NASDAQ:GOGL - Golden Ocean Group Stock Price, News, & Analysis

Golden Ocean Group trades on the NASDAQ under the ticker symbol "GOGL."

Golden Ocean Group announced a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, November 21st. Investors of record on Thursday, December 6th will be paid a dividend of $0.15 per share on Thursday, December 20th. This represents a $0.60 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 11.15%. The ex-dividend date is Wednesday, December 5th. This is a boost from Golden Ocean Group's previous quarterly dividend of $0.10. View Golden Ocean Group's Dividend History.

Shares of Golden Ocean Group reverse split on the morning of Monday, August 1st 2016. The 1-5 reverse split was announced on Wednesday, July 27th 2016. The number of shares owned by shareholders was adjusted after the closing bell on Friday, July 29th 2016. An investor that had 100 shares of Golden Ocean Group stock prior to the reverse split would have 20 shares after the split.

Golden Ocean Group Ltd (NASDAQ:GOGL) announced its earnings results on Tuesday, November, 20th. The shipping company reported $0.24 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.16 by $0.08. The shipping company had revenue of $189.26 million for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $120.01 million. Golden Ocean Group had a return on equity of 5.91% and a net margin of 13.95%. View Golden Ocean Group's Earnings History.

Golden Ocean Group is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, February 19th 2019. View Earnings Estimates for Golden Ocean Group.

5 analysts have issued 1 year price objectives for Golden Ocean Group's shares. Their predictions range from $9.50 to $13.00. On average, they expect Golden Ocean Group's share price to reach $10.8750 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 102.1% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Golden Ocean Group.

5 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Golden Ocean Group in the last year. There are currently 1 sell rating, 1 hold rating and 3 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for Golden Ocean Group.

News articles about GOGL stock have been trending neutral recently, according to InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis. InfoTrie identifies negative and positive press coverage by monitoring more than six thousand news and blog sources. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Golden Ocean Group earned a coverage optimism score of 0.2 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned media coverage about the shipping company a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, meaning that recent press coverage is extremely likely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the immediate future.

Golden Ocean Group saw a drop in short interest in January. As of January 15th, there was short interest totalling 509,079 shares, a drop of 24.8% from the December 31st total of 676,753 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 122,471 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 4.2 days. Currently, 0.6% of the company's shares are sold short. View Golden Ocean Group's Current Options Chain.

Some companies that are related to Golden Ocean Group include Golar LNG (GLNG), Matson (MATX), GasLog (GLOG), Teekay Lng Partners (TGP), Golar LNG Partners (GMLP), GasLog Partners LP Unit (GLOP), KNOT Offshore Partners (KNOP), Hoegh LNG Partners (HMLP), Tidewater (TDW), Teekay Offshore Partners (TOO), International Seaways (INSW), Nordic American Tanker (NAT), Teekay Tankers (TNK), Dynagas LNG Partners (DLNG) and Hornbeck Offshore Services (HOS).

Golden Ocean Group's stock is owned by a variety of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include Riverstone Holdings LLC (2.88%), Duff & Phelps Investment Management Co. (0.56%), Segall Bryant & Hamill LLC (0.48%), Citigroup Inc. (0.39%), CarVal Investors LLC (0.28%) and Dimensional Fund Advisors LP (0.24%).

GOGL stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Barclays PLC, Bank of America Corp DE, Riverstone Holdings LLC, California Public Employees Retirement System and Dimensional Fund Advisors LP.

GOGL stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Segall Bryant & Hamill LLC, CarVal Investors LLC, Citigroup Inc., Millennium Management LLC, Duff & Phelps Investment Management Co., Gotham Asset Management LLC, GSA Capital Partners LLP and Northern Trust Corp.

Shares of GOGL can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Scottrade, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of GOGL stock can currently be purchased for approximately $5.38.

Golden Ocean Group has a market capitalization of $776.05 million and generates $460.02 million in revenue each year. The shipping company earns $-2,340,000.00 in net income (profit) each year or ($0.02) on an earnings per share basis. Golden Ocean Group employs 32 workers across the globe.

The official website for Golden Ocean Group is http://www.goldenocean.no.

Golden Ocean Group's mailing address is Par-la-Ville Place 14 Par-la-Ville Road, HAMILTON D0, HM 08. The shipping company can be reached via phone at 1-441-295-6935 or via email at [email protected]