Tsakos Energy Navigation (TEN) Competitors

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

Does the media refer more to LCII or TEN?

In the previous week, LCI Industries had 12 more articles in the media than Tsakos Energy Navigation. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for LCI Industries and 1 mentions for Tsakos Energy Navigation. LCI Industries' average media sentiment score of 1.09 beat Tsakos Energy Navigation's score of 0.10 indicating that LCI Industries is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
LCI Industries	10 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Tsakos Energy Navigation	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

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 6.0%. Tsakos Energy Navigation pays an annual dividend of $1.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 10.8%. LCI Industries pays out 82.1% 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. Tsakos Energy Navigation is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in LCII or TEN?

Tsakos Energy Navigation received 196 more outperform votes than LCI Industries when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 62.03% of users gave LCI Industries an outperform vote while only 61.73% of users gave Tsakos Energy Navigation an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
LCI Industries	Outperform Votes 312 62.03%	Underperform Votes 191 37.97%
Tsakos Energy Navigation	Outperform Votes 508 61.73%	Underperform Votes 315 38.27%

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%

Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of LCII or TEN?

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

Which has stronger 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	$3.74B	0.52	$142.87M	$5.60	13.74
Tsakos Energy Navigation	$804.06M	0.63	$300.18M	$5.05	3.31

Which has more volatility and risk, LCII or TEN?

LCI Industries has a beta of 1.36, suggesting that its share price is 36% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Tsakos Energy Navigation has a beta of -0.2, suggesting that its share price is 120% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts rate LCII or TEN?

LCI Industries presently has a consensus price target of $111.60, indicating a potential upside of 45.03%. Tsakos Energy Navigation has a consensus price target of $31.00, indicating a potential upside of 85.52%. 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)	5 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.29
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 11 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.