Cool (CLCO) Competitors

FLEX LNG (NYSE:FLNG) and Cool (NYSE:CLCO) are both transportation companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, analyst recommendations, valuation, media sentiment, profitability, institutional ownership, risk, dividends and earnings.

Does the media favor FLNG or CLCO?

In the previous week, Cool had 7 more articles in the media than FLEX LNG. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Cool and 0 mentions for FLEX LNG. Cool's average media sentiment score of -0.11 beat FLEX LNG's score of -0.40 indicating that Cool is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
FLEX LNG	Neutral
Cool	Neutral

Do insiders & institutionals hold more shares of FLNG or CLCO?

20.7% of Cool shares are held by institutional investors. 0.3% of FLEX LNG shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Is FLNG or CLCO more profitable?

FLEX LNG has a net margin of 25.33% compared to Cool's net margin of 0.00%. FLEX LNG's return on equity of 16.27% beat Cool's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
FLEX LNG	25.33%	16.27%	5.11%
Cool	N/A	N/A	N/A

Do analysts recommend FLNG or CLCO?

FLEX LNG presently has a consensus target price of $24.00, indicating a potential downside of 8.26%. Given FLEX LNG's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly 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)	1 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00
Cool	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer FLNG or CLCO?

FLEX LNG received 5 more outperform votes than Cool when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 100.00% of users gave Cool an outperform vote while only 25.00% of users gave FLEX LNG an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
FLEX LNG	Outperform Votes 6 25.00%	Underperform Votes 18 75.00%
Cool	Outperform Votes 1 100.00%	Underperform Votes No Votes

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 11.5%. Cool pays an annual dividend of $1.64 per share and has a dividend yield of 17.2%. FLEX LNG pays out 176.5% 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 more risk & volatility, FLNG or CLCO?

FLEX LNG has a beta of 0.72, suggesting that its share price is 28% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Cool has a beta of 0.56, suggesting that its share price is 44% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has preferable earnings & valuation, FLNG or CLCO?

Cool has higher revenue and earnings than FLEX LNG.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
FLEX LNG	$371.02M	N/A	$120.04M	$1.70	15.39
Cool	$379.01M	N/A	$174.73M	N/A	N/A

Summary

FLEX LNG and Cool tied by winning 8 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.