Head-To-Head Survey: Okeanis Eco Tankers (NYSE:ECO) and Energy Transfer (NYSE:ET)

Energy Transfer (NYSE:ET) and Okeanis Eco Tankers (NYSE:ECO) are both energy companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, dividends, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, earnings, risk and profitability.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

38.2% of Energy Transfer shares are held by institutional investors. 3.3% of Energy Transfer shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of current ratings and recommmendations for Energy Transfer and Okeanis Eco Tankers, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Energy Transfer	0	3	12	2	2.94
Okeanis Eco Tankers	0	4	2	0	2.33

Energy Transfer currently has a consensus target price of $24.50, indicating a potential upside of 20.04%. Okeanis Eco Tankers has a consensus target price of $67.85, indicating a potential downside of 27.09%. Given Energy Transfer’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe Energy Transfer is more favorable than Okeanis Eco Tankers.

Profitability

This table compares Energy Transfer and Okeanis Eco Tankers’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Energy Transfer	4.87%	11.55%	3.69%
Okeanis Eco Tankers	56.92%	62.06%	30.15%

Dividends

Energy Transfer pays an annual dividend of $1.36 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.7%. Okeanis Eco Tankers pays an annual dividend of $21.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 22.6%. Energy Transfer pays out 92.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Okeanis Eco Tankers pays out 195.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Energy Transfer has increased its dividend for 4 consecutive years.

Volatility and Risk

Energy Transfer has a beta of 0.6, suggesting that its stock price is 40% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Okeanis Eco Tankers has a beta of -0.19, suggesting that its stock price is 119% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares Energy Transfer and Okeanis Eco Tankers”s revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Energy Transfer	$107.38 billion	0.65	$4.18 billion	$1.47	13.88
Okeanis Eco Tankers	$391.55 million	9.28	$122.95 million	$10.72	8.68

Energy Transfer has higher revenue and earnings than Okeanis Eco Tankers. Okeanis Eco Tankers is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Energy Transfer, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Summary

Energy Transfer beats Okeanis Eco Tankers on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Energy Transfer

Energy Transfer LP provides energy-related services. The company owns and operates natural gas transportation pipeline, and natural gas storage facilities in Texas and Oklahoma; and approximately 20,090 miles of interstate natural gas pipeline. It also sells natural gas to electric utilities, independent power plants, local distribution and other marketing companies, and industrial end-users. In addition, the company owns and operates natural gas gathering pipelines, processing plant, and treating and conditioning facilities in Texas, New Mexico, West Virginia, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Kansas, Montana, North Dakota, Wyoming, and Louisiana; natural gas gathering, oil pipeline, and oil stabilization facilities in South Texas; and transports and supplies water to natural gas producer in Pennsylvania. Further, it owns 5,700 miles of natural gas liquid (NGL) pipeline; NGL fractionation facilities; NGL storage facilities; and other NGL storage assets and terminal. Additionally, the company provides crude oil transportation, terminalling, acquisition, and marketing activities; owns and operates approximately 14,500 miles of crude oil trunk and gathering pipelines in the Southwest, Midcontinent, and Midwest United States; and sells and distributes gasoline, middle distillate, and motor fuels and other petroleum products. It also offers natural gas compression services; carbon dioxide and hydrogen sulfide removal services; and manages coal and natural resources properties, as well as sells standing timber, leases coal-related infrastructure facilities, collects oil and gas royalty, and generate electrical power. The company was formerly known as Energy Transfer Equity, L.P. and changed its name to Energy Transfer LP in October 2018. Energy Transfer LP was founded in 1996 and is headquartered in Dallas, Texas.

About Okeanis Eco Tankers

Okeanis Eco Tankers Corp., a shipping company, owns and operates tanker vessels worldwide. It operates a fleet of 14 tanker vessels comprising six modern Suezmax tankers and eight modern VLCC tankers focusing on the transportation of crude oil. The company was incorporated in 2018 and is based in Neo Faliro, Greece.