FLEX LNG (FLNG) Competitors

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

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer FLNG or SOBO?

FLEX LNG received 3 more outperform votes than South Bow when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 30.00% of users gave South Bow 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%
South Bow	Outperform Votes 3 30.00%	Underperform Votes 7 70.00%

Is FLNG or SOBO more profitable?

FLEX LNG has a net margin of 33.03% compared to South Bow's net margin of 0.00%. FLEX LNG's return on equity of 15.61% beat South Bow's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
FLEX LNG	33.03%	15.61%	4.86%
South Bow	N/A	N/A	N/A

Do analysts recommend FLNG or SOBO?

FLEX LNG currently has a consensus target price of $23.00, suggesting a potential downside of 1.22%. South Bow has a consensus target price of $25.50, suggesting a potential upside of 0.25%. Given South Bow's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe South Bow is more favorable than FLEX LNG.

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
South Bow	2 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	2 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.33

Does the media favor FLNG or SOBO?

In the previous week, South Bow had 1 more articles in the media than FLEX LNG. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for South Bow and 6 mentions for FLEX LNG. South Bow's average media sentiment score of 1.34 beat FLEX LNG's score of 0.80 indicating that South Bow is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
FLEX LNG	2 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
South Bow	6 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is FLNG or SOBO a better dividend stock?

FLEX LNG pays an annual dividend of $3.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 12.9%. South Bow pays an annual dividend of $2.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.9%. 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.

Which has higher valuation & earnings, FLNG or SOBO?

FLEX LNG has higher revenue and earnings than South Bow.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
FLEX LNG	$356.35M	3.52	$117.68M	$2.18	10.68
South Bow	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

Summary

South Bow beats FLEX LNG on 8 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.