GLNG vs. INSW, TGP, MATX, HMLP, FRO, STNG, GOGL, TNK, SFL, and TK
Should you be buying Golar LNG stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Golar LNG include International Seaways (INSW), Teekay LNG Partners (TGP), Matson (MATX), Höegh LNG Partners (HMLP), Frontline (FRO), Scorpio Tankers (STNG), Golden Ocean Group (GOGL), Teekay Tankers (TNK), SFL (SFL), and Teekay (TK). These companies are all part of the "transportation" sector.
International Seaways (NYSE:INSW) and Golar LNG (NASDAQ:GLNG) are both mid-cap transportation companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, institutional ownership, risk, community ranking, dividends, analyst recommendations, profitability, earnings and valuation.
International Seaways has higher revenue and earnings than Golar LNG. International Seaways is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Golar LNG, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Golar LNG received 273 more outperform votes than International Seaways when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.98% of users gave Golar LNG an outperform vote while only 59.57% of users gave International Seaways an outperform vote.
International Seaways has a beta of -0.05, meaning that its stock price is 105% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Golar LNG has a beta of 0.62, meaning that its stock price is 38% less volatile than the S&P 500.
International Seaways pays an annual dividend of $0.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.7%. Golar LNG pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.8%. International Seaways pays out 4.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Golar LNG pays out 95.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. International Seaways has raised its dividend for 3 consecutive years and Golar LNG has raised its dividend for 1 consecutive years.
International Seaways presently has a consensus price target of $63.25, suggesting a potential downside of 1.82%. Golar LNG has a consensus price target of $34.33, suggesting a potential upside of 30.59%. Given International Seaways' higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Golar LNG is more favorable than International Seaways.
67.3% of International Seaways shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 92.2% of Golar LNG shares are held by institutional investors. 1.9% of International Seaways shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.0% of Golar LNG shares are held 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.
International Seaways has a net margin of 49.88% compared to International Seaways' net margin of -15.68%. Golar LNG's return on equity of 29.74% beat International Seaways' return on equity.
In the previous week, Golar LNG had 22 more articles in the media than International Seaways. MarketBeat recorded 30 mentions for Golar LNG and 8 mentions for International Seaways. Golar LNG's average media sentiment score of 0.72 beat International Seaways' score of 0.34 indicating that International Seaways is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
International Seaways beats Golar LNG on 12 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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