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$8.26 -0.29 (-3.39%)
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SFL vs. GLNG, FRO, STNG, GOGL, TNK, TK, NAT, WMB, KMI, and LNG

Should you be buying SFL stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of SFL include Golar LNG (GLNG), Frontline (FRO), Scorpio Tankers (STNG), Golden Ocean Group (GOGL), 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.

SFL vs.

Golar LNG (NASDAQ:GLNG) and SFL (NYSE:SFL) are both transportation companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, valuation, dividends, community ranking, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, risk, earnings and profitability.

Golar LNG has a beta of 0.62, suggesting that its stock price is 38% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, SFL has a beta of 0.47, suggesting that its stock price is 53% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Golar LNG pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.7%. SFL pays an annual dividend of $1.08 per share and has a dividend yield of 13.1%. 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. SFL pays out 263.4% 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 raised its dividend for 2 consecutive years and SFL has raised its dividend for 1 consecutive years.

SFL has higher revenue and earnings than Golar LNG. SFL 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$260.37M15.04-$46.79M$0.4878.04
SFL$891.62M1.35$130.65M$0.4120.15

In the previous week, Golar LNG had 9 more articles in the media than SFL. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for Golar LNG and 2 mentions for SFL. Golar LNG's average media sentiment score of 1.12 beat SFL's score of 0.65 indicating that Golar LNG is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Golar LNG
7 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
SFL
2 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Golar LNG received 231 more outperform votes than SFL when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.65% of users gave Golar LNG an outperform vote while only 56.91% of users gave SFL an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Golar LNGOutperform Votes
478
63.65%
Underperform Votes
273
36.35%
SFLOutperform Votes
247
56.91%
Underperform Votes
187
43.09%

92.2% of Golar LNG shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 28.6% of SFL shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.0% of Golar LNG shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

SFL has a net margin of 14.45% compared to Golar LNG's net margin of 4.92%. SFL's return on equity of 12.41% beat Golar LNG's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Golar LNG4.92% 9.12% 5.78%
SFL 14.45%12.41%3.41%

Golar LNG currently has a consensus target price of $49.70, suggesting a potential upside of 32.67%. Given Golar LNG's higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe Golar LNG is more favorable than SFL.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Golar LNG
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
5 Buy rating(s)
2 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.29
SFL
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.50

Summary

Golar LNG beats SFL on 16 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.

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SFL vs. The Competition

MetricSFLDeep sea foreign transportation of freight IndustryTransportation SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$1.20B$764.55M$286.41B$19.30B
Dividend Yield12.39%5.32%3.77%3.83%
P/E Ratio8.185.7613.7034.53
Price / Sales1.351.20265.8034.84
Price / Cash3.424.0411.5417.51
Price / Book1.010.621.924.69
Net Income$130.65M$99.79M$515.10M$1.02B
7 Day Performance-5.98%-3.59%-2.94%-2.43%
1 Month Performance5.97%2.93%7.02%6.27%
1 Year Performance-41.77%-28.96%-8.66%5.78%

SFL Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
SFL
SFL
1.3424 of 5 stars
$8.26
-3.4%
N/A-42.2%$1.20B$891.62M8.1820
GLNG
Golar LNG
3.739 of 5 stars
$37.95
+0.2%
$49.70
+31.0%
+39.9%$3.97B$260.37M271.091,700Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
FRO
Frontline
3.6139 of 5 stars
$17.51
+0.9%
$20.62
+17.8%
-38.7%$3.90B$2.05B7.1480News Coverage
Positive News
STNG
Scorpio Tankers
4.5439 of 5 stars
$42.10
+2.4%
$60.50
+43.7%
-51.4%$2.15B$1.07B3.2330Positive News
GOGL
Golden Ocean Group
3.1777 of 5 stars
$7.90
+5.6%
$10.25
+29.7%
-49.3%$1.58B$968.42M6.5340Trending News
Earnings Report
Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Forecast
TNK
Teekay Tankers
3.9617 of 5 stars
$45.21
-0.2%
$50.67
+12.1%
-38.9%$1.55B$1.23B3.991,900Positive News
High Trading Volume
TK
Teekay
2.2491 of 5 stars
$7.98
+1.2%
N/A-13.4%$732.94M$1.22B5.662,500
NAT
Nordic American Tankers
3.4686 of 5 stars
$2.59
-0.6%
$3.50
+35.4%
-39.2%$547.38M$349.74M8.9120Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
WMB
Williams Companies
3.7808 of 5 stars
$57.04
-1.1%
$60.50
+6.1%
+41.8%$69.55B$10.78B31.175,040Positive News
Analyst Revision
KMI
Kinder Morgan
3.9596 of 5 stars
$27.31
flat
$29.79
+9.1%
+41.0%$60.68B$15.50B23.3410,500Positive News
Analyst Revision
LNG
Cheniere Energy
4.1894 of 5 stars
$230.71
-1.3%
$252.23
+9.3%
+43.8%$51.40B$16.89B16.211,550Trending News
Analyst Revision

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This page (NYSE:SFL) was last updated on 5/23/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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