The Generation Essentials Group (NYSE:TGE) versus Viking (NYSE:VIK) Head to Head Comparison

The Generation Essentials Group (NYSE:TGE) and Viking (NYSE:VIK) are both consumer discretionary companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their risk, analyst recommendations, earnings, valuation, institutional ownership, dividends and profitability.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares The Generation Essentials Group and Viking”s top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
The Generation Essentials Group	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Viking	$6.50 billion	5.59	$1.15 billion	$2.57	31.70

Viking has higher revenue and earnings than The Generation Essentials Group.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

98.8% of Viking shares are held by institutional investors. 28.6% of The Generation Essentials Group shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of recent recommendations for The Generation Essentials Group and Viking, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
The Generation Essentials Group	1	0	0	0	1.00
Viking	2	3	11	0	2.56

Viking has a consensus target price of $84.14, suggesting a potential upside of 3.28%. Given Viking’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Viking is more favorable than The Generation Essentials Group.

Risk and Volatility

The Generation Essentials Group has a beta of -1.42, indicating that its share price is 242% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Viking has a beta of 1.57, indicating that its share price is 57% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Profitability

This table compares The Generation Essentials Group and Viking’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
The Generation Essentials Group	N/A	N/A	N/A
Viking	17.65%	240.75%	10.23%

Summary

Viking beats The Generation Essentials Group on 9 of the 10 factors compared between the two stocks.

About The Generation Essentials Group

Tallgrass Energy, LP, through its subsidiaries, provides crude oil transportation services to customers in Wyoming, Colorado, Kansas, and the surrounding regions of the United States. The company operates through three segments: Natural Gas Transportation; Crude Oil Transportation; and Gathering, Processing & Terminalling. It also provides natural gas transportation and storage services for customers in the Rocky Mountain, Midwest, and Appalachian regions; natural gas and crude oil gathering and processing services for customers in Wyoming; and natural gas liquids (NGLs) transportation services in Northeast Colorado and Wyoming. In addition, the company offers water business services, including freshwater transportation, and produced water gathering and disposal in Colorado, Texas, Wyoming, and North Dakota; crude oil storage and terminalling services in Colorado, Oklahoma, and Kansas; and marketing services for NGLs and crude oil. The company was formerly known as Tallgrass Energy GP, LP and changed its name to Tallgrass Energy, LP in June 2018. Tallgrass Energy, LP was founded in 2013 and is based in Leawood, Kansas.

About Viking

Viking Holdings Ltd engages in the passenger shipping and other forms of passenger transport in North America, the United Kingdom, and internationally. It operates through River and Ocean segments. The company also operates as a tour entrepreneur for passengers and related activities in tourism. As of December 31, 2023, it operated a fleet of 92 ships, including 81 river vessels comprising 58 Longships, 10 smaller classes based on the Longship design, 11 other river vessels, and 1 river vessel charter and the Viking Mississippi; 9 ocean ships; and 2 expedition ships. The company was founded in 1997 and is based in Pembroke, Bermuda.