GLNG vs. FRO, STNG, GOGL, TNK, SFL, TK, NAT, WMB, KMI, and LNG
Should you be buying Golar LNG stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Golar LNG include Frontline (FRO), Scorpio Tankers (STNG), Golden Ocean Group (GOGL), Teekay Tankers (TNK), SFL (SFL), Teekay (TK), Nordic American Tankers (NAT), Williams Companies (WMB), Kinder Morgan (KMI), and Cheniere Energy (LNG). These companies are all part of the "oil & gas storage & transportation" industry.
Golar LNG vs.
Golar LNG (NASDAQ:GLNG) and Frontline (NYSE:FRO) are both mid-cap transportation companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their risk, analyst recommendations, valuation, media sentiment, institutional ownership, earnings, profitability, dividends and community ranking.
Frontline has higher revenue and earnings than Golar LNG. Frontline is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Golar LNG, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Frontline received 5 more outperform votes than Golar LNG when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 63.67% of users gave Golar LNG an outperform vote while only 58.39% of users gave Frontline an outperform vote.
Golar LNG has a beta of 0.59, indicating that its stock price is 41% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Frontline has a beta of 0.01, indicating that its stock price is 99% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Golar LNG pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.4%. Frontline pays an annual dividend of $1.36 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.8%. Golar LNG pays out 714.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Frontline pays out 55.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Frontline is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Golar LNG currently has a consensus target price of $50.13, suggesting a potential upside of 19.86%. Frontline has a consensus target price of $24.03, suggesting a potential upside of 38.37%. Given Frontline's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Frontline is more favorable than Golar LNG.
92.2% of Golar LNG shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 22.7% of Frontline shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.0% of Golar LNG shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 48.1% of Frontline shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Frontline has a net margin of 25.64% compared to Golar LNG's net margin of 4.92%. Frontline's return on equity of 19.25% beat Golar LNG's return on equity.
In the previous week, Frontline had 1 more articles in the media than Golar LNG. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Frontline and 3 mentions for Golar LNG. Golar LNG's average media sentiment score of 0.76 beat Frontline's score of 0.46 indicating that Golar LNG is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
Frontline beats Golar LNG on 14 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:GLNG) was last updated on 1/21/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
