Okeanis Eco Tankers (ECO) & The Competition Critical Survey

Okeanis Eco Tankers (NYSE:ECO) is one of 55 publicly-traded companies in the “Deep sea foreign transportation of freight” industry, but how does it contrast to its rivals? We will compare Okeanis Eco Tankers to similar companies based on the strength of its valuation, institutional ownership, dividends, profitability, risk, earnings and analyst recommendations.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

43.5% of shares of all “Deep sea foreign transportation of freight” companies are held by institutional investors. 15.5% of shares of all “Deep sea foreign transportation of freight” companies are held 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.

Dividends

Okeanis Eco Tankers pays an annual dividend of $4.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 12.8%. Okeanis Eco Tankers pays out 105.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. As a group, “Deep sea foreign transportation of freight” companies pay a dividend yield of 5.4% and pay out 39.6% of their earnings in the form of a dividend.

Profitability

This table compares Okeanis Eco Tankers and its rivals’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Okeanis Eco Tankers	30.17%	28.35%	10.54%
Okeanis Eco Tankers Competitors	31.79%	16.24%	8.43%

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares Okeanis Eco Tankers and its rivals gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Okeanis Eco Tankers	$403.85 million	$145.25 million	8.22
Okeanis Eco Tankers Competitors	$789.98 million	$124.46 million	13.57

Okeanis Eco Tankers’ rivals have higher revenue, but lower earnings than Okeanis Eco Tankers. Okeanis Eco Tankers is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than its rivals, indicating that it is currently more affordable than other companies in its industry.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of recent ratings for Okeanis Eco Tankers and its rivals, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Okeanis Eco Tankers	0	0	1	0	3.00
Okeanis Eco Tankers Competitors	262	1568	1841	79	2.46

Okeanis Eco Tankers currently has a consensus target price of $44.00, indicating a potential upside of 27.72%. As a group, “Deep sea foreign transportation of freight” companies have a potential upside of 21.85%. Given Okeanis Eco Tankers’ stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Okeanis Eco Tankers is more favorable than its rivals.

About Okeanis Eco Tankers

Okeanis Eco Tankers Corp., a shipping company, owns and operates tanker vessels worldwide. It operates a fleet of 14 tanker vessels comprising six modern Suezmax tankers and eight modern VLCC tankers focusing on the transportation of crude oil. The company was incorporated in 2018 and is based in Neo Faliro, Greece.