FLEX LNG (FLNG) Competitors

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

Do analysts prefer FLNG or PAGP?

FLEX LNG currently has a consensus price target of $23.00, indicating a potential upside of 1.95%. Plains GP has a consensus price target of $21.00, indicating a potential downside of 2.42%. Given FLEX LNG's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe FLEX LNG is more favorable than Plains GP.

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
Plains GP	2 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.40

Does the MarketBeat Community favor FLNG or PAGP?

Plains GP received 431 more outperform votes than FLEX LNG when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 57.35% of users gave Plains GP an outperform vote while only 23.08% of users gave FLEX LNG an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
FLEX LNG	Outperform Votes 6 23.08%	Underperform Votes 20 76.92%
Plains GP	Outperform Votes 437 57.35%	Underperform Votes 325 42.65%

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

88.3% of Plains GP shares are held by institutional investors. 0.3% of FLEX LNG shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 9.9% of Plains GP shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has stronger earnings and valuation, FLNG or PAGP?

FLEX LNG has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Plains GP. FLEX LNG is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Plains GP, 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	3.41	$117.68M	$2.18	10.35
Plains GP	$50.07B	0.08	$103M	$0.53	40.60

Which has more volatility and risk, FLNG or PAGP?

FLEX LNG has a beta of 0.62, meaning that its stock price is 38% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Plains GP has a beta of 1.55, meaning that its stock price is 55% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media favor FLNG or PAGP?

In the previous week, Plains GP had 6 more articles in the media than FLEX LNG. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Plains GP and 1 mentions for FLEX LNG. Plains GP's average media sentiment score of 0.78 beat FLEX LNG's score of 0.25 indicating that Plains GP is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
FLEX LNG	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Plains GP	4 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is FLNG or PAGP a better dividend stock?

FLEX LNG pays an annual dividend of $3.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 13.3%. Plains GP pays an annual dividend of $1.52 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.1%. FLEX LNG pays out 137.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Plains GP pays out 286.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. FLEX LNG is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Is FLNG or PAGP more profitable?

FLEX LNG has a net margin of 33.03% compared to Plains GP's net margin of 0.21%. FLEX LNG's return on equity of 15.61% beat Plains GP's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
FLEX LNG	33.03%	15.61%	4.86%
Plains GP	0.21%	0.70%	0.36%

Summary

Plains GP beats FLEX LNG on 12 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.