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Frontline (FRO) Competitors

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$19.23 -0.55 (-2.78%)
(As of 11/15/2024 ET)

FRO vs. WMB, KMI, LNG, TRGP, GLNG, STNG, GOGL, TNK, SFL, and TK

Should you be buying Frontline stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Frontline include Williams Companies (WMB), Kinder Morgan (KMI), Cheniere Energy (LNG), Targa Resources (TRGP), Golar LNG (GLNG), Scorpio Tankers (STNG), Golden Ocean Group (GOGL), Teekay Tankers (TNK), SFL (SFL), and Teekay (TK). These companies are all part of the "oil & gas storage & transportation" industry.

Frontline vs.

Williams Companies (NYSE:WMB) and Frontline (NYSE:FRO) are both oils/energy companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, media sentiment, dividends, community ranking, institutional ownership, risk, valuation, analyst recommendations and earnings.

Williams Companies pays an annual dividend of $1.90 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.4%. Frontline pays an annual dividend of $2.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 12.9%. Williams Companies pays out 80.2% 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 93.2% 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 has a net margin of 29.42% compared to Williams Companies' net margin of 27.36%. Frontline's return on equity of 19.73% beat Williams Companies' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Williams Companies27.36% 15.89% 4.45%
Frontline 29.42%19.73%7.79%

Williams Companies has higher revenue and earnings than Frontline. Frontline is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Williams Companies, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Williams Companies$10.91B6.32$3.18B$2.3723.86
Frontline$1.83BN/A$656.41M$2.667.23

86.4% of Williams Companies shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 22.7% of Frontline shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.4% of Williams Companies 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.

Williams Companies received 212 more outperform votes than Frontline when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 71.88% of users gave Williams Companies an outperform vote while only 58.36% of users gave Frontline an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Williams CompaniesOutperform Votes
690
71.88%
Underperform Votes
270
28.13%
FrontlineOutperform Votes
478
58.36%
Underperform Votes
341
41.64%

Williams Companies has a beta of 1.03, meaning that its stock price is 3% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Frontline has a beta of 0.06, meaning that its stock price is 94% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Williams Companies currently has a consensus price target of $51.54, suggesting a potential downside of 8.86%. Frontline has a consensus price target of $27.26, suggesting a potential upside of 41.76%. Given Frontline's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Frontline is more favorable than Williams Companies.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Williams Companies
1 Sell rating(s)
6 Hold rating(s)
9 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.50
Frontline
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
4 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

In the previous week, Williams Companies had 24 more articles in the media than Frontline. MarketBeat recorded 26 mentions for Williams Companies and 2 mentions for Frontline. Williams Companies' average media sentiment score of 0.99 beat Frontline's score of -1.00 indicating that Williams Companies is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Williams Companies Positive
Frontline Negative

Summary

Williams Companies beats Frontline on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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FRO vs. The Competition

MetricFrontlineDeep sea foreign transportation of freight IndustryTransportation SectorNYSE Exchange
Market CapN/A$754.51M$333.04B$19.81B
Dividend Yield12.84%7.03%4.43%3.50%
P/E Ratio7.234.7114.2441.76
Price / SalesN/A1.6752.5620.47
Price / Cash5.264.9513.0421.65
Price / Book1.880.792.154.66
Net Income$656.41M$91.81M$570.30M$983.45M
7 Day Performance1.21%-1.70%-2.16%-2.12%
1 Month Performance-12.17%-2.60%-1.08%-0.47%
1 Year Performance-9.82%20.49%15.90%24.69%

Frontline Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
FRO
Frontline
3.6764 of 5 stars
$19.23
-2.8%
$27.26
+41.8%
-9.8%$0.00$1.83B7.2380Analyst Forecast
Short Interest ↑
Negative News
WMB
Williams Companies
4.0015 of 5 stars
$56.55
+1.7%
N/A+62.7%$67.75B$10.91B23.865,601Analyst Forecast
Insider Selling
News Coverage
KMI
Kinder Morgan
4.4554 of 5 stars
$27.27
+1.9%
N/A+62.1%$60.58B$15.33B23.9210,891Analyst Forecast
Positive News
LNG
Cheniere Energy
3.2259 of 5 stars
$212.30
+0.7%
N/A+22.1%$47.63B$16.09B13.561,605Analyst Forecast
Positive News
TRGP
Targa Resources
4.7144 of 5 stars
$196.04
+2.3%
N/A+133.8%$42.75B$16.06B35.453,182Analyst Forecast
Insider Selling
News Coverage
GLNG
Golar LNG
3.4878 of 5 stars
$34.00
-2.8%
N/A+56.4%$3.55B$298.43M25.37470Upcoming Earnings
Dividend Announcement
Analyst Downgrade
Analyst Revision
News Coverage
STNG
Scorpio Tankers
4.3068 of 5 stars
$53.72
-2.3%
N/A-3.0%$2.71B$1.34B3.8530Analyst Forecast
GOGL
Golden Ocean Group
3.2207 of 5 stars
$12.05
+0.7%
N/A+60.0%$2.41B$885.77M11.2638Upcoming Earnings
Positive News
TNK
Teekay Tankers
4.2197 of 5 stars
$43.22
-3.6%
N/A-13.3%$1.48B$1.36B3.551,590Ex-Dividend
Analyst Forecast
SFL
SFL
2.7965 of 5 stars
$10.39
-1.3%
N/A-4.9%$1.44B$822.26M9.3621
TK
Teekay
2.748 of 5 stars
$7.80
-2.9%
N/A+12.9%$737.44M$1.30B5.202,300

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This page (NYSE:FRO) was last updated on 11/17/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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