Scorpio Tankers (STNG) Competitors

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

Is TRMD or STNG a better dividend stock?

Torm pays an annual dividend of $1.17 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.4%. Scorpio Tankers pays an annual dividend of $1.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.5%. Torm pays out 24.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Scorpio Tankers pays out 15.8% 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 raised its dividend for 2 consecutive years.

Which has better valuation and earnings, 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	1.10	$612.50M	$4.74	3.85
Scorpio Tankers	$1.24B	1.86	$668.77M	$10.15	4.47

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

Is TRMD or STNG more profitable?

Scorpio Tankers has a net margin of 48.08% compared to Torm's net margin of 32.20%. Torm's return on equity of 22.40% beat Scorpio Tankers' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Torm	32.20%	22.40%	13.44%
Scorpio Tankers	48.08%	12.30%	9.08%

Do analysts rate TRMD or STNG?

Torm currently has a consensus price target of $27.50, suggesting a potential upside of 50.85%. Scorpio Tankers has a consensus price target of $60.50, suggesting a potential upside of 33.38%. Given Torm's higher probable upside, research analysts clearly 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)	0 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.80
Scorpio Tankers	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.80

Which has more risk and volatility, TRMD or STNG?

Torm has a beta of 0.14, indicating that its stock price is 86% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Scorpio Tankers has a beta of -0.04, indicating that its stock price is 104% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media favor TRMD or STNG?

In the previous week, Scorpio Tankers had 5 more articles in the media than Torm. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for Scorpio Tankers and 5 mentions for Torm. Scorpio Tankers' average media sentiment score of 0.60 beat Torm's score of 0.45 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	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Scorpio Tankers	3 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

Scorpio Tankers beats Torm on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.