GLNG vs. GOGL, TNK, NAT, INSW, MATX, KEX, CAAP, TRMD, HUBG, and GBTG
Should you be buying Golar LNG stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Golar LNG include Golden Ocean Group (GOGL), Teekay Tankers (TNK), Nordic American Tankers (NAT), International Seaways (INSW), Matson (MATX), Kirby (KEX), Corporación América Airports (CAAP), TORM (TRMD), Hub Group (HUBG), and Global Business Travel Group (GBTG). These companies are all part of the "transportation" sector.
Golden Ocean Group (NASDAQ:GOGL) and Golar LNG (NASDAQ:GLNG) are both mid-cap transportation companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, profitability, institutional ownership, earnings, media sentiment, valuation, community ranking, risk and analyst recommendations.
Golden Ocean Group has a beta of 1.32, suggesting that its share price is 32% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Golar LNG has a beta of 0.62, suggesting that its share price is 38% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Golar LNG received 94 more outperform votes than Golden Ocean Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.89% of users gave Golar LNG an outperform vote while only 60.45% of users gave Golden Ocean Group an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Golden Ocean Group had 6 more articles in the media than Golar LNG. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for Golden Ocean Group and 3 mentions for Golar LNG. Golden Ocean Group's average media sentiment score of 0.84 beat Golar LNG's score of 0.37 indicating that Golar LNG is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
22.0% of Golden Ocean Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 92.2% of Golar LNG shares are held by institutional investors. 0.0% of Golar LNG shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Golden Ocean Group has a net margin of 12.68% compared to Golden Ocean Group's net margin of -15.68%. Golden Ocean Group's return on equity of 11.67% beat Golar LNG's return on equity.
Golden Ocean Group pays an annual dividend of $1.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.1%. Golar LNG pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.0%. Golden Ocean Group pays out 214.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Golar LNG pays out -232.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Golden Ocean Group has raised its dividend for 1 consecutive years and Golar LNG has raised its dividend for 1 consecutive years.
Golden Ocean Group currently has a consensus target price of $12.50, indicating a potential downside of 15.48%. Golar LNG has a consensus target price of $27.00, indicating a potential upside of 8.35%. Given Golden Ocean Group's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Golar LNG is more favorable than Golden Ocean Group.
Golden Ocean Group has higher revenue and earnings than Golar LNG. Golar LNG is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Golden Ocean Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Golden Ocean Group and Golar LNG tied by winning 10 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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