Golden Ocean Group (GOGL) Competitors

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 companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, valuation, community ranking, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, profitability, earnings, dividends and risk.

Which has higher earnings and valuation, GOGL or GLNG?

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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Golden Ocean Group	$885.77M	2.92	$112.27M	$0.56	23.16
Golar LNG	$298.43M	8.82	-$46.79M	-$0.43	-58.53

Is GOGL or GLNG a better dividend stock?

Golden Ocean Group pays an annual dividend of $1.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 9.3%. 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.

Which has more risk & volatility, GOGL or GLNG?

Golden Ocean Group has a beta of 1.39, suggesting that its stock price is 39% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Golar LNG has a beta of 0.61, suggesting that its stock price is 39% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do insiders & institutionals hold more shares of GOGL or GLNG?

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 endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Does the media favor GOGL or GLNG?

In the previous week, Golden Ocean Group and Golden Ocean Group both had 3 articles in the media. Golar LNG's average media sentiment score of 0.66 beat Golden Ocean Group's score of 0.20 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	1 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Golar LNG	1 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is GOGL or GLNG more profitable?

Golden Ocean Group has a net margin of 12.68% compared to Golar LNG's net margin of -15.68%. Golar LNG's return on equity of 11.67% beat Golden Ocean Group's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Golden Ocean Group	12.68%	5.91%	3.23%
Golar LNG	-15.68%	11.67%	7.58%

Do analysts prefer GOGL or GLNG?

Golden Ocean Group presently has a consensus target price of $12.50, indicating a potential downside of 3.62%. Golar LNG has a consensus target price of $30.50, indicating a potential upside of 21.51%. Given Golar LNG's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Golar LNG is more favorable than Golden Ocean Group.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Golden Ocean Group	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.33
Golar LNG	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer GOGL or GLNG?

Golar LNG received 94 more outperform votes than Golden Ocean Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.97% of users gave Golar LNG an outperform vote while only 60.45% of users gave Golden Ocean Group an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Golden Ocean Group	Outperform Votes 373 60.45%	Underperform Votes 244 39.55%
Golar LNG	Outperform Votes 467 63.97%	Underperform Votes 263 36.03%

Summary

Golar LNG beats Golden Ocean Group on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.