FRO vs. GLNG, STNG, GOGL, TNK, SFL, TK, NAT, WMB, KMI, and LNG
Should you be buying Frontline stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Frontline include Golar LNG (GLNG), Scorpio Tankers (STNG), Golden Ocean Group (GOGL), Teekay Tankers (TNK), SFL (SFL), Teekay (TK), Nordic American Tankers (NAT), Williams Companies (WMB), Kinder Morgan (KMI), and Cheniere Energy (LNG). These companies are all part of the "oil & gas storage & transportation" industry.
Frontline vs. Its Competitors
Frontline (NYSE:FRO) and Golar LNG (NASDAQ:GLNG) are both mid-cap transportation companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, dividends, earnings, profitability, community ranking, valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment and institutional ownership.
Frontline presently has a consensus target price of $20.62, suggesting a potential upside of 4.34%. Golar LNG has a consensus target price of $49.70, suggesting a potential upside of 17.63%. Given Golar LNG's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Golar LNG is more favorable than Frontline.
Frontline pays an annual dividend of $0.72 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.6%. Golar LNG pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.4%. Frontline pays out 46.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Golar LNG pays out 3,333.3% 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. Frontline is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
22.7% of Frontline shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 92.2% of Golar LNG shares are owned by institutional investors. 48.1% of Frontline shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.0% of Golar LNG shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Frontline has a net margin of 25.64% compared to Golar LNG's net margin of 4.92%. Frontline's return on equity of 19.25% beat Golar LNG's return on equity.
Frontline received 2 more outperform votes than Golar LNG when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 63.61% of users gave Golar LNG an outperform vote while only 58.30% of users gave Frontline an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Frontline had 4 more articles in the media than Golar LNG. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for Frontline and 4 mentions for Golar LNG. Golar LNG's average media sentiment score of 1.01 beat Frontline's score of 0.78 indicating that Golar LNG is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Frontline has higher revenue and earnings than Golar LNG. Frontline is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Golar LNG, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Frontline has a beta of 0.28, suggesting that its stock price is 72% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Golar LNG has a beta of 0.57, suggesting that its stock price is 43% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Frontline and Golar LNG tied by winning 11 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (NYSE:FRO) was last updated on 6/14/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
