Contrasting Teekay Tankers (NYSE:TNK) & Viking (NYSE:VIK)

Teekay Tankers (NYSE:TNK) and Viking (NYSE:VIK) are both transportation companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, risk, valuation, dividends, earnings, profitability and institutional ownership.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of recent ratings and target prices for Teekay Tankers and Viking, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Teekay Tankers	0	0	3	1	3.25
Viking	0	3	9	0	2.75

Teekay Tankers presently has a consensus price target of $76.67, suggesting a potential upside of 26.12%. Viking has a consensus price target of $37.17, suggesting a potential upside of 0.72%. Given Teekay Tankers’ stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Teekay Tankers is more favorable than Viking.

Profitability

This table compares Teekay Tankers and Viking’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Teekay Tankers	36.04%	26.34%	22.55%
Viking	N/A	N/A	N/A

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares Teekay Tankers and Viking”s revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Teekay Tankers	$1.23 billion	1.69	$513.67 million	$14.14	4.30
Viking	$4.71 billion	3.38	-$1.86 billion	N/A	N/A

Teekay Tankers has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Viking.

Insider and Institutional Ownership

52.7% of Teekay Tankers shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.9% of Teekay Tankers shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Teekay Tankers beats Viking on 9 of the 12 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 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.