Comparing Tsakos Energy Navigation (NYSE:TEN) and Pacific Basin Shipping (OTCMKTS:PCFBY)

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

Earnings and Valuation

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

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Pacific Basin Shipping	$2.30 billion	0.49	$109.38 million	N/A	N/A
Tsakos Energy Navigation	$836.04 million	0.61	$300.18 million	$5.48	3.13

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

Profitability

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

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

Dividends

Pacific Basin Shipping pays an annual dividend of $0.16 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.6%. Tsakos Energy Navigation pays an annual dividend of $1.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 10.5%. Tsakos Energy Navigation pays out 32.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

Institutional & Insider 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 stock is poised for long-term growth.

Volatility & Risk

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

Analyst Ratings

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

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

Tsakos Energy Navigation has a consensus target price of $31.00, suggesting a potential upside of 80.60%. Given Tsakos Energy Navigation’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Tsakos Energy Navigation is more favorable than Pacific Basin Shipping.

Summary

Tsakos Energy Navigation beats Pacific Basin Shipping on 12 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.

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.

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.