Teekay (TK) Competitors

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

Do analysts prefer SFL or TK?

SFL currently has a consensus target price of $11.00, indicating a potential upside of 1.29%. Given Teekay's higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe SFL is more favorable than Teekay.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
SFL	0 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00
Teekay	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A

Which has more volatility and risk, SFL or TK?

SFL has a beta of 0.79, suggesting that its share price is 21% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Teekay has a beta of 0.85, suggesting that its share price is 15% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in SFL or TK?

29.0% of SFL shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 77.8% of Teekay shares are held by institutional investors. 2.4% of Teekay shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the media prefer SFL or TK?

In the previous week, SFL had 6 more articles in the media than Teekay. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for SFL and 2 mentions for Teekay. SFL's average media sentiment score of 0.88 beat Teekay's score of 0.19 indicating that Teekay is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
SFL	0 Very Positive mention(s)	4 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 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

Which has higher valuation & earnings, SFL or TK?

SFL has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Teekay. 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	$670.39M	2.24	$202.77M	$0.95	11.43
Teekay	$1.19B	0.46	$78.41M	$1.59	3.79

Is SFL or TK more profitable?

SFL has a net margin of 17.31% compared to SFL's net margin of 10.68%. SFL's return on equity of 10.68% beat Teekay's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
SFL	17.31%	8.57%	2.43%
Teekay	10.68%	10.68%	7.25%

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer SFL or TK?

Teekay received 96 more outperform votes than SFL when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.57% of users gave Teekay an outperform vote while only 56.90% of users gave SFL an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
SFL	Outperform Votes 239 56.90%	Underperform Votes 181 43.10%
Teekay	Outperform Votes 335 63.57%	Underperform Votes 192 36.43%

Summary

Teekay beats SFL on 10 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.