Golden Ocean Group (GOGL) Competitors

Golar LNG (NASDAQ:GLNG) and Golden Ocean Group (NASDAQ:GOGL) are both transportation companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, risk, earnings, dividends, media sentiment, institutional ownership, valuation, community ranking and profitability.

Which has more volatility and risk, GLNG or GOGL?

Golar LNG has a beta of 0.47, indicating that its share price is 53% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Golden Ocean Group has a beta of 1.1, indicating that its share price is 10% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is GLNG or GOGL a better dividend stock?

Golar LNG pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.4%. Golden Ocean Group pays an annual dividend of $0.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.8%. 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. Golden Ocean Group pays out 53.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Golden Ocean Group is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Which has higher valuation & earnings, GLNG or GOGL?

Golden Ocean Group has higher revenue and earnings than Golar LNG. Golden Ocean Group 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	16.97	-$46.79M	$0.48	88.06
Golden Ocean Group	$968.42M	1.59	$112.27M	$1.12	6.89

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer GLNG or GOGL?

Golar LNG received 104 more outperform votes than Golden Ocean Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.65% of users gave Golar LNG an outperform vote while only 59.46% of users gave Golden Ocean Group an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Golar LNG	Outperform Votes 478 63.65%	Underperform Votes 273 36.35%
Golden Ocean Group	Outperform Votes 374 59.46%	Underperform Votes 255 40.54%

Does the media prefer GLNG or GOGL?

In the previous week, Golar LNG had 7 more articles in the media than Golden Ocean Group. MarketBeat recorded 20 mentions for Golar LNG and 13 mentions for Golden Ocean Group. Golar LNG's average media sentiment score of 0.99 beat Golden Ocean Group's score of 0.57 indicating that Golar LNG is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Golar LNG	12 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Golden Ocean Group	7 Very Positive mention(s)	3 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is GLNG or GOGL more profitable?

Golden Ocean Group has a net margin of 23.89% compared to Golar LNG's net margin of 4.92%. Golden Ocean Group's return on equity of 13.14% beat Golar LNG's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Golar LNG	4.92%	9.12%	5.78%
Golden Ocean Group	23.89%	13.14%	7.29%

Do insiders & institutionals believe in GLNG or GOGL?

92.2% of Golar LNG shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 22.0% of Golden Ocean Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.0% of Golar LNG shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Do analysts recommend GLNG or GOGL?

Golar LNG presently has a consensus price target of $49.70, indicating a potential upside of 17.58%. Golden Ocean Group has a consensus price target of $10.25, indicating a potential upside of 32.77%. Given Golden Ocean Group's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Golden Ocean Group is more favorable than Golar LNG.

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
Golden Ocean Group	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00

Summary

Golar LNG beats Golden Ocean Group on 11 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.