Head to Head Survey: Tsakos Energy Navigation (NYSE:TEN) and Paragon Shipping (OTCMKTS:PRGNF)

Tsakos Energy Navigation (NYSE:TEN) and Paragon Shipping (OTCMKTS:PRGNF) are both transportation companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, earnings, risk, valuation, profitability, institutional ownership and dividends.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of recent recommendations and price targets for Tsakos Energy Navigation and Paragon Shipping, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Tsakos Energy Navigation	0	1	1	1	3.00
Paragon Shipping	0	0	0	0	0.00

Tsakos Energy Navigation currently has a consensus price target of $31.00, indicating a potential upside of 98.34%. Given Tsakos Energy Navigation’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Tsakos Energy Navigation is more favorable than Paragon Shipping.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Tsakos Energy Navigation and Paragon Shipping”s gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Tsakos Energy Navigation	$804.06 million	0.59	$300.18 million	$5.05	3.10
Paragon Shipping	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

Tsakos Energy Navigation has higher revenue and earnings than Paragon Shipping.

Profitability

This table compares Tsakos Energy Navigation and Paragon Shipping’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Tsakos Energy Navigation	22.57%	19.07%	9.04%
Paragon Shipping	N/A	N/A	N/A

Volatility and Risk

Tsakos Energy Navigation has a beta of -0.2, suggesting that its stock price is 120% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Paragon Shipping has a beta of 0.42, suggesting that its stock price is 58% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Institutional & Insider Ownership

19.2% of Tsakos Energy Navigation shares are held by institutional investors. 1.4% of Tsakos Energy Navigation shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Tsakos Energy Navigation beats Paragon Shipping on 10 of the 11 factors compared between the two stocks.

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.

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.