Financial Survey: Teekay Tankers (NYSE:TNK) versus Cadeler A/S (NYSE:CDLR)

Cadeler A/S (NYSE:CDLR) and Teekay Tankers (NYSE:TNK) are both mid-cap transportation companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, profitability, earnings, dividends, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations and valuation.

Volatility and Risk

Cadeler A/S has a beta of 0.57, meaning that its share price is 43% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Teekay Tankers has a beta of -0.25, meaning that its share price is 125% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Cadeler A/S 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
Cadeler A/S	$701.71 million	3.09	$317.00 million	$3.47	6.48
Teekay Tankers	$951.80 million	2.68	$351.19 million	$12.30	6.01

Teekay Tankers has higher revenue and earnings than Cadeler A/S. Teekay Tankers is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Cadeler A/S, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Insider and Institutional Ownership

53.0% of Cadeler A/S shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 52.7% of Teekay Tankers shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.9% of Teekay Tankers shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Profitability

This table compares Cadeler A/S and Teekay Tankers’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Cadeler A/S	39.61%	18.00%	8.46%
Teekay Tankers	42.60%	16.34%	14.87%

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of recent ratings for Cadeler A/S and Teekay Tankers, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Cadeler A/S	0	3	0	0	2.00
Teekay Tankers	1	2	3	2	2.75

Teekay Tankers has a consensus price target of $77.00, suggesting a potential upside of 4.12%. Given Teekay Tankers’ stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Teekay Tankers is more favorable than Cadeler A/S.

Summary

Teekay Tankers beats Cadeler A/S on 10 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Cadeler A/S

Cadeler A/S operates as an offshore wind farm transportation and installation contractor in Denmark. It also provides wind farm construction, maintenance, decommissioning, and other tasks within the offshore industry, as well as marine and engineering services. The company owns and operates four offshore jack-up windfarm installation vessels. Cadeler A/S was incorporated in 2008 and is headquartered in Copenhagen, Denmark.

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.