GOGL vs. INSW, TGP, MATX, TDW, FRO, STNG, GLNG, TNK, SFL, and TK
Should you be buying Golden Ocean Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Golden Ocean Group include International Seaways (INSW), Teekay LNG Partners (TGP), Matson (MATX), Tidewater (TDW), Frontline (FRO), Scorpio Tankers (STNG), Golar LNG (GLNG), Teekay Tankers (TNK), SFL (SFL), and Teekay (TK).
International Seaways (NYSE:INSW) and Golden Ocean Group (NASDAQ:GOGL) are both mid-cap transportation companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, media sentiment, profitability, dividends, analyst recommendations, risk, valuation, community ranking and institutional ownership.
International Seaways has a net margin of 49.88% compared to International Seaways' net margin of 19.92%. Golden Ocean Group's return on equity of 29.74% beat International Seaways' return on equity.
International Seaways pays an annual dividend of $0.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.8%. Golden Ocean Group pays an annual dividend of $1.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.9%. International Seaways pays out 4.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Golden Ocean Group pays out 129.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. International Seaways has increased its dividend for 3 consecutive years and Golden Ocean Group has increased its dividend for 1 consecutive years.
International Seaways currently has a consensus price target of $63.25, indicating a potential upside of 2.55%. Golden Ocean Group has a consensus price target of $12.75, indicating a potential downside of 4.92%. Given Golden Ocean Group's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe International Seaways is more favorable than Golden Ocean Group.
In the previous week, Golden Ocean Group had 4 more articles in the media than International Seaways. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Golden Ocean Group and 2 mentions for International Seaways. Golden Ocean Group's average media sentiment score of 1.55 beat International Seaways' score of 0.96 indicating that International Seaways is being referred to more favorably in the media.
67.3% of International Seaways shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 22.0% of Golden Ocean Group shares are held by institutional investors. 1.9% of International Seaways 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.
Golden Ocean Group received 177 more outperform votes than International Seaways when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 60.16% of users gave Golden Ocean Group an outperform vote while only 59.57% of users gave International Seaways an outperform vote.
International Seaways has a beta of -0.04, suggesting that its share price is 104% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Golden Ocean Group has a beta of 1.23, suggesting that its share price is 23% more volatile than the S&P 500.
International Seaways has higher revenue and earnings than Golden Ocean Group. International Seaways is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Golden Ocean Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
International Seaways beats Golden Ocean Group on 14 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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