Teekay (TK) Competitors

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

Does the MarketBeat Community favor SFL or TK?

Teekay received 95 more outperform votes than SFL when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.64% of users gave Teekay an outperform vote while only 56.84% of users gave SFL an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
SFL	Outperform Votes 241 56.84%	Underperform Votes 183 43.16%
Teekay	Outperform Votes 336 63.64%	Underperform Votes 192 36.36%

Is SFL or TK more profitable?

SFL has a net margin of 11.16% compared to SFL's net margin of 10.28%. SFL's return on equity of 9.07% beat Teekay's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
SFL	11.16%	8.04%	2.25%
Teekay	10.28%	9.07%	7.03%

Which has higher valuation and earnings, SFL or TK?

Teekay has higher revenue and earnings than SFL. Teekay is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than SFL, 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
SFL	$752.29M	2.33	$83.94M	$0.66	19.20
Teekay	$1.46B	0.45	$150.64M	$1.53	4.71

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of SFL or TK?

28.6% of SFL shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 46.7% of Teekay shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.4% of Teekay shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the media favor SFL or TK?

In the previous week, SFL had 5 more articles in the media than Teekay. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for SFL and 2 mentions for Teekay. SFL's average media sentiment score of 0.96 beat Teekay's score of 0.46 indicating that Teekay is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
SFL	2 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Teekay	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do analysts rate SFL or TK?

SFL presently has a consensus target price of $12.00, indicating a potential downside of 4.91%. Given Teekay's higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe SFL is more favorable than Teekay.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
SFL	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.33
Teekay	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A

Which has more risk & volatility, SFL or TK?

SFL has a beta of 0.66, meaning that its stock price is 34% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Teekay has a beta of 0.63, meaning that its stock price is 37% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Teekay beats SFL on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.