GLNG vs. GOGL, TNK, NAT, INSW, MATX, KEX, CAAP, TRMD, HUBG, and GBTG
Should you be buying Golar LNG stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Golar LNG include Golden Ocean Group (GOGL), Teekay Tankers (TNK), Nordic American Tankers (NAT), International Seaways (INSW), Matson (MATX), Kirby (KEX), Corporación América Airports (CAAP), TORM (TRMD), Hub Group (HUBG), and Global Business Travel Group (GBTG). These companies are all part of the "transportation" sector.
Golar LNG (NASDAQ:GLNG) and Golden Ocean Group (NASDAQ:GOGL) are both mid-cap transportation companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, profitability, dividends, community ranking, institutional ownership, valuation, analyst recommendations, risk and media sentiment.
92.2% of Golar LNG shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 22.0% of Golden Ocean Group shares are held by institutional investors. 0.0% of Golar LNG 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.
Golar LNG presently has a consensus target price of $27.00, indicating a potential upside of 8.22%. Golden Ocean Group has a consensus target price of $12.50, indicating a potential downside of 9.88%. Given Golar LNG's higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Golar LNG is more favorable than Golden Ocean Group.
Golar LNG received 94 more outperform votes than Golden Ocean Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.89% of users gave Golar LNG an outperform vote while only 60.45% of users gave Golden Ocean Group an outperform vote.
Golden Ocean Group has higher revenue and earnings than Golar LNG. Golar LNG 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.
Golar LNG pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.0%. Golden Ocean Group pays an annual dividend of $1.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.7%. Golar LNG pays out -232.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Golden Ocean Group pays out 214.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
Golden Ocean Group has a net margin of 12.68% compared to Golar LNG's net margin of -15.68%. Golar LNG's return on equity of 11.67% beat Golden Ocean Group's return on equity.
In the previous week, Golden Ocean Group had 2 more articles in the media than Golar LNG. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Golden Ocean Group and 5 mentions for Golar LNG. Golar LNG's average media sentiment score of 0.25 beat Golden Ocean Group's score of -0.06 indicating that Golar LNG is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Golar LNG has a beta of 0.61, suggesting that its share price is 39% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Golden Ocean Group has a beta of 1.39, suggesting that its share price is 39% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Golar LNG and Golden Ocean Group tied by winning 10 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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