Teekay Tankers (NYSE:TNK – Get Free Report) and Pangaea Logistics Solutions (NASDAQ:PANL – Get Free Report) are both transportation companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, analyst recommendations, dividends, valuation, risk, institutional ownership and earnings.
Institutional & Insider Ownership
52.7% of Teekay Tankers shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 60.2% of Pangaea Logistics Solutions shares are held by institutional investors. 1.9% of Teekay Tankers shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 17.2% of Pangaea Logistics Solutions 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.
Analyst Recommendations
This is a summary of current recommendations and price targets for Teekay Tankers and Pangaea Logistics Solutions, as provided by MarketBeat.com.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| Teekay Tankers | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3.00 |
| Pangaea Logistics Solutions | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2.33 |
Profitability
This table compares Teekay Tankers and Pangaea Logistics Solutions’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| Teekay Tankers | 32.87% | 10.63% | 9.58% |
| Pangaea Logistics Solutions | 2.67% | 3.26% | 1.64% |
Earnings & Valuation
This table compares Teekay Tankers and Pangaea Logistics Solutions”s top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| Teekay Tankers | $1.23 billion | 1.81 | $403.67 million | $9.00 | 7.17 |
| Pangaea Logistics Solutions | $536.54 million | 1.03 | $28.90 million | $0.30 | 28.27 |
Teekay Tankers has higher revenue and earnings than Pangaea Logistics Solutions. Teekay Tankers is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Pangaea Logistics Solutions, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Dividends
Teekay Tankers pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.5%. Pangaea Logistics Solutions pays an annual dividend of $0.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.4%. Teekay Tankers pays out 11.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Pangaea Logistics Solutions pays out 66.7% 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 raised its dividend for 2 consecutive years.
Risk & Volatility
Teekay Tankers has a beta of -0.25, indicating that its share price is 125% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Pangaea Logistics Solutions has a beta of 0.79, indicating that its share price is 21% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Teekay Tankers beats Pangaea Logistics Solutions on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
About Teekay Tankers
Teekay Tankers Ltd. provides crude oil and other marine transportation services to oil industries in Bermuda and internationally. The company offers voyage and time charter services; offshore ship-to-ship transfer services of commodities primarily crude oil and refined oil products; and tanker commercial and technical management services. It also engages management of vessels, procurement, and equipment rental businesses. Teekay Tankers Ltd. was incorporated in 2007 and is headquartered in Hamilton, Bermuda.
About Pangaea Logistics Solutions
Pangaea Logistics Solutions, Ltd., together with its subsidiaries, provides seaborne dry bulk logistics and transportation services to industrial customers worldwide. It offers various dry bulk cargoes, such as grains, coal, iron ore, pig iron, hot briquetted iron, bauxite, alumina, cement clinker, dolomite, and limestone. The company's ocean logistics services comprise cargo loading, cargo discharge, vessel chartering, voyage planning, and technical vessel management. It owns and operates a fleet of vessels. The company was founded in 1996 and is headquartered in Newport, Rhode Island.
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