SEMG vs. FRO, GLNG, STNG, TNK, GOGL, SFL, TK, NAT, WMB, and KMI
Should you be buying SemGroup stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of SemGroup include Frontline (FRO), Golar LNG (GLNG), Scorpio Tankers (STNG), Teekay Tankers (TNK), Golden Ocean Group (GOGL), SFL (SFL), Teekay (TK), Nordic American Tankers (NAT), Williams Companies (WMB), and Kinder Morgan (KMI). These companies are all part of the "oil & gas storage & transportation" industry.
SemGroup vs. Its Competitors
Frontline (NYSE:FRO) and SemGroup (NYSE:SEMG) are both mid-cap oil & gas storage & transportation companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, dividends, institutional ownership, valuation, earnings, risk, analyst recommendations and media sentiment.
Frontline presently has a consensus price target of $21.87, suggesting a potential downside of 7.52%. Given Frontline's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Frontline is more favorable than SemGroup.
22.7% of Frontline shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 95.6% of SemGroup shares are held by institutional investors. 48.1% of Frontline shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of SemGroup shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Frontline has a net margin of 12.94% compared to SemGroup's net margin of -1.84%. Frontline's return on equity of 10.27% beat SemGroup's return on equity.
Frontline has a beta of 0.25, indicating that its share price is 75% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, SemGroup has a beta of 1.6, indicating that its share price is 60% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Frontline pays an annual dividend of $1.44 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.1%. SemGroup pays an annual dividend of $1.89 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.1%. Frontline pays out 134.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. SemGroup pays out -994.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. SemGroup is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Frontline has higher earnings, but lower revenue than SemGroup. SemGroup is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Frontline, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Frontline had 3 more articles in the media than SemGroup. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Frontline and 0 mentions for SemGroup. Frontline's average media sentiment score of 0.92 beat SemGroup's score of 0.00 indicating that Frontline is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
Frontline beats SemGroup on 14 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:SEMG) was last updated on 9/16/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
