SEMG vs. GLNG, FRO, STNG, GOGL, TNK, SFL, TK, NAT, WMB, and KMI
Should you be buying SemGroup stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of SemGroup include Golar LNG (GLNG), Frontline (FRO), Scorpio Tankers (STNG), Golden Ocean Group (GOGL), Teekay Tankers (TNK), 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.
Golar LNG (NASDAQ:GLNG) and SemGroup (NYSE:SEMG) are both mid-cap transportation companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, earnings, valuation, risk, institutional ownership, dividends, analyst recommendations, community ranking and media sentiment.
Golar LNG has a net margin of 4.92% compared to SemGroup's net margin of -1.84%. Golar LNG's return on equity of 9.12% beat SemGroup's return on equity.
92.2% of Golar LNG shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 95.6% of SemGroup shares are held by institutional investors. 0.0% of Golar LNG shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of SemGroup shares are held by company 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.
Golar LNG pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.5%. SemGroup pays an annual dividend of $1.89 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.4%. Golar LNG pays out 208.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. SemGroup pays out -994.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Golar LNG has increased its dividend for 2 consecutive years. SemGroup is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
SemGroup has higher revenue and earnings than Golar LNG. SemGroup is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Golar LNG, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Golar LNG presently has a consensus target price of $49.70, indicating a potential upside of 25.89%. Given Golar LNG's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Golar LNG is more favorable than SemGroup.
Golar LNG received 149 more outperform votes than SemGroup when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 68.54% of users gave SemGroup an outperform vote while only 63.65% of users gave Golar LNG an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Golar LNG had 19 more articles in the media than SemGroup. MarketBeat recorded 20 mentions for Golar LNG and 1 mentions for SemGroup. Golar LNG's average media sentiment score of 0.98 beat SemGroup's score of 0.00 indicating that Golar LNG is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Golar LNG has a beta of 0.62, meaning that its stock price is 38% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, SemGroup has a beta of 1.6, meaning that its stock price is 60% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Golar LNG beats SemGroup on 14 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:SEMG) was last updated on 5/17/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
