TNP vs. GSL, EGLE, TK, ASC, GNK, SB, OSG, NVGS, SMHI, and CPLP
Should you be buying Tsakos Energy Navigation stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Tsakos Energy Navigation include Global Ship Lease (GSL), Eagle Bulk Shipping (EGLE), Teekay (TK), Ardmore Shipping (ASC), Genco Shipping & Trading (GNK), Safe Bulkers (SB), Overseas Shipholding Group (OSG), Navigator (NVGS), SEACOR Marine (SMHI), and Capital Product Partners (CPLP). These companies are all part of the "deep sea foreign transportation of freight" industry.
Tsakos Energy Navigation (NYSE:TNP) and Global Ship Lease (NYSE:GSL) are both small-cap transportation companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, valuation, institutional ownership, risk, media sentiment, community ranking, earnings, dividends and profitability.
Global Ship Lease has a net margin of 45.12% compared to Tsakos Energy Navigation's net margin of 33.74%. Tsakos Energy Navigation's return on equity of 44.36% beat Global Ship Lease's return on equity.
19.2% of Tsakos Energy Navigation shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 50.1% of Global Ship Lease shares are held by institutional investors. 1.0% of Tsakos Energy Navigation shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 7.4% of Global Ship Lease shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Tsakos Energy Navigation has a beta of -0.14, suggesting that its share price is 114% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Global Ship Lease has a beta of 1.5, suggesting that its share price is 50% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Tsakos Energy Navigation received 297 more outperform votes than Global Ship Lease when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 71.04% of users gave Tsakos Energy Navigation an outperform vote while only 59.41% of users gave Global Ship Lease an outperform vote.
Tsakos Energy Navigation currently has a consensus price target of $30.00, suggesting a potential upside of 18.34%. Global Ship Lease has a consensus price target of $25.00, suggesting a potential upside of 11.26%. Given Tsakos Energy Navigation's higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe Tsakos Energy Navigation is more favorable than Global Ship Lease.
Tsakos Energy Navigation pays an annual dividend of $0.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.4%. Global Ship Lease pays an annual dividend of $1.50 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.7%. Tsakos Energy Navigation pays out 6.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Global Ship Lease pays out 18.0% 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.
Global Ship Lease has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Tsakos Energy Navigation. Global Ship Lease is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Tsakos Energy Navigation, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Global Ship Lease had 4 more articles in the media than Tsakos Energy Navigation. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for Global Ship Lease and 5 mentions for Tsakos Energy Navigation. Tsakos Energy Navigation's average media sentiment score of 0.45 beat Global Ship Lease's score of 0.35 indicating that Tsakos Energy Navigation is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
Tsakos Energy Navigation beats Global Ship Lease on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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