Frontline (FRO) Competitors

Golar LNG (NASDAQ:GLNG) and Frontline (NYSE:FRO) are both mid-cap transportation companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, media sentiment, risk, analyst recommendations, earnings, community ranking, institutional ownership, valuation and dividends.

Do analysts prefer GLNG or FRO?

Golar LNG presently has a consensus target price of $49.63, indicating a potential upside of 17.59%. Frontline has a consensus target price of $24.36, indicating a potential upside of 76.23%. Given Frontline's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Frontline is more favorable than Golar LNG.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Golar LNG	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.80
Frontline	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.86

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in GLNG or FRO?

Frontline received 6 more outperform votes than Golar LNG when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 63.62% of users gave Golar LNG an outperform vote while only 58.39% of users gave Frontline an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Golar LNG	Outperform Votes 474 63.62%	Underperform Votes 271 36.38%
Frontline	Outperform Votes 480 58.39%	Underperform Votes 342 41.61%

Which has higher valuation and earnings, GLNG or FRO?

Frontline has higher revenue and earnings than Golar LNG. Frontline is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Golar 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
Golar LNG	$274.13M	16.07	-$46.79M	$0.14	301.43
Frontline	$2.04B	1.51	$656.41M	$2.45	5.64

Is GLNG or FRO more profitable?

Frontline has a net margin of 25.64% compared to Golar LNG's net margin of 4.92%. Frontline's return on equity of 19.25% beat Golar LNG's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Golar LNG	4.92%	9.12%	5.78%
Frontline	25.64%	19.25%	7.19%

Do insiders & institutionals hold more shares of GLNG or FRO?

92.2% of Golar LNG shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 22.7% of Frontline shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.0% of Golar LNG shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 48.1% of Frontline shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the media favor GLNG or FRO?

In the previous week, Frontline had 2 more articles in the media than Golar LNG. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Frontline and 5 mentions for Golar LNG. Golar LNG's average media sentiment score of 0.92 beat Frontline's score of -0.08 indicating that Golar LNG is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Golar LNG	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Frontline	2 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Is GLNG or FRO a better dividend stock?

Golar LNG pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.4%. Frontline pays an annual dividend of $1.36 per share and has a dividend yield of 9.8%. Golar LNG pays out 714.3% 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 55.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Frontline is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Summary

Frontline beats Golar LNG on 14 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.