Golar LNG (GLNG) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

Golar LNG Ltd. (NASDAQ: GLNG) is a liquefied natural gas (LNG) infrastructure company focused primarily on floating liquefied natural gas (FLNG) solutions. Its business includes the development, ownership and operation of floating facilities that process natural gas offshore, liquefy it for export and transfer the resulting LNG to carriers for delivery to global markets.

The company’s FLNG vessels are converted from large LNG carriers or purpose-built to provide offshore liquefaction capacity. Golar’s Hilli Episeyo facility operates offshore Cameroon, where it processes gas from the Kribi field and produces LNG for international sale. The company has also been developing the Golar Gimi FLNG vessel for the Greater Tortue Ahmeyim gas project offshore Mauritania and Senegal.

Golar LNG historically participated in LNG shipping and floating storage and regasification activities, but its strategy has increasingly centered on FLNG infrastructure. Through its projects and partnerships, the company serves international energy markets by helping monetize offshore natural gas resources in regions where onshore liquefaction infrastructure may be limited.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: $48.48 to $49.87
• 50-Day Range: $47.35 to $53.13
• 52-Week Range: $35.02 to $57.79
• Volume: 1.20 million shs
• Average Volume: 1.30 million shs
• Market Capitalization: $4.94 billion
• P/E Ratio: 30.49
• Dividend Yield: 2.05%
• Price Target: $64.25
• Consensus Rating: Moderate Buy

Golar LNG Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

Golar LNG scored higher than 64% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 130th out of 252 stocks in the energy sector. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

Analyst's Opinion

• Score: 4.2 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Moderate Buy

Consensus Rating

Golar LNG has received a consensus rating of Moderate Buy. The company's average rating score is 2.86, and is based on 1 strong buy rating, 4 buy ratings, 2 hold ratings, and no sell ratings.

Upside Potential

Golar LNG has a consensus price target of $64.25, representing about 31.7% upside from its current price of $48.79.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

Golar LNG has only been the subject of 4 research reports in the past 90 days.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 0.6 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: -31.58%

Earnings Growth

Earnings for Golar LNG are expected to decrease by -31.58% in the coming year, from $1.14 to $0.78 per share.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of Golar LNG is 30.49, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 38.82.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of Golar LNG is 30.49, which means that it is trading at a more expensive P/E ratio than the Energy sector average P/E ratio of about 20.48.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

Golar LNG has a P/B Ratio of 2.39. P/B Ratios below 3 indicates that a company is reasonably valued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Short Interest

• Score: 1.0 / 5
• Short Interest Level: Bearish

Percentage of Shares Shorted

8.91% of the float of Golar LNG has been sold short.

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

Golar LNG has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 8.32.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in Golar LNG has recently increased by 16.95%, indicating that investor sentiment is decreasing significantly.

Dividend

• Score: 1.7 / 5
• Dividend Strength: Weak

Dividend Yield

Golar LNG pays a meaningful dividend of 2.02%, higher than the bottom 25% of all stocks that pay dividends.

Dividend Growth

Golar LNG has only been increasing its dividend for 2 years.

Dividend Coverage

The dividend payout ratio of Golar LNG is 62.50%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%.

Dividend Sustainability

Based on EPS estimates, Golar LNG will have a dividend payout ratio of 128.21% in the coming year. This indicates that Golar LNG may not be able to sustain their current dividend.

News and Social Media

• Score: 2.6 / 5
• News Sentiment: 0.18

News Sentiment

Golar LNG has a news sentiment score of 0.18. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This is a lower news sentiment than the 0.68 average news sentiment score of Energy companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 6 news articles for Golar LNG this week, compared to 3 articles on an average week.

Search Interest

Only 2 people have searched for GLNG on MarketBeat in the last 30 days. This is a decrease of -75% compared to the previous 30 days.

MarketBeat Follows

6 people have added Golar LNG to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 30 days.

Company Ownership

• Score: 0.7 / 5
• Insider Trading: N/A

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, Golar LNG insiders have not sold or bought any company stock.

Percentage Held by Insiders

0.02% of the stock of Golar LNG is held by insiders.

Percentage Held by Institutions

92.21% of the stock of Golar LNG is held by institutions. High institutional ownership can be a signal of strong market trust in this company.

Company Calendar

• Last Earnings: 5/20/2026
• Record date for 9/2 Dividend: 8/24/2026
• Ex-Dividend for 9/2 Dividend: 8/24/2026
• Dividend Payable: 9/02/2026
• Today: 9/28/2026
• Next Earnings (Estimated): 11/04/2026
• Fiscal Year End: 12/31/2026

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: NASDAQ
• Sector: Energy
• Industry: Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels
• Sub-Industry: Oil & Gas Storage & Transportation
• Current Symbol: NASDAQ:GLNG
• CIK: 1207179
• Web: www.golarlng.com
• Phone: (441) 295-4705
• Fax: 441-295-3494
• Employees: 1,700
• Year Founded: 1946

Price Target and Rating

• Average Price Target for Golar LNG: $64.25
• High Price Target: $75.00
• Low Price Target: $51.00
• Potential Upside/Downside: +31.7%
• Consensus Rating: Moderate Buy
• Rating Score (0-4): 2.86
• Research Coverage: 7 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): $1.60
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 30.49
• Forward P/E Ratio: 42.80
• P/E Growth: N/A
• Net Income: $65.68 million
• Net Margins: 31.27%
• Pretax Margin: 50.28%
• Return on Equity: 8.91%
• Return on Assets: 3.75%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: 1.11
• Current Ratio: 2.34
• Quick Ratio: 2.34

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: $393.52 million
• Price / Sales: 12.56
• Cash Flow: $2.09 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 23.36
• Book Value: $20.41 per share
• Price / Book: 2.39

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 101,320,000
• Free Float: 101,299,000
• Market Cap: $4.94 billion
• Optionable: Optionable
• Beta: 0.05