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Tsakos Energy Navigation Limited

$TEN·$1.2B·Oil & Gas Midstream·Energy
$39.52-0.6%YTD+80.0%1Y+104.2%
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AI analysis

TickerTalks’ read on the fundamentals and what’s driving the move.

Proven numbersAcceleratingAI verdict · as of 2026-07-14

The move is getting stronger, with heavier trading behind it.

Tsakos Energy Navigation is a levered tanker-and-LNG cycle-play with big cash flows — $38.83 is +76% YTD, +99% over 12 months, and just placed a second LNG carrier order at HHI.

Tsakos operates a diversified fleet of crude, product, and LNG tankers, and Q1 revenue of $253M up 28% YoY at a 43% operating margin says the tanker cycle is doing genuine work here — this is not a speculative cycle bet.

  • Return metrics are steady rather than spectacular — ROIC 4.1%, ROE 4.8%, PE 6.5x — the equity is cheap on earnings, and the balance sheet leverage (D/E 1.04) is typical for shipping and financeable given the earnings run-rate.
  • Fleet strategy is the growth angle — a second LNG carrier order at Hyundai Heavy Industries expands the LNG book and shifts the mix toward longer-tenor charter cash flows, useful when the tanker leg cools.
  • Setup is technically constructive — 2% below the 50-day, 24% above the 200-day, 74% up the 52-week range — mid-cycle levels rather than blowoff, so the upcoming print can either extend the trend or trigger a healthy pause.

No aggregated X sentiment was available. Common and preferred dividends were both declared recently, so cash return is intact — watch the September 16 Q2 for TCE realization and fleet-mix commentary.

What to watch: September 16 Q2 earnings — TCE realization, fleet mix commentary, and any LNG-charter contract details.

On the calendar: 2026-09-16 Q2 earnings

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What it does

Plain-English summary of the business — what they sell and how they make money.

Operates crude oil and petroleum product tankers on global spot and time-charter routes; Greek-owned diversified tanker fleet.

Industry overviewAI analysisGenerated by AI from underlying data

Where Oil & Gas Midstream sits in its cycle right now — and what that implies for $TEN.

Oil & Gas Midstream · Energy

No material change from last week — VG's Louisiana liquefaction export terminals and GLNG's floating LNG vessels unlock stranded gas monetization under long-term supply contracts.

What this means for $TEN

Neutral — Operates crude oil and petroleum product tankers on global spot and time-charter routes; Greek-owned diversified tanker fleet; this business's revenue is largely decoupled from the Louisiana liquefaction and floating LNG export capacity expansion.

Top industry ETF

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Fundamentals & catalyst

Profitability, valuation, and the next earnings event — at a glance, with rule-of-thumb signals.

Key ratios

P/E
6.5How much investors are paying per dollar of profit the company actually earned in the last 12 months. Lower means the stock looks cheaper relative to earnings.~15–25 is typical for the S&P 500; high-growth names trade 30+; hyper-growth or speculative can be 100+ or negative.
ROIC
4.1%What percentage return the business earns on every dollar of capital (equity + debt) deployed in operations. The cleanest measure of business quality.Above ~15% is high-quality; consistently above 25% suggests a real moat. Below the company's cost of capital is value-destroying.
Op margin
25.9%Operating profit (after sales, marketing, R&D, and overhead but before interest and taxes) as a percentage of revenue. The clearest view of how well the underlying business is run.Mature business above 20% is healthy; software businesses can run 30%+; commodity / retail businesses operate in single digits.
FCF yield
0.0%Free cash flow (operating cash flow minus capex) divided by the company's market cap. The cash-on-cash return you'd get owning the whole business at today's price.Above ~5% is attractive; below ~2% means you're paying up for growth. Capital-light businesses (software) run higher than capital-heavy ones (utilities).
P/S
0.9Same idea as P/E but per dollar of revenue. Useful for companies that aren't profitable yet, where P/E is meaningless.Under ~2 is cheap; software / SaaS often runs 8–15; well above 20 implies the market is pricing in very high future growth.
ROE
4.8%Net income as a percentage of shareholders' equity. Similar to ROIC but counts only the equity side.Above 20% is strong, but can be inflated by leverage — a heavily indebted company can show high ROE with weak underlying ROIC.
Gross margin
32.7%Revenue minus the direct cost of producing what was sold, as a percentage of revenue. The first read on whether the product is structurally profitable.Software / SaaS is typically 70%+; consumer goods 30–50%; commodity / hardware businesses can be under 20%.
D/E
1.0Total debt divided by shareholders' equity. Measures how much the business runs on borrowed money versus owner capital.Under 1 is conservative; 1–2 is typical for mature businesses; over 2 is leveraged and more sensitive to interest rates.

Past earnings

QuarterReportedActualEstimateSurprise
Q1 2026May 21, 2026$2.72$2.07+31.4%
Q4 2025Mar 6, 2026$1.70$1.07+58.9%
Q3 2025Nov 20, 2025$1.05$0.77+36.4%
Q2 2025Sep 10, 2025$0.67$0.59+13.6%
Next earningsWed, Sep 16·consensus EPS $2.93

Quarterly trend

QuarterRevenueYoYGrossOpEPSFCF
Q1 FY26$253.0M+28.4%48.4%43.4%$2.73—
Q4 FY25$222.1M+18.0%40.9%36.6%$1.70$0
Q3 FY25$186.2M-7.0%32.6%27.7%$1.05—
Q2 FY25$193.3M-9.7%32.7%25.9%$0.67$0

Forward consensus

4-year forecast · up to 2 analysts
FYRevenueRangeEPSRangeAnalysts
FY26$867.1M$824.3M – $909.9M$7.39$6.92 – $7.861
FY27$817.6M$693.9M – $941.3M$3.65$0.87 – $6.422
FY28$891.4M$847.4M – $935.4M$4.01$3.75 – $4.261
FY29$798.6M$759.2M – $838.0M$12.29$11.50 – $13.081

Setup & momentum

Volume, range, and moving-average position — the technical setup driving short-term moves.

Right now

Vol vs 30dToday's traded share volume divided by the average over the prior 30 trading days. ≥3× signals unusual interest; below 1× is quiet.0.8×Today's traded share volume divided by the average over the prior 30 trading days. ≥3× signals unusual interest; below 1× is quiet.
52w rangeWhere the latest close sits between the 52-week low (0%) and high (100%). Above 80% is extended; below 30% is basing or in a downtrend.77%Where the latest close sits between the 52-week low (0%) and high (100%). Above 80% is extended; below 30% is basing or in a downtrend.
vs 50d MALatest close vs the 50-day simple moving average. Positive = short-term trend is up.+0.1%Latest close vs the 50-day simple moving average. Positive = short-term trend is up.
vs 200d MALatest close vs the 200-day simple moving average. Positive = long-term trend is up.+26.8%Latest close vs the 200-day simple moving average. Positive = long-term trend is up.

Insider activity

Recent open-market buys and sells by officers and directors — flagged when multiple insiders cluster.

Recent transactions

BuyApr 29Nikolaos TsakosCEO12.5K sh$499KBuyApr 28Nikolaos TsakosCEO12.5K sh$499K
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SEC filings

Material 8-K, 13D, S-3, and 424B5 events from the last 180 days — the filings that actually move the price.

Recent material filings

3New insider — initial holdingsMar 183
3New insider — initial holdingsMar 183
3New insider — initial holdingsMar 183
3New insider — initial holdingsMar 183
3New insider — initial holdingsMar 183
3New insider — initial holdingsMar 183
3New insider — initial holdingsMar 183
3New insider — initial holdingsMar 183
+ 10 other (4 3s · 3 6-Ks · 1 F-3ASR · 1 20-F) in window

Recent news

Latest headlines from major outlets, sourced and timestamped — context for whatever just moved.

Navigating the Future of Shipping: Leadership Insights – Q2 2026globenewswire.com·1d agoTEN Ltd. Declares Dividend on its Series F Cumulative Redeemable Perpetual Preferred Sharesglobenewswire.com·13d agoTEN Ltd. Announces Second LNG Carrier Order in Hyundai Heavy Industriesglobenewswire.com·14d agoTEN Ltd. Declares Common Stock Dividendglobenewswire.com·30d agoTsakos Energy Navigation: There Is Still Some Upside, But Investors Are Quite Cautiousseekingalpha.com·31d ago

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