SemGroup (SEMG) Competitors

SemGroup (NYSE:SEMG) and Golar LNG (NASDAQ:GLNG) are both mid-cap energy companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, media sentiment, valuation, dividends, institutional ownership, earnings, risk and analyst recommendations.

Which has stronger valuation and earnings, SEMG or GLNG?

Golar LNG has lower revenue, but higher earnings than SemGroup. Golar LNG is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than SemGroup, 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
SemGroup	$2.50B	0.84	-$26.75M	-$0.19	-139.47
Golar LNG	$260.37M	18.00	$50.84M	-$0.07	-640.57

Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in SEMG or GLNG?

95.6% of SemGroup shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 92.2% of Golar LNG shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.0% of SemGroup 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 company will outperform the market over the long term.

Do analysts recommend SEMG or GLNG?

Golar LNG has a consensus target price of $51.50, suggesting a potential upside of 14.85%. Given Golar LNG's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Golar LNG is more favorable than SemGroup.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
SemGroup	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
Golar LNG	1 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	2 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Is SEMG or GLNG more profitable?

SemGroup has a net margin of -1.84% compared to Golar LNG's net margin of -2.83%. Golar LNG's return on equity of 6.36% beat SemGroup's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
SemGroup	-1.84%	0.07%	0.02%
Golar LNG	-2.83%	6.36%	3.44%

Is SEMG or GLNG a better dividend stock?

SemGroup pays an annual dividend of $1.89 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.1%. Golar LNG pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.2%. SemGroup pays out -994.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Golar LNG pays out -1,428.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Golar LNG has increased its dividend for 2 consecutive years.

Does the media refer more to SEMG or GLNG?

In the previous week, Golar LNG had 22 more articles in the media than SemGroup. MarketBeat recorded 22 mentions for Golar LNG and 0 mentions for SemGroup. Golar LNG's average media sentiment score of 0.33 beat SemGroup's score of 0.00 indicating that Golar LNG is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
SemGroup	Neutral
Golar LNG	Neutral

Which has more volatility and risk, SEMG or GLNG?

SemGroup has a beta of 1.6, suggesting that its share price is 60% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Golar LNG has a beta of 0.56, suggesting that its share price is 44% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Golar LNG beats SemGroup on 13 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.