GLNG vs. FRO, STNG, TNK, GOGL, 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), Teekay Tankers (TNK), Golden Ocean Group (GOGL), 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. Its Competitors
Golar LNG (NASDAQ:GLNG) and Frontline (NYSE:FRO) are both mid-cap oil & gas storage & transportation companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, valuation, profitability, dividends, analyst recommendations, risk, earnings and institutional ownership.
In the previous week, Golar LNG had 7 more articles in the media than Frontline. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for Golar LNG and 6 mentions for Frontline. Frontline's average media sentiment score of 1.23 beat Golar LNG's score of 0.89 indicating that Frontline is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Frontline has a net margin of 12.94% compared to Golar LNG's net margin of -2.83%. Frontline's return on equity of 10.27% beat Golar LNG's return on equity.
Golar LNG currently has a consensus price target of $49.17, suggesting a potential upside of 20.89%. Frontline has a consensus price target of $21.87, suggesting a potential downside of 5.88%. Given Golar LNG's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Golar LNG is more favorable than Frontline.
Frontline has higher revenue and earnings than Golar LNG. Golar LNG is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Frontline, 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 2.5%. Frontline pays an annual dividend of $1.44 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.2%. Golar LNG pays out -1,428.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Frontline pays out 134.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Golar LNG has increased its dividend for 2 consecutive years.
Golar LNG has a beta of 0.42, indicating that its share price is 58% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Frontline has a beta of 0.25, indicating that its share price is 75% less volatile than the S&P 500.
92.2% of Golar LNG shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 22.7% of Frontline shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.0% of Golar LNG shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 48.1% of Frontline shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
Frontline beats Golar LNG on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
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Media Sentiment Over Time
This chart shows the average media sentiment of NASDAQ and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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This page (NASDAQ:GLNG) was last updated on 9/15/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
