Financial Review: Okeanis Eco Tankers (ECO) and The Competition

Okeanis Eco Tankers (NYSE:ECO) is one of 54 publicly-traded companies in the “Deep sea foreign transportation of freight” industry, but how does it contrast to its peers? We will compare Okeanis Eco Tankers to related companies based on the strength of its valuation, institutional ownership, earnings, profitability, dividends, analyst recommendations and risk.

Profitability

This table compares Okeanis Eco Tankers and its peers’ 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	31.45%	16.12%	8.32%

Insider and Institutional Ownership

48.1% of shares of all “Deep sea foreign transportation of freight” companies are owned by institutional investors. 15.0% of shares of all “Deep sea foreign transportation of freight” companies are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Dividends

Okeanis Eco Tankers pays an annual dividend of $4.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 13.8%. 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 35.1% of their earnings in the form of a dividend.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Okeanis Eco Tankers and its peers gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Okeanis Eco Tankers	$403.85 million	$145.25 million	7.63
Okeanis Eco Tankers Competitors	$717.16 million	$124.20 million	11.92

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

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of current recommendations for Okeanis Eco Tankers and its peers, as reported 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	260	1520	1836	82	2.47

Okeanis Eco Tankers currently has a consensus price target of $44.00, indicating a potential upside of 37.67%. As a group, “Deep sea foreign transportation of freight” companies have a potential upside of 27.77%. Given Okeanis Eco Tankers’ stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe Okeanis Eco Tankers is more favorable than its peers.

Okeanis Eco Tankers Company Profile

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.