Flex LNG (FLNG) Competitors

Flex LNG (NYSE:FLNG) and Carnival (NYSE:CUK) are both transportation companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, dividends, risk, analyst recommendations, profitability, institutional ownership, valuation and earnings.

Is FLNG or CUK a better dividend stock?

Flex LNG pays an annual dividend of $3.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 12.1%. Carnival pays an annual dividend of $2.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.1%. Flex LNG pays out 163.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Carnival pays out 108.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of FLNG or CUK?

23.8% of Carnival shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.3% of Flex LNG shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of Carnival shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the media prefer FLNG or CUK?

In the previous week, Carnival had 7 more articles in the media than Flex LNG. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for Carnival and 2 mentions for Flex LNG. Flex LNG's average media sentiment score of 0.61 beat Carnival's score of 0.54 indicating that Flex LNG is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Flex LNG	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Carnival	3 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	6 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, FLNG or CUK?

Carnival has higher revenue and earnings than Flex LNG. Flex LNG is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Carnival, 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
Flex LNG	$356.35M	3.76	$117.68M	$1.84	13.53
Carnival	$25.97B	0.21	$1.92B	$1.85	15.30

Do analysts prefer FLNG or CUK?

Flex LNG presently has a consensus price target of $23.00, indicating a potential downside of 7.61%. Given Flex LNG's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe Flex LNG is more favorable than Carnival.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Flex LNG	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00
Carnival	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Which has more volatility and risk, FLNG or CUK?

Flex LNG has a beta of 0.46, meaning that its stock price is 54% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Carnival has a beta of 2.76, meaning that its stock price is 176% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is FLNG or CUK more profitable?

Flex LNG has a net margin of 27.84% compared to Carnival's net margin of 9.72%. Carnival's return on equity of 27.88% beat Flex LNG's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Flex LNG	27.84%	14.41%	4.35%
Carnival	9.72%	27.88%	5.20%

Summary

Carnival beats Flex LNG on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.