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Golar LNG (GLNG) Competitors

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$37.46 -0.93 (-2.42%)
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GLNG vs. FRO, STNG, GOGL, TNK, SFL, TK, NAT, WMB, KMI, and LNG

Should you be buying Golar LNG stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Golar LNG include Frontline (FRO), Scorpio Tankers (STNG), Golden Ocean Group (GOGL), Teekay Tankers (TNK), SFL (SFL), Teekay (TK), Nordic American Tankers (NAT), Williams Companies (WMB), Kinder Morgan (KMI), and Cheniere Energy (LNG). These companies are all part of the "oil & gas storage & transportation" industry.

Golar LNG vs.

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

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 LNG4.92% 9.12% 5.78%
Frontline 25.64%19.25%7.19%

Frontline received 3 more outperform votes than Golar LNG when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 63.65% of users gave Golar LNG an outperform vote while only 58.30% of users gave Frontline an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Golar LNGOutperform Votes
478
63.65%
Underperform Votes
273
36.35%
FrontlineOutperform Votes
481
58.30%
Underperform Votes
344
41.70%

Golar LNG has a beta of 0.62, indicating that its stock price is 38% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Frontline has a beta of 0.24, indicating that its stock price is 76% less volatile than the S&P 500.

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

Golar LNG presently has a consensus target price of $49.70, suggesting a potential upside of 31.77%. Frontline has a consensus target price of $20.62, suggesting a potential upside of 19.27%. Given Golar LNG's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe Golar LNG is more favorable than Frontline.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Golar LNG
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
5 Buy rating(s)
2 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.29
Frontline
1 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.80

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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Golar LNG$260.37M15.14-$46.79M$0.4878.58
Frontline$2.05B1.88$656.41M$2.227.79

Golar LNG pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.7%. Frontline pays an annual dividend of $0.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.6%. Golar LNG pays out 208.3% 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 36.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Golar LNG has increased its dividend for 2 consecutive years. Frontline is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

In the previous week, Golar LNG had 5 more articles in the media than Frontline. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for Golar LNG and 6 mentions for Frontline. Frontline's average media sentiment score of 1.37 beat Golar LNG's score of 1.12 indicating that Frontline is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

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

Summary

Golar LNG and Frontline tied by winning 11 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.

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GLNG vs. The Competition

MetricGolar LNGWater transportation IndustryTransportation SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$3.94B$7.53B$286.40B$8.43B
Dividend Yield2.53%5.20%3.77%4.11%
P/E Ratio269.3369.8413.7719.75
Price / Sales15.144.04268.09118.67
Price / Cash14.745.6411.5434.62
Price / Book1.522.741.904.50
Net Income-$46.79M$360.99M$515.10M$248.32M
7 Day Performance-3.34%-4.79%-2.37%0.48%
1 Month Performance-2.94%14.15%9.67%13.08%
1 Year Performance40.84%-12.16%-9.90%7.36%

Golar LNG Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
GLNG
Golar LNG
3.7381 of 5 stars
$37.46
-2.4%
$49.70
+32.7%
+42.1%$3.92B$260.37M267.591,700Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
FRO
Frontline
3.6242 of 5 stars
$17.51
+0.9%
$20.62
+17.8%
-38.8%$3.90B$2.05B7.1480News Coverage
Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
STNG
Scorpio Tankers
4.5428 of 5 stars
$42.10
+2.4%
$60.50
+43.7%
-50.7%$2.15B$1.07B3.2330Positive News
GOGL
Golden Ocean Group
3.1857 of 5 stars
$7.90
+5.5%
$10.25
+29.8%
-52.2%$1.58B$968.42M6.5240Trending News
Earnings Report
Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Forecast
TNK
Teekay Tankers
3.9638 of 5 stars
$45.21
-0.2%
$50.67
+12.1%
-37.3%$1.55B$1.23B3.991,900Positive News
Ex-Dividend
SFL
SFL
1.355 of 5 stars
$8.56
+3.0%
$16.00
+86.9%
-40.8%$1.25B$891.62M8.4820Dividend Announcement
TK
Teekay
2.2525 of 5 stars
$7.98
+1.2%
N/A-11.9%$732.94M$1.22B5.662,500News Coverage
Analyst Downgrade
NAT
Nordic American Tankers
3.4708 of 5 stars
$2.59
-0.6%
$3.50
+35.4%
-38.4%$547.38M$349.74M8.9120Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
WMB
Williams Companies
3.7811 of 5 stars
$57.04
-1.1%
$60.50
+6.1%
+38.6%$69.55B$10.78B31.175,040Positive News
Analyst Revision
KMI
Kinder Morgan
3.9607 of 5 stars
$27.31
flat
$29.79
+9.1%
+39.2%$60.68B$15.50B23.3410,500Positive News
Analyst Revision
LNG
Cheniere Energy
4.1924 of 5 stars
$230.71
-1.3%
$252.23
+9.3%
+43.5%$51.40B$16.89B16.211,550Trending News
Analyst Revision

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This page (NASDAQ:GLNG) was last updated on 5/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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