Golar LNG (GLNG) Competitors

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.

Is GLNG or FRO more profitable?

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 LNG	4.92%	9.12%	5.78%
Frontline	25.64%	19.25%	7.19%

Does the MarketBeat Community favor GLNG or FRO?

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.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Golar LNG	Outperform Votes 478 63.65%	Underperform Votes 273 36.35%
Frontline	Outperform Votes 481 58.30%	Underperform Votes 344 41.70%

Which has more risk and volatility, GLNG or FRO?

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.

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in GLNG or FRO?

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.

Do analysts prefer GLNG or FRO?

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

Which has better valuation & earnings, GLNG or FRO?

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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Golar LNG	$260.37M	15.14	-$46.79M	$0.48	78.58
Frontline	$2.05B	1.88	$656.41M	$2.22	7.79

Is GLNG or FRO a better dividend stock?

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.

Does the media prefer GLNG or FRO?

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.