Golar LNG (GLNG) Competitors

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

Which has better valuation and 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	15.78	-$46.79M	$0.48	81.86
Frontline	$2.05B	1.84	$656.41M	$2.22	7.62

Which has more risk & volatility, GLNG or FRO?

Golar LNG has a beta of 0.47, indicating that its share price is 53% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Frontline has a beta of 0.2, indicating that its share price is 80% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts rate GLNG or FRO?

Golar LNG currently has a consensus price target of $49.70, suggesting a potential upside of 26.48%. Frontline has a consensus price target of $20.62, suggesting a potential upside of 21.92%. Given Golar LNG's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities 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

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%

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%

Do institutionals and insiders believe in GLNG or FRO?

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 endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the media favor GLNG or FRO?

In the previous week, Golar LNG had 7 more articles in the media than Frontline. MarketBeat recorded 17 mentions for Golar LNG and 10 mentions for Frontline. Frontline's average media sentiment score of 1.18 beat Golar LNG's score of 1.08 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	12 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Frontline	7 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

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 2.5%. Frontline pays an annual dividend of $0.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.7%. 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. Frontline is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Summary

Frontline beats Golar LNG on 11 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.