Tsakos Energy Navigation (TEN) Competitors

Tsakos Energy Navigation (NYSE:TEN) and Dana (NYSE:DAN) are both auto parts & equipment companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, analyst recommendations, valuation, institutional ownership, media sentiment, dividends, earnings and risk.

Which has more volatility & risk, TEN or DAN?

Tsakos Energy Navigation has a beta of -0.13, indicating that its stock price is 113% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Dana has a beta of 2.09, indicating that its stock price is 109% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is TEN or DAN a better dividend stock?

Tsakos Energy Navigation pays an annual dividend of $1.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.7%. Dana pays an annual dividend of $0.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.1%. Tsakos Energy Navigation pays out 42.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Dana pays out -250.0% 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.

Do analysts recommend TEN or DAN?

Tsakos Energy Navigation currently has a consensus price target of $31.00, indicating a potential upside of 46.57%. Dana has a consensus price target of $21.86, indicating a potential upside of 15.40%. Given Tsakos Energy Navigation's higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Tsakos Energy Navigation is more favorable than Dana.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Tsakos Energy Navigation	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.25
Dana	1 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	6 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.56

Is TEN or DAN more profitable?

Tsakos Energy Navigation has a net margin of 14.17% compared to Dana's net margin of -0.26%. Tsakos Energy Navigation's return on equity of 12.03% beat Dana's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Tsakos Energy Navigation	14.17%	12.03%	5.69%
Dana	-0.26%	5.65%	1.02%

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

19.2% of Tsakos Energy Navigation shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 96.8% of Dana shares are held by institutional investors. 1.0% of Tsakos Energy Navigation shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.5% of Dana shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Does the media refer more to TEN or DAN?

In the previous week, Tsakos Energy Navigation had 3 more articles in the media than Dana. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Tsakos Energy Navigation and 1 mentions for Dana. Dana's average media sentiment score of 0.34 beat Tsakos Energy Navigation's score of 0.18 indicating that Dana 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)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Dana	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Which has preferable earnings & valuation, TEN or DAN?

Tsakos Energy Navigation has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Dana. Dana is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Tsakos Energy Navigation, 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	0.79	$176.23M	$2.80	7.55
Dana	$10.28B	0.24	-$57M	-$0.16	-118.38

Summary

Tsakos Energy Navigation beats Dana on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.