SFL vs. FRO, STNG, GLNG, GOGL, TNK, NAT, TK, WMB, KMI, and LNG
Should you be buying SFL stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of SFL include Frontline (FRO), Scorpio Tankers (STNG), Golar LNG (GLNG), Golden Ocean Group (GOGL), Teekay Tankers (TNK), Nordic American Tankers (NAT), Teekay (TK), Williams Companies (WMB), Kinder Morgan (KMI), and Cheniere Energy (LNG). These companies are all part of the "oil & gas storage & transportation" industry.
SFL (NYSE:SFL) and Frontline (NYSE:FRO) are both transportation companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, analyst recommendations, risk, media sentiment, community ranking, institutional ownership, earnings, valuation and profitability.
SFL presently has a consensus target price of $12.33, suggesting a potential upside of 4.52%. Frontline has a consensus target price of $27.58, suggesting a potential upside of 16.89%. Given Frontline's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Frontline is more favorable than SFL.
SFL pays an annual dividend of $1.08 per share and has a dividend yield of 9.2%. Frontline pays an annual dividend of $2.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 10.5%. SFL pays out 111.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Frontline pays out 86.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Frontline is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
SFL has a beta of 0.66, meaning that its stock price is 34% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Frontline has a beta of 0.03, meaning that its stock price is 97% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, SFL had 4 more articles in the media than Frontline. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for SFL and 7 mentions for Frontline. SFL's average media sentiment score of 0.71 beat Frontline's score of 0.24 indicating that SFL is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Frontline has higher revenue and earnings than SFL. Frontline is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than SFL, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Frontline has a net margin of 32.94% compared to SFL's net margin of 15.21%. Frontline's return on equity of 23.14% beat SFL's return on equity.
28.6% of SFL shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 22.7% of Frontline shares are held by institutional investors. 48.1% of Frontline shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Frontline received 229 more outperform votes than SFL when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 58.30% of users gave Frontline an outperform vote while only 56.98% of users gave SFL an outperform vote.
Summary
Frontline beats SFL on 15 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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