Tsakos Energy Navigation (NYSE:TEN) & Pacific Basin Shipping (OTCMKTS:PCFBY) Head-To-Head Review

Tsakos Energy Navigation (NYSE:TEN) and Pacific Basin Shipping (OTCMKTS:PCFBY) are both small-cap transportation companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, risk, valuation, analyst recommendations, profitability, institutional ownership and earnings.

Insider and Institutional Ownership

19.2% of Tsakos Energy Navigation shares are held by institutional investors. 1.4% of Tsakos Energy Navigation shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Dividends

Tsakos Energy Navigation pays an annual dividend of $1.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 10.8%. Pacific Basin Shipping pays an annual dividend of $0.16 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.5%. Tsakos Energy Navigation pays out 32.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

Profitability

This table compares Tsakos Energy Navigation and Pacific Basin Shipping’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Tsakos Energy Navigation	22.57%	19.07%	9.04%
Pacific Basin Shipping	N/A	N/A	N/A

Volatility & Risk

Tsakos Energy Navigation has a beta of -0.31, suggesting that its share price is 131% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Pacific Basin Shipping has a beta of 0.72, suggesting that its share price is 28% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of current recommendations and price targets for Tsakos Energy Navigation and Pacific Basin Shipping, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Tsakos Energy Navigation	0	1	1	1	3.00
Pacific Basin Shipping	0	0	0	0	0.00

Tsakos Energy Navigation presently has a consensus target price of $31.00, indicating a potential upside of 86.13%. Given Tsakos Energy Navigation’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Tsakos Energy Navigation is more favorable than Pacific Basin Shipping.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Tsakos Energy Navigation and Pacific Basin Shipping”s gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Tsakos Energy Navigation	$836.04 million	0.59	$300.18 million	$5.48	3.04
Pacific Basin Shipping	$2.30 billion	0.51	$109.38 million	N/A	N/A

Tsakos Energy Navigation has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Pacific Basin Shipping.

Summary

Tsakos Energy Navigation beats Pacific Basin Shipping on 12 of the 15 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 Pacific Basin Shipping

Pacific Basin Shipping Limited, an investment holding company, engages in the provision of dry bulk shipping services worldwide. The company offers its shipping services that mainly carry major and minor bulks, including grains, ores, logs/forest products, bauxite, sugar, concentrates, cement and clinkers, coal/coke, fertilizers, alumina, steel, pet-coke, salt, sand and gypsum, and scrap. It also offers shipping consulting, crewing, secretarial, and ship agency and management services. In addition, the company is involved in the vessel owning and chartering, and convertible bonds issuing activities. It has a fleet of 266 owned and chartered vessels, including 121 Handysize, 1 Capesize, and 144 Supramax/Ultramax vessels. The company was founded in 1987 and is headquartered in Wong Chuk Hang, Hong Kong.