Teekay Tankers (TNK) Competitors

Teekay Tankers (NYSE:TNK) and Golar LNG (NASDAQ:GLNG) are both transportation companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, dividends, institutional ownership, earnings, analyst recommendations, risk, valuation, community ranking and media sentiment.

Is TNK or GLNG a better dividend stock?

Teekay Tankers pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.3%. Golar LNG pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.5%. Teekay Tankers pays out 8.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Golar LNG pays out 208.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

Do analysts rate TNK or GLNG?

Teekay Tankers currently has a consensus price target of $50.67, suggesting a potential upside of 14.79%. Golar LNG has a consensus price target of $49.70, suggesting a potential upside of 25.38%. Given Golar LNG's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Golar LNG is more favorable than Teekay Tankers.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Teekay Tankers	1 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.75
Golar LNG	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	2 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.29

Is TNK or GLNG more profitable?

Teekay Tankers has a net margin of 34.55% compared to Golar LNG's net margin of 4.92%. Teekay Tankers' return on equity of 20.67% beat Golar LNG's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Teekay Tankers	34.55%	20.67%	18.63%
Golar LNG	4.92%	9.12%	5.78%

Which has higher earnings and valuation, TNK or GLNG?

Teekay Tankers has higher revenue and earnings than Golar LNG. Teekay Tankers is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Golar LNG, 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	1.23	$513.67M	$11.32	3.90
Golar LNG	$260.37M	15.91	-$46.79M	$0.48	82.58

Which has more risk & volatility, TNK or GLNG?

Teekay Tankers has a beta of -0.16, suggesting that its stock price is 116% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Golar LNG has a beta of 0.47, suggesting that its stock price is 53% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media refer more to TNK or GLNG?

In the previous week, Golar LNG had 9 more articles in the media than Teekay Tankers. MarketBeat recorded 16 mentions for Golar LNG and 7 mentions for Teekay Tankers. Teekay Tankers' average media sentiment score of 1.17 beat Golar LNG's score of 1.08 indicating that Teekay Tankers is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Teekay Tankers	6 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Golar LNG	12 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in TNK or GLNG?

52.7% of Teekay Tankers shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 92.2% of Golar LNG shares are held by institutional investors. 1.9% of Teekay Tankers shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.0% of Golar LNG shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor TNK or GLNG?

Golar LNG received 30 more outperform votes than Teekay Tankers when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.65% of users gave Golar LNG an outperform vote while only 60.54% of users gave Teekay Tankers an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Teekay Tankers	Outperform Votes 448 60.54%	Underperform Votes 292 39.46%
Golar LNG	Outperform Votes 478 63.65%	Underperform Votes 273 36.35%

Summary

Golar LNG beats Teekay Tankers on 12 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.