Cool (CLCO) Competitors

Flex LNG (NYSE:FLNG) and Cool (NYSE:CLCO) are both small-cap transportation companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, valuation, analyst recommendations, dividends, risk, profitability, institutional ownership and earnings.

Do institutionals and insiders believe in FLNG or CLCO?

20.7% of Cool shares are held by institutional investors. 0.3% of Flex LNG shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Is FLNG or CLCO more profitable?

Flex LNG has a net margin of 29.10% compared to Cool's net margin of 0.00%. Flex LNG's return on equity of 14.83% beat Cool's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Flex LNG	29.10%	14.83%	4.56%
Cool	N/A	N/A	N/A

Is FLNG or CLCO a better dividend stock?

Flex LNG pays an annual dividend of $3.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 12.0%. Cool pays an annual dividend of $0.56 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.6%. Flex LNG pays out 157.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Cool pays out 82.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

Which has higher earnings & valuation, FLNG or CLCO?

Flex LNG has higher revenue and earnings than Cool. Cool is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Flex 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
Flex LNG	$356.35M	3.79	$117.68M	$1.91	13.14
Cool	$338.50M	1.17	$98.14M	$0.68	10.82

Which has more volatility & risk, FLNG or CLCO?

Flex LNG has a beta of 0.41, meaning that its share price is 59% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Cool has a beta of 0.61, meaning that its share price is 39% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts rate FLNG or CLCO?

Flex LNG currently has a consensus target price of $23.00, indicating a potential downside of 8.33%. Given Flex LNG's higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe Flex LNG is more favorable than Cool.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Flex LNG	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00
Cool	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00

Does the media refer more to FLNG or CLCO?

In the previous week, Flex LNG had 1 more articles in the media than Cool. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Flex LNG and 0 mentions for Cool. Flex LNG's average media sentiment score of 1.79 beat Cool's score of 0.00 indicating that Flex LNG is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Flex LNG	Very Positive
Cool	Neutral

Summary

Flex LNG beats Cool on 13 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.