GOGL vs. INSW, MATX, TGP, HMLP, FRO, STNG, GLNG, TNK, SFL, and TK
Should you be buying Golden Ocean Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Golden Ocean Group include International Seaways (INSW), Matson (MATX), Teekay LNG Partners (TGP), Höegh LNG Partners (HMLP), Frontline (FRO), Scorpio Tankers (STNG), Golar LNG (GLNG), Teekay Tankers (TNK), SFL (SFL), and Teekay (TK). These companies are all part of the "transportation" sector.
Golden Ocean Group (NASDAQ:GOGL) and International Seaways (NYSE:INSW) are both mid-cap transportation companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, institutional ownership, risk, dividends, valuation, profitability, community ranking, media sentiment and analyst recommendations.
Golden Ocean Group pays an annual dividend of $1.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.3%. International Seaways pays an annual dividend of $0.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.7%. Golden Ocean Group pays out 129.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. International Seaways pays out 4.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.
Golden Ocean Group received 177 more outperform votes than International Seaways when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 60.16% of users gave Golden Ocean Group an outperform vote while only 59.57% of users gave International Seaways an outperform vote.
22.0% of Golden Ocean Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 67.3% of International Seaways shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.9% of International Seaways shares are owned 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.
In the previous week, International Seaways had 1 more articles in the media than Golden Ocean Group. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for International Seaways and 7 mentions for Golden Ocean Group. International Seaways' average media sentiment score of 0.72 beat Golden Ocean Group's score of 0.62 indicating that International Seaways is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
International Seaways has higher revenue and earnings than Golden Ocean Group. International Seaways is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Golden Ocean Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Golden Ocean Group currently has a consensus target price of $12.75, suggesting a potential downside of 11.40%. International Seaways has a consensus target price of $63.25, suggesting a potential downside of 1.82%. Given International Seaways' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe International Seaways is more favorable than Golden Ocean Group.
International Seaways has a net margin of 49.88% compared to Golden Ocean Group's net margin of 19.92%. International Seaways' return on equity of 29.74% beat Golden Ocean Group's return on equity.
Golden Ocean Group has a beta of 1.32, suggesting that its stock price is 32% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, International Seaways has a beta of -0.05, suggesting that its stock price is 105% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
International Seaways beats Golden Ocean Group on 14 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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