Teekay Tankers (TNK) Competitors

Teekay Tankers (NYSE:TNK) and Torm (NASDAQ:TRMD) are both transportation companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, analyst recommendations, risk, earnings, media sentiment, institutional ownership, profitability and dividends.

Do analysts recommend TNK or TRMD?

Teekay Tankers presently has a consensus price target of $50.67, suggesting a potential downside of 5.19%. Torm has a consensus price target of $27.50, suggesting a potential upside of 21.84%. Given Torm's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Torm is more favorable than Teekay Tankers.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Teekay Tankers	1 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.60
Torm	1 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.20

Is TNK or TRMD a better dividend stock?

Teekay Tankers pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.9%. Torm pays an annual dividend of $1.17 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.2%. Teekay Tankers pays out 12.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Torm pays out 35.5% 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. Teekay Tankers has raised its dividend for 2 consecutive years.

Is TNK or TRMD more profitable?

Teekay Tankers has a net margin of 28.94% compared to Torm's net margin of 24.90%. Torm's return on equity of 15.73% beat Teekay Tankers' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Teekay Tankers	28.94%	11.48%	10.33%
Torm	24.90%	15.73%	9.56%

Does the media refer more to TNK or TRMD?

In the previous week, Teekay Tankers had 1 more articles in the media than Torm. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Teekay Tankers and 3 mentions for Torm. Torm's average media sentiment score of 1.28 beat Teekay Tankers' score of 0.87 indicating that Torm is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

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

Which has better earnings and valuation, TNK or TRMD?

Torm has higher revenue and earnings than Teekay Tankers. Teekay Tankers is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Torm, 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
Teekay Tankers	$1.23B	1.49	$403.67M	$8.05	6.64
Torm	$1.56B	1.36	$612.50M	$3.30	6.84

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in TNK or TRMD?

52.7% of Teekay Tankers shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 73.9% of Torm shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.9% of Teekay Tankers shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.4% of Torm shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Teekay Tankers beats Torm on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.