Kirby (NYSE:KEX – Get Free Report) and Tsakos Energy Navigation (NYSE:TEN – Get Free Report) are both industrials companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, risk, earnings, dividends, institutional ownership, profitability and analyst recommendations.
Valuation and Earnings
This table compares Kirby and Tsakos Energy Navigation”s top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| Kirby | $3.49 billion | 1.97 | $354.57 million | $6.50 | 20.05 |
| Tsakos Energy Navigation | $959.70 million | 1.46 | $160.90 million | $9.87 | 4.73 |
Profitability
This table compares Kirby and Tsakos Energy Navigation’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| Kirby | 10.18% | 10.44% | 5.82% |
| Tsakos Energy Navigation | 33.81% | 29.44% | 13.76% |
Risk & Volatility
Kirby has a beta of 0.86, indicating that its share price is 14% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Tsakos Energy Navigation has a beta of -0.26, indicating that its share price is 126% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Analyst Ratings
This is a summary of current ratings and price targets for Kirby and Tsakos Energy Navigation, as provided by MarketBeat.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| Kirby | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 2.86 |
| Tsakos Energy Navigation | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2.33 |
Kirby presently has a consensus price target of $163.20, indicating a potential upside of 25.22%. Tsakos Energy Navigation has a consensus price target of $29.50, indicating a potential downside of 36.78%. Given Kirby’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Kirby is more favorable than Tsakos Energy Navigation.
Insider & Institutional Ownership
96.2% of Kirby shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 19.2% of Tsakos Energy Navigation shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.8% of Kirby shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.4% of Tsakos Energy Navigation shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
Kirby beats Tsakos Energy Navigation on 9 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.
About Kirby
Kirby Corporation operates domestic tank barges in the United States. Its Marine Transportation segment provides marine transportation service and towing vessel transporting bulk liquid product, as well as operates tank barge throughout the Mississippi River System, on the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway, coastwise along three United States coasts, and in Alaska and Hawaii. It also transports petrochemicals, black oils, refined petroleum products, and agricultural chemicals by tank barges; and operates offshore dry-bulk barges and tugboat units that are engaged in the offshore transportation of dry-bulk cargos in the United States coastal trade. It owns and operates 1,076 inland tank barges, approximately 281 inland towboats, 28 coastal tank barges, 25 coastal tugboats, 4 offshore dry-bulk cargo barges, 4 offshore tugboats, and a docking tugboat. Its Distribution and Services segment sells after-market service and genuine replacement parts for engines, transmissions, reduction gears, electric motors, drives, and controls, electrical distribution and control systems, energy storage battery systems, and related oilfield service equipment; rebuilds component parts or diesel engines, transmissions and reduction gears, and related equipment used in oilfield services, marine, power generation, on-highway, and other industrial applications; rents generators, industrial compressors, high capacity lift trucks, and refrigeration trailers; and manufactures and remanufactures oilfield service equipment, including pressure pumping units, as well as manufacturers electric power generation equipment, specialized electrical distribution and control equipment, and high capacity energy storage/battery systems. It serves to various companies, the United States government, and pleasure crafts. The company was formerly known as Kirby Exploration Company, Inc. and changed its name to Kirby Corporation in 1990. Kirby Corporation was founded in 1921 and is headquartered in Houston, Texas.
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.
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