Frontline (FRO) Competitors

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$17.69 +0.39 (+2.24%)
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FRO vs. GLNG, STNG, GOGL, SFL, TNK, 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), SFL (SFL), Teekay Tankers (TNK), 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.

Golar LNG (NASDAQ:GLNG) and Frontline (NYSE:FRO) are both mid-cap transportation companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, dividends, institutional ownership, profitability, media sentiment, risk, valuation, community ranking and earnings.

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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Golar LNG$298.43M14.24-$46.79M$0.14290.74
Frontline$2.04B1.93$656.41M$2.457.22

Golar LNG currently has a consensus target price of $50.13, suggesting a potential upside of 23.16%. Frontline has a consensus target price of $24.03, suggesting a potential upside of 35.83%. Given Frontline's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Frontline is more favorable than Golar LNG.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Golar LNG
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
4 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.80
Frontline
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.83

In the previous week, Golar LNG had 6 more articles in the media than Frontline. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for Golar LNG and 2 mentions for Frontline. Frontline's average media sentiment score of 0.50 beat Golar LNG's score of 0.26 indicating that Frontline is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Golar LNG
0 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
4 Neutral mention(s)
2 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
Frontline
0 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

92.2% of Golar LNG shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 22.7% of Frontline shares are held by institutional investors. 0.0% of Golar LNG shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 48.1% of Frontline shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

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.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Golar LNG4.92% 9.12% 5.78%
Frontline 25.64%19.25%7.19%

Golar LNG pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.5%. Frontline pays an annual dividend of $1.36 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.7%. Golar LNG pays out 714.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Frontline pays out 55.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Frontline is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Frontline received 5 more outperform votes than Golar LNG when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 63.67% of users gave Golar LNG an outperform vote while only 58.39% of users gave Frontline an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Golar LNGOutperform Votes
475
63.67%
Underperform Votes
271
36.33%
FrontlineOutperform Votes
480
58.39%
Underperform Votes
342
41.61%

Summary

Frontline beats Golar LNG on 14 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.

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FRO vs. The Competition

MetricFrontlineDeep sea foreign transportation of freight IndustryTransportation SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$3.94B$805.30M$306.76B$20.30B
Dividend Yield7.68%6.70%4.24%3.68%
P/E Ratio7.225.4616.6045.86
Price / Sales1.931.6160.5715.25
Price / Cash4.894.3212.7220.34
Price / Book1.730.742.125.73
Net Income$656.41M$91.81M$583.39M$1.00B
7 Day Performance-0.77%-0.90%0.54%0.61%
1 Month Performance-4.29%-4.93%-0.46%3.42%
1 Year Performance-23.78%-2.22%6.27%17.45%

Frontline Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
FRO
Frontline
4.4111 of 5 stars
$17.69
+2.2%
$24.03
+35.8%
-23.8%$3.99B$1.83B7.2280Short Interest ↓
Gap Up
GLNG
Golar LNG
3.4397 of 5 stars
$41.43
+1.8%
$50.13
+21.0%
+92.1%$4.32B$298.43M295.591,700Short Interest ↓
News Coverage
STNG
Scorpio Tankers
4.4261 of 5 stars
$47.68
+1.3%
$72.75
+52.6%
-33.4%$2.40B$1.38B3.4130Earnings Report
Dividend Announcement
Analyst Forecast
Short Interest ↓
News Coverage
Gap Up
GOGL
Golden Ocean Group
3.8132 of 5 stars
$9.27
-0.2%
$12.25
+32.2%
-14.4%$1.85B$885.77M7.6640Short Interest ↓
News Coverage
SFL
SFL
3.6739 of 5 stars
$10.96
+1.0%
$16.00
+46.1%
-20.6%$1.52B$752.29M9.8820Dividend Announcement
Analyst Downgrade
News Coverage
TNK
Teekay Tankers
4.2255 of 5 stars
$41.99
+0.7%
$63.67
+51.6%
-29.9%$1.44B$1.36B3.451,590Short Interest ↓
News Coverage
Positive News
Gap Up
TK
Teekay
2.4166 of 5 stars
$7.20
+1.5%
N/A-14.3%$660.79M$1.46B4.802,300
NAT
Nordic American Tankers
3.2483 of 5 stars
$2.73
+0.6%
$3.75
+37.6%
-36.7%$568.98M$262.18M9.4020Gap Up
WMB
Williams Companies
2.546 of 5 stars
$56.54
+1.1%
$53.00
-6.3%
+72.5%$68.89B$10.91B23.855,601Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
News Coverage
KMI
Kinder Morgan
3.9971 of 5 stars
$27.06
+0.1%
$29.14
+7.7%
+60.6%$60.13B$15.10B23.1310,891Positive News
LNG
Cheniere Energy
2.6618 of 5 stars
$223.22
+2.6%
$234.25
+4.9%
N/A$50.10B$20.39B14.261,605

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This page (NYSE:FRO) was last updated on 2/15/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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