Head-To-Head Contrast: COSCO SHIPPING (OTCMKTS:CICOY) & Teekay Tankers (NYSE:TNK)

COSCO SHIPPING (OTCMKTS:CICOY) and Teekay Tankers (NYSE:TNK) are both transportation companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, dividends, risk, earnings, analyst recommendations, valuation and institutional ownership.

Volatility and Risk

COSCO SHIPPING has a beta of 1.14, meaning that its stock price is 14% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Teekay Tankers has a beta of -0.28, meaning that its stock price is 128% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Institutional & Insider 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 hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Dividends

COSCO SHIPPING pays an annual dividend of $0.57 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.6%. Teekay Tankers pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.8%. Teekay Tankers pays out 11.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Teekay Tankers has raised its dividend for 2 consecutive years.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of recent recommendations for COSCO SHIPPING and Teekay Tankers, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
COSCO SHIPPING	2	2	0	0	1.50
Teekay Tankers	0	0	3	2	3.40

Teekay Tankers has a consensus price target of $65.00, suggesting a potential upside of 19.79%. Given Teekay Tankers’ stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Teekay Tankers is more favorable than COSCO SHIPPING.

Profitability

This table compares COSCO SHIPPING and Teekay Tankers’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
COSCO SHIPPING	N/A	N/A	N/A
Teekay Tankers	32.87%	10.63%	9.58%

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares COSCO SHIPPING and Teekay Tankers”s revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
COSCO SHIPPING	$32.53 billion	0.85	$6.84 billion	N/A	N/A
Teekay Tankers	$1.23 billion	1.52	$403.67 million	$9.00	6.03

COSCO SHIPPING has higher revenue and earnings than Teekay Tankers.

Summary

Teekay Tankers beats COSCO SHIPPING on 11 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.

About COSCO SHIPPING

COSCO SHIPPING Holdings Co., Ltd., an investment holding company, engages in the container shipping, managing and operating container terminals, and other terminal related businesses in the United States, Europe, the Asia Pacific, Mainland China, and internationally. It operates through Container Shipping Business and Terminal Business segments. The company offers freight forwarding and transportation, vessel chartering, container transportation, marine, vessel management and manning, cargo and liner agency, logistics, document, shipping agency and other sea transport, container stack, cargo storage, and cargo transportation services. It is also involved in the design and manufacture of computer software, as well as provision of technology services and solutions; asset management business; and operation of terminals. The company was formerly known as China COSCO Holdings Company Limited and changed its name to COSCO SHIPPING Holdings Co., Ltd. in November 2016. COSCO SHIPPING Holdings Co., Ltd. was incorporated in 2005 and is based in Shanghai, the People’s Republic of China.

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.