Golden Ocean Group (GOGL) Competitors

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

Which has more volatility and risk, GOGL or GLNG?

Golden Ocean Group has a beta of 1.06, meaning that its share price is 6% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Golar LNG has a beta of 0.62, meaning that its share price is 38% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has stronger valuation and earnings, GOGL or GLNG?

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
Golden Ocean Group	$968.42M	1.61	$112.27M	$1.12	6.96
Golar LNG	$260.37M	15.95	-$46.79M	$0.48	82.75

Is GOGL or GLNG 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
Golden Ocean Group	23.89%	13.14%	7.29%
Golar LNG	4.92%	9.12%	5.78%

Do institutionals and insiders believe in GOGL or GLNG?

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

Is GOGL or GLNG a better dividend stock?

Golden Ocean Group pays an annual dividend of $0.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.7%. Golar LNG pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.5%. Golden Ocean Group pays out 53.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. 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. Golar LNG has increased its dividend for 2 consecutive years. Golden Ocean Group is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer GOGL or GLNG?

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 59.27% of users gave Golden Ocean Group an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Golden Ocean Group	Outperform Votes 374 59.27%	Underperform Votes 257 40.73%
Golar LNG	Outperform Votes 478 63.65%	Underperform Votes 273 36.35%

Does the media refer more to GOGL or GLNG?

In the previous week, Golar LNG had 1 more articles in the media than Golden Ocean Group. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for Golar LNG and 10 mentions for Golden Ocean Group. Golar LNG's average media sentiment score of 1.24 beat Golden Ocean Group's score of 0.97 indicating that Golar LNG is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Golden Ocean Group	5 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	5 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Golar LNG	8 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do analysts rate GOGL or GLNG?

Golden Ocean Group currently has a consensus price target of $10.25, suggesting a potential upside of 31.58%. Golar LNG has a consensus price target of $49.70, suggesting a potential upside of 25.13%. Given Golden Ocean Group's higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Golden Ocean Group is more favorable than Golar LNG.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Golden Ocean Group	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00
Golar LNG	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	2 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.29

Summary

Golar LNG beats Golden Ocean Group on 12 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.