Scorpio Tankers (STNG) versus The Competition Financial Survey

Scorpio Tankers (NYSE:STNG) is one of 1,050 public companies in the “Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels” industry, but how does it compare to its competitors? We will compare Scorpio Tankers to similar businesses based on the strength of its valuation, analyst recommendations, earnings, dividends, profitability, risk and institutional ownership.

Dividends

Scorpio Tankers pays an annual dividend of $1.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.9%. Scorpio Tankers pays out 9.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. As a group, “Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels” companies pay a dividend yield of 8.5% and pay out -120.0% of their earnings in the form of a dividend. Scorpio Tankers has raised its dividend for 2 consecutive years. Scorpio Tankers lags its competitors as a dividend stock, given its lower dividend yield and higher payout ratio.

Profitability

This table compares Scorpio Tankers and its competitors’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Scorpio Tankers	77.07%	17.06%	13.90%
Scorpio Tankers Competitors	-472.90%	19.17%	6.33%

Insider & Institutional Ownership

54.6% of Scorpio Tankers shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 30.7% of shares of all “Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels” companies are held by institutional investors. 7.3% of Scorpio Tankers shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 15.5% of shares of all “Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels” companies are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares Scorpio Tankers and its competitors gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Scorpio Tankers	$938.22 million	$344.29 million	4.90
Scorpio Tankers Competitors	$10.76 billion	$5.51 billion	0.52

Scorpio Tankers’ competitors have higher revenue and earnings than Scorpio Tankers. Scorpio Tankers is trading at a higher price-to-earnings ratio than its competitors, indicating that it is currently more expensive than other companies in its industry.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of current recommendations for Scorpio Tankers and its competitors, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Scorpio Tankers	1	5	5	0	2.36
Scorpio Tankers Competitors	5961	26926	40745	2403	2.52

Scorpio Tankers presently has a consensus price target of $105.33, suggesting a potential upside of 13.91%. As a group, “Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels” companies have a potential upside of 16.91%. Given Scorpio Tankers’ competitors stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Scorpio Tankers has less favorable growth aspects than its competitors.

Volatility and Risk

Scorpio Tankers has a beta of -0.1, suggesting that its stock price is 110% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Scorpio Tankers’ competitors have a beta of -3.71, suggesting that their average stock price is 471% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Scorpio Tankers competitors beat Scorpio Tankers on 10 of the 15 factors compared.

Scorpio Tankers Company Profile

Scorpio Tankers Inc., together with its subsidiaries, engages in the seaborne transportation of crude oi and refined petroleum products in the shipping markets worldwide. As of March 21, 2024, its fleet consisted of 110 owned and leases financed tanker, including 39 LR2, 57 MR, and 14 Handymax with a weighted average age of approximately 8.1 years. Scorpio Tankers Inc. was incorporated in 2009 and is headquartered in Monaco.