STNG vs. FRO, GLNG, GOGL, TNK, SFL, NAT, TK, WMB, KMI, and LNG
Should you be buying Scorpio Tankers stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Scorpio Tankers include Frontline (FRO), Golar LNG (GLNG), Golden Ocean Group (GOGL), Teekay Tankers (TNK), SFL (SFL), Nordic American Tankers (NAT), Teekay (TK), Williams Companies (WMB), Kinder Morgan (KMI), and Cheniere Energy (LNG). These companies are all part of the "oil & gas storage & transportation" industry.
Scorpio Tankers (NYSE:STNG) and Frontline (NYSE:FRO) are both mid-cap transportation companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, media sentiment, profitability, earnings, institutional ownership, community ranking, valuation, dividends and risk.
Frontline has higher revenue and earnings than Scorpio Tankers. Scorpio Tankers is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Frontline, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Scorpio Tankers had 4 more articles in the media than Frontline. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Scorpio Tankers and 3 mentions for Frontline. Scorpio Tankers' average media sentiment score of 0.84 beat Frontline's score of 0.67 indicating that Scorpio Tankers is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Scorpio Tankers has a beta of 0.16, suggesting that its stock price is 84% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Frontline has a beta of 0.04, suggesting that its stock price is 96% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Scorpio Tankers has a net margin of 47.36% compared to Frontline's net margin of 32.94%. Scorpio Tankers' return on equity of 23.83% beat Frontline's return on equity.
Scorpio Tankers received 75 more outperform votes than Frontline when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.43% of users gave Scorpio Tankers an outperform vote while only 58.21% of users gave Frontline an outperform vote.
Scorpio Tankers pays an annual dividend of $1.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.4%. Frontline pays an annual dividend of $2.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 11.2%. Scorpio Tankers pays out 14.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Frontline pays out 86.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
54.6% of Scorpio Tankers shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 22.7% of Frontline shares are owned by institutional investors. 7.3% of Scorpio Tankers shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 48.1% of Frontline shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Scorpio Tankers currently has a consensus price target of $84.17, indicating a potential upside of 24.30%. Frontline has a consensus price target of $27.58, indicating a potential upside of 24.10%. Given Scorpio Tankers' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Scorpio Tankers is more favorable than Frontline.
Summary
Scorpio Tankers beats Frontline on 15 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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