of users gave Scorpio Tankers an outperform vote while only 63.65% of users gave Golar LNG an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Scorpio Tankers	Outperform Votes 557 66.39%	Underperform Votes 282 33.61%
Golar LNG	Outperform Votes 478 63.65%	Underperform Votes 273 36.35%

Which has more risk and volatility, STNG or GLNG?

Scorpio Tankers has a beta of -0.01, indicating that its share price is 101% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Golar LNG has a beta of 0.47, indicating that its share price is 53% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Scorpio Tankers beats Golar LNG on 12 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.