Tsakos Energy Navigation (TEN) Competitors

Tsakos Energy Navigation (NYSE:TEN) and LCI Industries (NYSE:LCII) are both auto parts & equipment companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their risk, earnings, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, dividends, valuation, profitability and institutional ownership.

Do analysts rate TEN or LCII?

Tsakos Energy Navigation currently has a consensus price target of $31.00, suggesting a potential upside of 35.46%. LCI Industries has a consensus price target of $103.25, suggesting a potential upside of 4.51%. Given Tsakos Energy Navigation's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe Tsakos Energy Navigation is more favorable than LCI Industries.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Tsakos Energy Navigation	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.75
LCI Industries	1 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00

Which has stronger valuation & earnings, TEN or LCII?

Tsakos Energy Navigation has higher earnings, but lower revenue 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
Tsakos Energy Navigation	$804.06M	0.86	$176.23M	$2.80	8.17
LCI Industries	$3.74B	0.64	$142.87M	$5.99	16.49

Which has more volatility and risk, TEN or LCII?

Tsakos Energy Navigation has a beta of -0.07, indicating that its share price is 107% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, LCI Industries has a beta of 1.34, indicating that its share price is 34% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is TEN or LCII a better dividend stock?

Tsakos Energy Navigation pays an annual dividend of $1.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.2%. LCI Industries pays an annual dividend of $4.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.7%. Tsakos Energy Navigation pays out 42.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. LCI Industries pays out 76.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. 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.

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

19.2% of Tsakos Energy Navigation shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 99.7% of LCI Industries shares are held by institutional investors. 1.0% of Tsakos Energy Navigation shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 3.5% of LCI Industries shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Is TEN or LCII more profitable?

Tsakos Energy Navigation has a net margin of 14.17% compared to LCI Industries' net margin of 3.93%. Tsakos Energy Navigation's return on equity of 18.25% beat LCI Industries' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Tsakos Energy Navigation	14.17%	18.25%	8.64%
LCI Industries	3.93%	11.57%	5.27%

Does the media refer more to TEN or LCII?

In the previous week, Tsakos Energy Navigation had 7 more articles in the media than LCI Industries. MarketBeat recorded 15 mentions for Tsakos Energy Navigation and 8 mentions for LCI Industries. LCI Industries' average media sentiment score of 1.56 beat Tsakos Energy Navigation's score of 1.05 indicating that LCI Industries is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Tsakos Energy Navigation	6 Very Positive mention(s)	4 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
LCI Industries	7 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive

Summary

Tsakos Energy Navigation beats LCI Industries on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.