Head to Head Review: Paragon Shipping (OTCMKTS:PRGNF) and Teekay Tankers (NYSE:TNK)

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

Volatility & Risk

Paragon Shipping has a beta of -0.29, indicating that its share price is 129% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Teekay Tankers has a beta of -0.21, indicating that its share price is 121% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of current ratings for Paragon Shipping and Teekay Tankers, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Paragon Shipping	0	0	0	0	0.00
Teekay Tankers	1	3	3	1	2.50

Teekay Tankers has a consensus price target of $77.00, indicating a potential downside of 0.17%. Given Paragon Shipping’s higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Paragon Shipping is more favorable than Teekay Tankers.

Profitability

This table compares Paragon Shipping and Teekay Tankers’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Paragon Shipping	N/A	N/A	N/A
Teekay Tankers	42.60%	16.34%	14.87%

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Paragon Shipping and Teekay Tankers”s top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Paragon Shipping	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Teekay Tankers	$951.80 million	2.80	$351.19 million	$12.30	6.27

Teekay Tankers has higher revenue and earnings than Paragon Shipping.

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

Summary

Teekay Tankers beats Paragon Shipping on 10 of the 11 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Paragon Shipping

Paragon Shipping Inc. provides shipping transportation services worldwide. It engages in the ocean transportation of drybulk cargoes, including commodities, such as iron ore, coal, grain, and other materials. Paragon Shipping Inc. was founded in 2006 and is based in Voula, Greece.

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.