SemGroup (SEMG) Competitors

Frontline (NYSE:FRO) and SemGroup (NYSE:SEMG) are both mid-cap oil & gas storage & transportation companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, risk, valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, earnings, dividends and profitability.

Do analysts recommend FRO or SEMG?

Frontline presently has a consensus target price of $21.87, suggesting a potential downside of 2.66%. Given Frontline's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe Frontline is more favorable than SemGroup.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Frontline	1 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.80
SemGroup	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Is FRO or SEMG more profitable?

Frontline has a net margin of 12.94% compared to SemGroup's net margin of -1.84%. Frontline's return on equity of 10.27% beat SemGroup's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Frontline	12.94%	10.27%	3.90%
SemGroup	-1.84%	0.07%	0.02%

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of FRO or SEMG?

22.7% of Frontline shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 95.6% of SemGroup shares are owned by institutional investors. 48.1% of Frontline shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of SemGroup shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Is FRO or SEMG a better dividend stock?

Frontline pays an annual dividend of $0.72 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.2%. SemGroup pays an annual dividend of $1.89 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.1%. Frontline pays out 67.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. SemGroup pays out -994.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. SemGroup is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Which has higher valuation and earnings, FRO or SEMG?

Frontline has higher earnings, but lower revenue than SemGroup. SemGroup is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Frontline, 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
Frontline	$2.16B	2.31	$495.58M	$1.07	21.00
SemGroup	$2.50B	0.85	-$26.75M	-$0.19	-140.37

Which has more volatility & risk, FRO or SEMG?

Frontline has a beta of 0.25, meaning that its stock price is 75% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, SemGroup has a beta of 1.6, meaning that its stock price is 60% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media refer more to FRO or SEMG?

In the previous week, Frontline had 6 more articles in the media than SemGroup. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Frontline and 0 mentions for SemGroup. Frontline's average media sentiment score of 1.51 beat SemGroup's score of 0.00 indicating that Frontline is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Frontline	Very Positive
SemGroup	Neutral

Summary

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