Financial Review: Tsakos Energy Navigation (NYSE:TEN) vs. CMB.TECH (NYSE:CMBT)

Tsakos Energy Navigation (NYSE:TEN) and CMB.TECH (NYSE:CMBT) are both industrials companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, analyst recommendations, dividends, risk, valuation, earnings and institutional ownership.

Volatility & Risk

Tsakos Energy Navigation has a beta of -0.26, meaning that its stock price is 126% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, CMB.TECH has a beta of 0.14, meaning that its stock price is 86% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Profitability

This table compares Tsakos Energy Navigation and CMB.TECH’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Tsakos Energy Navigation	24.81%	23.26%	10.93%
CMB.TECH	37.19%	30.02%	9.90%

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares Tsakos Energy Navigation and CMB.TECH”s gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Tsakos Energy Navigation	$798.69 million	1.64	$160.90 million	$6.14	7.09
CMB.TECH	$1.67 billion	2.30	$160.70 million	$2.91	6.61

Tsakos Energy Navigation has higher earnings, but lower revenue than CMB.TECH. CMB.TECH 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.

Dividends

Tsakos Energy Navigation pays an annual dividend of $2.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.6%. CMB.TECH pays an annual dividend of $0.62 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.2%. Tsakos Energy Navigation pays out 32.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. CMB.TECH pays out 21.3% 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.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of current recommendations and price targets for Tsakos Energy Navigation and CMB.TECH, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Tsakos Energy Navigation	0	2	1	0	2.33
CMB.TECH	0	1	0	2	3.33

Tsakos Energy Navigation currently has a consensus price target of $29.50, indicating a potential downside of 32.23%. Given Tsakos Energy Navigation’s higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe Tsakos Energy Navigation is more favorable than CMB.TECH.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

19.2% of Tsakos Energy Navigation shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.0% of Tsakos Energy Navigation shares are owned by company 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.

Summary

Tsakos Energy Navigation beats CMB.TECH on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Tsakos Energy Navigation

Tsakos Energy Navigation Ltd. engages in the provision of seaborne crude oil and petroleum product transportation services. Its activities include the operation of crude tankers, product tankers, and liquefied natural gas carriers. The company was founded by Nikolas P. Tsakos and Michael Gordon Jolliffee in July 1993 and is headquartered in Athens, Greece.

About CMB.TECH

Euronav NV, together with its subsidiaries, engages in the transportation and storage of crude oil worldwide. The company offers floating, storage, and offloading (FSO) services. It also owns and operates a fleet of vessels. The company was incorporated in 2003 and is headquartered in Antwerp, Belgium. As of March 15, 2024, Euronav NV operates as subsidiary of CMB NV.