Golar LNG (GLNG) Competitors

Golar LNG (NASDAQ:GLNG) and Scorpio Tankers (NYSE:STNG) are both mid-cap transportation companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, earnings, profitability, media sentiment, valuation, risk, dividends, analyst recommendations and institutional ownership.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor GLNG or STNG?

Scorpio Tankers received 78 more outperform votes than Golar LNG when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.27% of users gave Scorpio Tankers an outperform vote while only 63.88% of users gave Golar LNG an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Golar LNG	Outperform Votes 474 63.88%	Underperform Votes 268 36.12%
Scorpio Tankers	Outperform Votes 552 66.27%	Underperform Votes 281 33.73%

Do analysts rate GLNG or STNG?

Golar LNG currently has a consensus target price of $49.63, suggesting a potential upside of 39.55%. Scorpio Tankers has a consensus target price of $78.40, suggesting a potential upside of 35.36%. Given Golar LNG's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Golar LNG is more favorable than Scorpio Tankers.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Golar LNG	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Scorpio Tankers	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50

Which has higher earnings and valuation, GLNG or STNG?

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

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Golar LNG	$276.58M	13.45	-$46.79M	$1.34	26.54
Scorpio Tankers	$1.34B	2.18	$546.90M	$13.95	4.15

Is GLNG or STNG a better dividend stock?

Golar LNG pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.8%. Scorpio Tankers pays an annual dividend of $1.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.8%. Golar LNG pays out 74.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Scorpio Tankers pays out 11.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years.

Do insiders & institutionals hold more shares of GLNG or STNG?

92.2% of Golar LNG shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 54.6% of Scorpio Tankers shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.0% of Golar LNG shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 7.3% of Scorpio Tankers shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has more volatility and risk, GLNG or STNG?

Golar LNG has a beta of 0.58, indicating that its share price is 42% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Scorpio Tankers has a beta of 0.18, indicating that its share price is 82% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is GLNG or STNG more profitable?

Scorpio Tankers has a net margin of 52.40% compared to Golar LNG's net margin of 50.89%. Scorpio Tankers' return on equity of 22.56% beat Golar LNG's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Golar LNG	50.89%	9.20%	5.97%
Scorpio Tankers	52.40%	22.56%	15.35%

Does the media refer more to GLNG or STNG?

In the previous week, Scorpio Tankers had 25 more articles in the media than Golar LNG. MarketBeat recorded 28 mentions for Scorpio Tankers and 3 mentions for Golar LNG. Golar LNG's average media sentiment score of 0.85 beat Scorpio Tankers' score of 0.39 indicating that Golar LNG is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Golar LNG	1 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Scorpio Tankers	7 Very Positive mention(s)	4 Positive mention(s)	7 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Summary

Scorpio Tankers beats Golar LNG on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.