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Teekay Tankers Ltd.

Buzzing onWhy it's trendingX mentions rising faster than the marketBacked by solid revenue growthPrice and volume picking up
$TNK·$2.7B·Marine Shipping·Industrials
$83.54+3.3%YTD+43.6%1Y+86.2%
Mentions · last 7 days
2026-08-07: 6 posts2026-08-08: 1 posts2026-08-09: 2 posts2026-08-10: 2 posts2026-08-11: 5 posts2026-08-12: 3 posts2026-08-13: 5 posts24+38%
Price updated 12h ago·X counts updated 10h ago
TNTNK
$TNKTeekay Tankers Ltd.
$83.54+3.28%24 posts+38%
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AI verdict & sentimentAI analysisGenerated by AI from underlying data

Top X posts

Today's AI verdict on what's driving $TNK, plus how loud the X conversation is and which way it's leaning.

AI analysis

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

Driven by hypeAcceleratingAI verdict · as of 2026-08-13

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

Teekay Tankers is riding the crude-tanker cycle — Q2 beat modestly, golden cross triggered, BofA lifted to $78

Teekay Tankers operates a crude-tanker fleet (VLCC/Suezmax/Aframax) — pure spot-rate leverage on the crude shipping cycle.

  • Q2 EPS $5.54 vs $5.61 estimate — 1.2% miss but revenue up big YoY.
  • Q1 EPS $4.42 with revenue $286M (+23.5% YoY) — the earlier quarters set the cycle-turn tone.
  • BofA raised PT to $78 from $75 — Aug 7 sell-side alignment.
  • Golden Cross technical signal Aug 7 — momentum confirmation.
  • Trades at 6.2x trailing P/E, 3.8x EV/EBITDA with 5.2% FCF yield — cheap on multiples, cycle-adjusted.
  • Position 92% into 52-week range with 1.47x volume multiplier.

Upside is continued VLCC spot rates north of $100k/day into winter refinery-run-up; downside is any Middle East de-escalation or Chinese crude import weakness.

Agrees with X sentimentX bulls cite the golden cross and BofA raise; my read matches direction, more explicit on the small Q2 miss vs the noisier estimate.

What to watch: Winter crude tanker spot rates and Q3 print (Nov 4) TCE realized rates.

On the calendar: 2026-11-04

X sentiment

What the X crowd is saying right now — descriptive, summarised from the day’s posts.

Bullish sentiment6 posts analyzed · as of 2026-08-07

Teekay Tankers chatter is bullish on the tanker complex: TNK and STNG were the leading tankers on a sold day with INSW hitting new highs. Bank of America raised TNK estimates and bumped its price target to $78 from $75. CNBC coverage of Panama Canal transit costs soaring raises supply-chain pressure. TNK is grouped with FRO and STNG as continuing beneficiaries of a strong July for shipping.

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What it does

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

Crude oil and refined product tanker company providing voyage and time charter transportation plus ship-to-ship transfer services globally.

Industry overviewAI analysisGenerated by AI from underlying data

Where Marine Shipping sits in its cycle right now — and what that implies for $TNK.

Marine Shipping · Industrials

No material change from last week — not fleet size — are the structural earnings lever.

What this means for $TNK

Neutral — Crude oil and refined product tanker company providing voyage and time charter transportation plus ship-to-ship transfer services globally; limited read-through from marine shipping macro dynamics to this specific revenue mix.

Top industry ETF

$SEAU.S. Global Sea to Sky Cargo ETF
+29.0%YTD
+26.1%1Y

Fundamentals & catalyst

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

Key ratios

P/E
6.2How 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
13.7%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
31.0%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
5.2%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
2.6Same 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
21.4%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
34.9%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
0.0Total 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
Q2 2026Jul 29, 2026$5.54$5.61-1.2%
Q1 2026May 13, 2026$3.69$3.50+5.4%
Q4 2025Feb 18, 2026$2.80$2.71+3.3%
Q3 2025Oct 29, 2025$1.54$1.50+2.7%
Next earningsWed, Nov 4·consensus EPS $4.38

Quarterly trend

QuarterRevenueYoYGrossOpEPSFCF
Q1 FY26$286.1M+23.5%47.3%43.7%$4.42$76.6M
Q4 FY25$258.3M-26.4%38.6%34.3%$3.47$99.9M
Q3 FY25$229.0M-5.9%23.9%19.0%$2.66$-53.3M
Q2 FY25$232.9M-29.1%26.3%23.6%$1.81$15.0M

Forward consensus

4-year forecast · up to 4 analysts
FYRevenueRangeEPSRangeAnalysts
FY26$868.0M$796.4M – $930.2M$14.64$13.07 – $16.002
FY27$620.0M$501.0M – $742.6M$8.09$7.23 – $8.854
FY28$588.7M$561.7M – $615.7M$7.59$7.28 – $7.902
FY29$1.1B$980.2M – $1.1B$9.78$8.73 – $10.691

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.1.4×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.98%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.+13.3%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.+21.9%Latest close vs the 200-day simple moving average. Positive = long-term trend is up.

Float & profile

FloatLow float · 23.9M shFree-float shares — the slice of issued stock actually available to trade. Lower buckets squeeze harder on a catalyst.Traded today1.9% of floatToday's volume as a percent of the free float. Above 5% on a single day is unusually high turnover for the available share count.β-0.255-year weekly beta vs the S&P 500. Above 1.5 means the stock typically moves more than the index; below 0.8 moves less.

Insider activity

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

Recent transactions

SellJun 8David SchellenbergDirector7.0K sh$503K
+ 24 other (17 awards · 5 exempts · 2 inkinds) in window

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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 173
3New insider — initial holdingsMar 173
3New insider — initial holdingsMar 173
3New insider — initial holdingsMar 173
3New insider — initial holdingsMar 173
3New insider — initial holdingsMar 173
3New insider — initial holdingsMar 173
3New insider — initial holdingsMar 173
+ 12 other (6 6-Ks · 3 13Gs · 2 3s · 1 20-F) in window

Recent news

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

Teekay Tankers (TNK) Just Flashed Golden Cross Signal: Do You Buy?zacks.com·7d agoShould Value Investors Buy TEEKAY TANK LTD (TNK) Stock?zacks.com·10d agoTeekay Tankers Q2 Earnings Call Highlightsmarketbeat.com·13d agoTeekay Tankers Ltd. Reports Second Quarter 2026 Results and Declares Dividendglobenewswire.com·16d agoCritical Contrast: Teekay Tankers (NYSE:TNK) and Castor Maritime (NASDAQ:CTRM)defenseworld.net·28d ago

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