SFL (SFL) Competitors

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.

Which has more risk and volatility, GLNG or SFL?

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.

Is GLNG or SFL a better dividend stock?

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.

Which has higher valuation & earnings, GLNG or SFL?

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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Golar LNG	$260.37M	15.04	-$46.79M	$0.48	78.04
SFL	$891.62M	1.35	$130.65M	$0.41	20.15

Does the media prefer GLNG or SFL?

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

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in GLNG or SFL?

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.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Golar LNG	Outperform Votes 478 63.65%	Underperform Votes 273 36.35%
SFL	Outperform Votes 247 56.91%	Underperform Votes 187 43.09%

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of GLNG or SFL?

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.

Is GLNG or SFL more profitable?

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 LNG	4.92%	9.12%	5.78%
SFL	14.45%	12.41%	3.41%

Do analysts prefer GLNG or SFL?

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.