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 businesses based on the strength of their profitability, valuation, dividends, community ranking, earnings, risk, media sentiment, analyst recommendations and institutional ownership.

Which has stronger valuation and earnings, 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	$1.09B	1.41	$513.67M	$9.33	4.81
Golar LNG	$257.92M	16.99	-$46.79M	$0.03	1,397.33

Does the media refer more to TNK or GLNG?

In the previous week, Golar LNG had 1 more articles in the media than Teekay Tankers. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Golar LNG and 3 mentions for Teekay Tankers. Golar LNG's average media sentiment score of 0.51 beat Teekay Tankers' score of 0.00 indicating that Golar LNG is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

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

Do analysts rate TNK or GLNG?

Teekay Tankers presently has a consensus target price of $50.67, indicating a potential upside of 12.95%. Golar LNG has a consensus target price of $49.70, indicating a potential upside of 18.56%. Given Golar LNG's stronger consensus rating and higher possible 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

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in TNK or GLNG?

Golar LNG received 30 more outperform votes than Teekay Tankers when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.61% of users gave Golar LNG an outperform vote while only 60.59% of users gave Teekay Tankers an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Teekay Tankers	Outperform Votes 449 60.59%	Underperform Votes 292 39.41%
Golar LNG	Outperform Votes 479 63.61%	Underperform Votes 274 36.39%

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 2.2%. Golar LNG pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.4%. Teekay Tankers pays out 10.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Golar LNG pays out 3,333.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Teekay Tankers has increased its dividend for 2 consecutive years and Golar LNG has increased its dividend for 2 consecutive years.

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%

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of 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 company insiders. Comparatively, 0.0% of Golar LNG shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has more risk and volatility, TNK or GLNG?

Teekay Tankers has a beta of -0.03, indicating that its share price is 103% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Golar LNG has a beta of 0.57, indicating that its share price is 43% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Golar LNG beats Teekay Tankers on 13 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.