Tsakos Energy Navigation (TEN) Competitors

Tsakos Energy Navigation (NYSE:TEN) and Gentherm (NASDAQ:THRM) are both small-cap transportation companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, community ranking, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, dividends, profitability, valuation, risk and earnings.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer TEN or THRM?

Tsakos Energy Navigation received 121 more outperform votes than Gentherm when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 63.13% of users gave Gentherm an outperform vote while only 61.65% of users gave Tsakos Energy Navigation an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Tsakos Energy Navigation	Outperform Votes 508 61.65%	Underperform Votes 316 38.35%
Gentherm	Outperform Votes 387 63.13%	Underperform Votes 226 36.87%

Does the media refer more to TEN or THRM?

In the previous week, Gentherm had 1 more articles in the media than Tsakos Energy Navigation. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Gentherm and 4 mentions for Tsakos Energy Navigation. Gentherm's average media sentiment score of 1.79 beat Tsakos Energy Navigation's score of 1.08 indicating that Gentherm is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Tsakos Energy Navigation	2 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Gentherm	5 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive

Do analysts recommend TEN or THRM?

Tsakos Energy Navigation currently has a consensus price target of $31.00, indicating a potential upside of 73.01%. Gentherm has a consensus price target of $48.00, indicating a potential upside of 77.78%. Given Gentherm's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Gentherm is more favorable than Tsakos Energy Navigation.

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

Do institutionals & insiders believe in TEN or THRM?

19.2% of Tsakos Energy Navigation shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 97.1% of Gentherm shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.0% of Tsakos Energy Navigation shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.4% of Gentherm shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Which has more volatility & risk, TEN or THRM?

Tsakos Energy Navigation has a beta of -0.25, indicating that its share price is 125% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Gentherm has a beta of 1.44, indicating that its share price is 44% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is TEN or THRM more profitable?

Tsakos Energy Navigation has a net margin of 22.57% compared to Gentherm's net margin of 4.46%. Tsakos Energy Navigation's return on equity of 19.07% beat Gentherm's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Tsakos Energy Navigation	22.57%	19.07%	9.04%
Gentherm	4.46%	11.43%	5.82%

Which has preferable earnings and valuation, TEN or THRM?

Tsakos Energy Navigation has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Gentherm. Tsakos Energy Navigation is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Gentherm, 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
Tsakos Energy Navigation	$804.06M	0.67	$300.18M	$5.05	3.55
Gentherm	$1.45B	0.57	$40.34M	$1.60	16.88

Summary

Tsakos Energy Navigation and Gentherm tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.