Tsakos Energy Navigation (NYSE:TEN – Get Free Report) and ZIM Integrated Shipping Services (NYSE:ZIM – Get Free Report) are both transportation companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, valuation, analyst recommendations, profitability, dividends, earnings and risk.
Insider and Institutional Ownership
19.2% of Tsakos Energy Navigation shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 21.4% of ZIM Integrated Shipping Services shares are held by institutional investors. 1.0% of Tsakos Energy Navigation shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.3% of ZIM Integrated Shipping Services shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Analyst Recommendations
This is a breakdown of recent ratings and recommmendations for Tsakos Energy Navigation and ZIM Integrated Shipping Services, as provided by MarketBeat.com.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| Tsakos Energy Navigation | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2.25 |
| ZIM Integrated Shipping Services | 2 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2.25 |
Profitability
This table compares Tsakos Energy Navigation and ZIM Integrated Shipping Services’ 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% |
| ZIM Integrated Shipping Services | 1.56% | -0.26% | -0.09% |
Dividends
Tsakos Energy Navigation pays an annual dividend of $1.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.0%. ZIM Integrated Shipping Services pays an annual dividend of $0.06 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.2%. Tsakos Energy Navigation pays out 26.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. ZIM Integrated Shipping Services pays out 7.4% 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. ZIM Integrated Shipping Services has increased its dividend for 1 consecutive years.
Volatility & Risk
Tsakos Energy Navigation has a beta of -0.28, indicating that its stock price is 128% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, ZIM Integrated Shipping Services has a beta of 1.19, indicating that its stock price is 19% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Valuation & Earnings
This table compares Tsakos Energy Navigation and ZIM Integrated Shipping Services”s revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| Tsakos Energy Navigation | $798.69 million | 1.49 | $160.90 million | $6.14 | 6.45 |
| ZIM Integrated Shipping Services | $6.29 billion | 0.47 | $479.20 million | $0.81 | 30.60 |
ZIM Integrated Shipping Services has higher revenue and earnings than Tsakos Energy Navigation. Tsakos Energy Navigation is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than ZIM Integrated Shipping Services, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
ZIM Integrated Shipping Services beats Tsakos Energy Navigation on 10 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 ZIM Integrated Shipping Services
ZIM Integrated Shipping Services Ltd., together with its subsidiaries, provides container shipping and related services in Israel and internationally. It provides door-to-door and port-to-port transportation services for various types of customers, including end-users, consolidators, and freight forwarders. The company also offers ZIMonitor, a premium reefer cargo tracking service. As of March 1, 2024, it operated a fleet of 150 vessels, which included 134 container vessels and 16 vehicle transport vessels; and as of December 31, 2023, it operated a network of 67 weekly lines. The company was incorporated in 1945 and is headquartered in Haifa, Israel.
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