Teekay Tankers (NYSE:TNK – Get Rating) and United Maritime (NASDAQ:USEA – Get Rating) are both small-cap transportation companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, risk, analyst recommendations, profitability, institutional ownership, dividends and earnings.
Dividends
Teekay Tankers pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.8%. United Maritime pays an annual dividend of 0.30 per share and has a dividend yield of 10.7%. Teekay Tankers pays out 8.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.
Analyst Recommendations
This is a summary of current ratings for Teekay Tankers and United Maritime, as reported by MarketBeat.com.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| Teekay Tankers | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2.67 |
| United Maritime | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | N/A |
Valuation and Earnings
This table compares Teekay Tankers and United Maritime’s gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| Teekay Tankers | $1.06 billion | 1.15 | $229.09 million | $11.96 | 3.01 |
| United Maritime | $22.78 million | 1.11 | $37.49 million | N/A | N/A |
Teekay Tankers has higher revenue and earnings than United Maritime.
Institutional & Insider Ownership
28.7% of Teekay Tankers shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 15.1% of United Maritime shares are held by institutional investors. 1.9% of Teekay Tankers shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Profitability
This table compares Teekay Tankers and United Maritime’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| Teekay Tankers | 32.12% | 39.74% | 23.60% |
| United Maritime | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Summary
Teekay Tankers beats United Maritime on 10 of the 12 factors compared between the two stocks.
About Teekay Tankers
Teekay Tankers Ltd. engages in the provision of crude oil and refined petroleum products through the operation of its oil and product tankers. It operates through the Tanker and Ship-to-Ship (STS) Transfer segment. The Tanker segment includes the operations of all the tankers, including those employed on full service lightering contracts. The STS Transfer segment offers lightering support services provided to conventional tanker segment as part of the full service lightering operations. The company was founded in October 2007 and is headquartered in Vancouver, Canada.
About United Maritime
United Maritime Corporation, a shipping company, specializing in seaborne transportation services worldwide. It operates a fleet of four tanker vessels and one dry bulk vessel with an aggregate cargo carrying capacity of approximately 616,884 dwt. The company was incorporated in 2022 and is based in Glyfada, Greece.
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