Tsakos Energy Navigation (TEN) Competitors

LCI Industries (NYSE:LCII) and Tsakos Energy Navigation (NYSE:TEN) are both auto/tires/trucks companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, media sentiment, community ranking, valuation, risk, institutional ownership, profitability, analyst recommendations and dividends.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer LCII or TEN?

Tsakos Energy Navigation received 195 more outperform votes than LCI Industries when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 61.74% of users gave LCI Industries an outperform vote while only 61.65% of users gave Tsakos Energy Navigation an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
LCI Industries	Outperform Votes 313 61.74%	Underperform Votes 194 38.26%
Tsakos Energy Navigation	Outperform Votes 508 61.65%	Underperform Votes 316 38.35%

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in LCII or TEN?

99.7% of LCI Industries shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 19.2% of Tsakos Energy Navigation shares are held by institutional investors. 3.5% of LCI Industries shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.4% of Tsakos Energy Navigation shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Is LCII or TEN more profitable?

Tsakos Energy Navigation has a net margin of 22.57% compared to LCI Industries' net margin of 3.82%. Tsakos Energy Navigation's return on equity of 19.07% beat LCI Industries' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
LCI Industries	3.82%	10.28%	4.80%
Tsakos Energy Navigation	22.57%	19.07%	9.04%

Which has more volatility and risk, LCII or TEN?

LCI Industries has a beta of 1.27, meaning that its share price is 27% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Tsakos Energy Navigation has a beta of -0.16, meaning that its share price is 116% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has preferable earnings and valuation, LCII or TEN?

Tsakos Energy Navigation has lower revenue, but higher earnings than LCI Industries. Tsakos Energy Navigation is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than LCI Industries, 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
LCI Industries	$3.82B	0.60	$142.87M	$6.10	14.86
Tsakos Energy Navigation	$804.06M	0.68	$300.18M	$5.05	3.59

Is LCII or TEN a better dividend stock?

LCI Industries pays an annual dividend of $4.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.1%. Tsakos Energy Navigation pays an annual dividend of $1.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 9.9%. LCI Industries pays out 75.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Tsakos Energy Navigation pays out 35.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. LCI Industries has increased its dividend for 8 consecutive years. Tsakos Energy Navigation is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Does the media refer more to LCII or TEN?

In the previous week, LCI Industries had 1 more articles in the media than Tsakos Energy Navigation. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for LCI Industries and 2 mentions for Tsakos Energy Navigation. Tsakos Energy Navigation's average media sentiment score of 1.17 beat LCI Industries' score of -0.11 indicating that Tsakos Energy Navigation is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
LCI Industries	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Tsakos Energy Navigation	1 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do analysts prefer LCII or TEN?

LCI Industries currently has a consensus price target of $114.50, indicating a potential upside of 26.34%. Tsakos Energy Navigation has a consensus price target of $31.00, indicating a potential upside of 71.03%. Given Tsakos Energy Navigation's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Tsakos Energy Navigation is more favorable than LCI Industries.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
LCI Industries	0 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.33
Tsakos Energy Navigation	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Summary

Tsakos Energy Navigation beats LCI Industries on 12 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.