Energy Transfer (NYSE:ET) and Okeanis Eco Tankers (NYSE:ECO) Head to Head Analysis

Okeanis Eco Tankers (NYSE:ECO) and Energy Transfer (NYSE:ET) are both energy companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, risk, analyst recommendations, profitability, institutional ownership, earnings and valuation.

Volatility & Risk

Okeanis Eco Tankers has a beta of -0.19, indicating that its stock price is 119% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Energy Transfer has a beta of 0.6, indicating that its stock price is 40% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of recent ratings and price targets for Okeanis Eco Tankers and Energy Transfer, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Okeanis Eco Tankers	0	4	2	0	2.33
Energy Transfer	0	3	12	2	2.94

Okeanis Eco Tankers currently has a consensus price target of $67.85, indicating a potential downside of 27.09%. Energy Transfer has a consensus price target of $24.50, indicating a potential upside of 20.04%. Given Energy Transfer’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Energy Transfer is more favorable than Okeanis Eco Tankers.

Profitability

This table compares Okeanis Eco Tankers and Energy Transfer’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Okeanis Eco Tankers	56.92%	62.06%	30.15%
Energy Transfer	4.87%	11.55%	3.69%

Dividends

Okeanis Eco Tankers pays an annual dividend of $21.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 22.6%. Energy Transfer pays an annual dividend of $1.36 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.7%. Okeanis Eco Tankers pays out 195.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Energy Transfer pays out 92.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Energy Transfer has raised its dividend for 4 consecutive years.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

38.2% of Energy Transfer shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.3% of Energy Transfer shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Okeanis Eco Tankers and Energy Transfer”s top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Okeanis Eco Tankers	$391.55 million	9.28	$122.95 million	$10.72	8.68
Energy Transfer	$107.38 billion	0.65	$4.18 billion	$1.47	13.88

Energy Transfer has higher revenue and earnings than Okeanis Eco Tankers. Okeanis Eco Tankers is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Energy Transfer, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Summary

Energy Transfer beats Okeanis Eco Tankers on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.

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.

About Energy Transfer

Energy Transfer LP provides energy-related services. The company owns and operates natural gas transportation pipeline, and natural gas storage facilities in Texas and Oklahoma; and approximately 20,090 miles of interstate natural gas pipeline. It also sells natural gas to electric utilities, independent power plants, local distribution and other marketing companies, and industrial end-users. In addition, the company owns and operates natural gas gathering pipelines, processing plant, and treating and conditioning facilities in Texas, New Mexico, West Virginia, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Kansas, Montana, North Dakota, Wyoming, and Louisiana; natural gas gathering, oil pipeline, and oil stabilization facilities in South Texas; and transports and supplies water to natural gas producer in Pennsylvania. Further, it owns 5,700 miles of natural gas liquid (NGL) pipeline; NGL fractionation facilities; NGL storage facilities; and other NGL storage assets and terminal. Additionally, the company provides crude oil transportation, terminalling, acquisition, and marketing activities; owns and operates approximately 14,500 miles of crude oil trunk and gathering pipelines in the Southwest, Midcontinent, and Midwest United States; and sells and distributes gasoline, middle distillate, and motor fuels and other petroleum products. It also offers natural gas compression services; carbon dioxide and hydrogen sulfide removal services; and manages coal and natural resources properties, as well as sells standing timber, leases coal-related infrastructure facilities, collects oil and gas royalty, and generate electrical power. The company was formerly known as Energy Transfer Equity, L.P. and changed its name to Energy Transfer LP in October 2018. Energy Transfer LP was founded in 1996 and is headquartered in Dallas, Texas.