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Tsakos Energy Navigation LimitedTENCompetitor analysis, valuation and peers

United States · USD·Energy›Marine Shipping

Greek owner and operator of a diversified fleet of crude, product tankers and LNG carriers.

≈ A diversified Greek tanker/LNG shipping companyMomentum strong 65
Mkt cap
$1.32B
US dollars, full cap
Free float
71%
of shares outstanding
$/day
$22.8M
20-day average traded
Fwd P/E
3.5×
forward earnings
ROIC−WACC
+2.1 pp
WACC 5.8%
Hurdle
n/a
no reverse DCF
Next earnings
13 days
19 Nov 2026
Close · USD$44.86
1D+1.7%
1W-16.7%
1M-13.4%
3M+17.1%
6M+2.4%
YTD+100.1%
1Y+87.5%
ATR %5.2%
Beta0.47
52w lowhigh20.9% off high

What Tsakos Energy Navigation does

Greek owner and operator of a diversified fleet of crude, product tankers and LNG carriers.

Charters ships to oil majors and trading houses under a mix of long-term contracts and spot trips, with long charters providing steady income and LNG carriers usually fixed on long charters. The Tsakos family is the controlling shareholder.

In one line: A diversified Greek tanker/LNG shipping company.

Products and services

  • Crude tanker chartering
  • Product tanker chartering
  • LNG carrier chartering
  • Shuttle tanker operations

Customers

  • Oil majors
  • Trading houses
  • LNG buyers

Where it sits in the supply chain

  • Energy/shipping
  • Diversified tanker shipping
  • Crude, product and LNG transport

What could go right

  • Tanker rate upcycle
  • Diversified segment mix

What could go wrong

  • Freight-rate cyclicality
  • Fleet-age/renewal capex needs

Moat: narrow (scale). Diversified vessel classes and long charterer relationships built over decades of Greek shipping heritage.

Headquarters: Athens, Greece · Founded: 1993

Named competitors

Tsakos Energy Navigation at a glance

Size Tsakos Energy Navigation (TEN) is a United States Energy company (Marine Shipping) with a market value of $1.32B, the 2072nd largest of 3,117 United States companies the cockpit tracks. Shares closed at $44.86 on 6 Nov 2026.

Performance Over six months the shares gained 2.4%, against +6.5% for the median peer and -1.1% for the United States market (cap-weighted) — 8th lowest of 18 in its peer set.

Growth Revenue grew 23.2% over the last twelve months (peer median +21.1%); the operating margin is 38.3% (peer median 38.8%).

Valuation It trades at 3.5× forward earnings against a peer median of 5.5× (2nd cheapest of 17).

Capital Return on invested capital runs 2.1 points above its cost of capital (5.8% WACC).

Short interest Short interest is 2.0% of the free float (15 Oct 2026).

Next results Next results expected around 19 Nov 2026 (exchange calendar; dates can move).

Relative performance

8010012011 May 202611 Aug 20266 Nov 2026Peer median 108TEN 103
Six months, rebased to 100: Tsakos Energy Navigation against the median of its 17 peers (local-currency closes).

Tsakos Energy Navigation financials

Reported figures in USD; fiscal year ends 2025-12-31. TTM = trailing twelve months.
TTMFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022
Revenue$960M$799M$804M$890M$860M
Revenue growth—-1%-10%+3%—
Gross profit$414M$283M$275M$371M$286M
EBITDA$545M$411M$389M$482M$397M
Net income$323M$159M$175M$300M$204M
Free cash flown/a-$226M-$347M$92.9M-$51.1M
Capital expenditure$0$522M$650M$298M$333M
Total debt$2.10B$1.93B$1.76B$1.60B$1.67B

Quarterly statements and history in the cockpit →

Tsakos Energy Navigation competitor charts

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Performance: 6-month against 1-month return

-20%0%+20%+40%-20%-15%-10%FLNGNATNVGSTKSFLLPGASCTNKECOBWLPGDHTTRMD-ASTNGCMBTHAFNITEN6-month return →1-month return →
Up and to the right = strong over both horizons. Tsakos Energy Navigation is the large dot.

Fundamentals: revenue growth against valuation

0%+50%+100%5×10×FLNGNATNVGSSFLLPGASCTNKECOBWLPGDHTTDWTRMD-ASTNGCMBTHAFNIINSWTENRevenue growth (TTM) →Forward P/E →
Further right = faster growth; higher = more expensive. The dashed lines are the peer medians. Tsakos Energy Navigation is the large dot.

Tsakos Energy Navigation competitors and peer comparison

Head to head with its named competitors (TEN vs DHT vs TNK vs FRO)
CompanyMarket cap6M returnRevenue growthOp. marginForward P/EReq g
Tsakos Energy Navigation TEN$1.32B+2%+23%38%3.5×n/a
DHT DHT$3.33B+9%+39%57%3.8×-11.7%
Teekay Tankers TNK$2.97B+3%+19%39%3.5×n/a
Frontline FRO$10.1B+15%+49%49%4.2×-12.5%
Scorpio Tankers STNG$4.13B-4%+39%49%5.6×n/a

How Tsakos Energy Navigation compares with its peers

Peer set: Industry: the same industry and sector in any market, nearest in size. This is the same default set the interactive Competitor Analysis opens with.

Tsakos Energy Navigation against its 17 peers (data as of 6 Nov 2026)
MeasureTENPeer medianRank in peer set
1-month return-13.4%-17.7%5th highest of 18
6-month return+2.4%+6.5%8th lowest of 18
Distance from 52-week high-20.9%-21.6%8th highest of 18
Revenue growth (TTM)+23.2%+21.1%9th highest of 18
Operating margin38.3%38.8%9th lowest of 18
Forward P/E3.5×5.5×2nd cheapest of 17
ROIC minus cost of capital+2.1 pp+6.3 pp5th lowest of 18
EV / EBITDA5.4×6.6×6th cheapest of 17
Net debt / EBITDA3.0×0.8×4th most indebted of 17

Peer table

Peer set: Industry: the same industry and sector in any market, nearest in size
CompanyMarketMarket cap6M returnRevenue growthOp. marginForward P/EReq gDelivered g
Tsakos Energy Navigation TENUnited States$1.32B+2%+23%38%3.5×n/an/a
FLEX LNG FLNGUnited States$1.38B-20%+1%49%11.5×-0.5%+16.1%
Nordic American Tankers NATUnited States$1.41B+13%+29%29%7.7×-3.4%-3.8%
Navigator NVGSUnited States$1.21B-14%+7%25%11.0×-2.2%+12.0%
Teekay TKUnited States$1.11B-10%+16%48%n/an/an/a
SFL SFLUnited States$1.65B-9%-4%28%11.2×5.2%+9.2%
Dorian LPG LPGUnited States$1.99B+16%+81%52%5.4×-6.7%+8.8%
Ardmore Shipping ASCUnited States$712M-11%+21%29%4.1×-14.9%+7.1%
Teekay Tankers TNKUnited States$2.97B+3%+19%39%3.5×n/an/a
Okeanis Eco Tankers ECOUnited States$3.19B+48%+105%62%3.9×-13.7%+6.7%
BW LPG BWLPG.OLNorway$3.31B+7%-9%15%4.5×-7.1%+37.2%
DHT DHTUnited States$3.33B+9%+39%57%3.8×-11.7%-6.4%
Tidewater TDWUnited States$3.49B-14%-1%18%13.3×1.2%+27.8%
TORM TRMD-A.CODenmark$3.87B+8%+41%41%3.5×-17.3%+12.7%
Scorpio Tankers STNGUnited States$4.13B-4%+39%49%5.6×n/an/a
Cmb.tech CMBTUnited States$4.83B+12%+92%30%7.2×n/an/a
Hafnia HAFNI.OLNorway$4.98B+7%+3%20%5.7×-5.9%+23.6%
International Seaways INSWUnited States$5.01B+7%+58%56%3.5×-14.8%+14.9%

Questions

Who are Tsakos Energy Navigation's main competitors?
Named competitors: DHT Holdings (DHT), Teekay Tankers (TNK), Frontline plc (FRO), Scorpio Tankers (STNG). The cockpit's measured peer set (industry) also includes FLEX LNG (FLNG), Nordic American Tankers (NAT), Navigator (NVGS), Teekay (TK), SFL (SFL), Dorian LPG (LPG).
Is Tsakos Energy Navigation expensive compared with its peers?
On forward p/e it trades at 3.5× against a peer median of 5.5×, 2nd cheapest of 17 in its peer set.
How has Tsakos Energy Navigation stock performed?
Over six months to 6 Nov 2026 the shares returned +2.4% against +6.5% for the median peer; over one year +87.5%.

How these numbers are made. Returns are close-to-close in local currency. Revenue growth and margins are trailing twelve months. Req g is the revenue growth that today's enterprise value requires for seven years at the company's own cost of capital; Delivered g is what it actually grew; the gap is the hurdle (honest precision about ±8 points, so read the ranking more than the decimal). No fair values, price targets or analyst ratings are shown, by design. Method and validation.