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 contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, earnings, profitability, media sentiment, institutional ownership, dividends, valuation and risk.

Which has more risk and volatility, SEMG or GLNG?

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

Is SEMG or GLNG a better dividend stock?

SemGroup pays an annual dividend of $1.89 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.3%. Golar LNG pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.5%. SemGroup pays out -994.7% 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. SemGroup is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Do analysts prefer SEMG or GLNG?

Golar LNG has a consensus target price of $53.00, indicating a potential upside of 30.93%. Given Golar LNG's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly 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	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	2 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.33

Which has preferable earnings & valuation, SEMG or GLNG?

Golar LNG has lower revenue, but higher earnings than SemGroup. 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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
SemGroup	$2.50B	0.83	-$26.75M	-$0.19	-137.16
Golar LNG	$257.92M	16.41	$50.84M	$0.03	1,349.33

Is SEMG or GLNG more profitable?

Golar LNG has a net margin of 1.04% compared to SemGroup's net margin of -1.84%. Golar LNG's return on equity of 6.82% beat SemGroup's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
SemGroup	-1.84%	0.07%	0.02%
Golar LNG	1.04%	6.82%	3.98%

Does the media favor SEMG or GLNG?

In the previous week, Golar LNG had 5 more articles in the media than SemGroup. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Golar LNG and 0 mentions for SemGroup. Golar LNG's average media sentiment score of 0.18 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

Do insiders and 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 insiders. Comparatively, 0.0% of Golar LNG shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

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