Teekay Tankers (TNK) Competitors

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

Is TRMD or TNK more profitable?

Torm has a net margin of 32.20% compared to Teekay Tankers' net margin of 31.45%. Torm's return on equity of 22.40% beat Teekay Tankers' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Torm	32.20%	22.40%	13.44%
Teekay Tankers	31.45%	15.05%	13.56%

Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of TRMD or TNK?

73.9% of Torm shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 52.7% of Teekay Tankers shares are held by institutional investors. 0.4% of Torm shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.9% of Teekay Tankers shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, TRMD or TNK?

Torm has higher revenue and earnings than Teekay Tankers. Torm is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Teekay Tankers, 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
Torm	$1.44B	1.16	$612.50M	$4.74	3.76
Teekay Tankers	$1.23B	1.24	$403.67M	$9.33	4.77

Which has more volatility and risk, TRMD or TNK?

Torm has a beta of 0.14, indicating that its stock price is 86% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Teekay Tankers has a beta of -0.04, indicating that its stock price is 104% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts recommend TRMD or TNK?

Torm presently has a consensus target price of $27.50, suggesting a potential upside of 54.32%. Teekay Tankers has a consensus target price of $50.67, suggesting a potential upside of 13.78%. Given Torm's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe Torm is more favorable than Teekay Tankers.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Torm	1 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.80
Teekay Tankers	1 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.75

Is TRMD or TNK a better dividend stock?

Torm pays an annual dividend of $1.16 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.5%. Teekay Tankers pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.2%. Torm pays out 24.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Teekay Tankers pays out 10.7% 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 increased its dividend for 2 consecutive years.

Does the media refer more to TRMD or TNK?

In the previous week, Torm had 2 more articles in the media than Teekay Tankers. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Torm and 2 mentions for Teekay Tankers. Teekay Tankers' average media sentiment score of 0.61 beat Torm's score of 0.17 indicating that Teekay Tankers is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

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

Summary

Torm beats Teekay Tankers on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.