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Golar LNG LimitedGLNGCompetitor analysis, valuation and peers

United States · USD·Energy›Oil & Gas Pipelines

Bermuda-based owner and operator of floating LNG liquefaction vessels (FLNG), converting stranded offshore gas into exportable LNG.

Momentum weak 25
Mkt cap
$4.40B
US dollars, full cap
Free float
84%
of shares outstanding
$/day
$71.4M
20-day average traded
Fwd P/E
n/m
no positive forecast
ROIC−WACC
-1.6 pp
WACC 6.0%
Hurdle
n/a
no reverse DCF
Official | Implied
B / B
agencies · bond market
Next earnings
12 days
18 Nov 2026
Close · USD$43.07
1D+1.2%
1W-6.9%
1M-11.1%
3M-15.1%
6M-22.7%
YTD+15.8%
1Y+8.7%
ATR %3.2%
Beta0.25
52w lowhigh25.5% off high

What Golar LNG does

Bermuda-based owner and operator of floating LNG liquefaction vessels (FLNG), converting stranded offshore gas into exportable LNG.

Earns from long-term charters on which customers pay a daily fee, with some contracts adding upside tied to commodity prices, so a few contracts carry the business. Gimi serves a BP-led project off Mauritania and Senegal, and Hilli serves Cameroon. New vessels are converted against signed contracts.

Products and services

  • FLNG vessels (e.g. Gimi, Hilli)
  • LNG carrier operations

Customers

  • National oil companies/gas producers (e.g. BP, Sen

Where it sits in the supply chain

  • Energy infrastructure
  • Floating LNG liquefaction (FLNG)
  • Offshore stranded-gas monetization

What could go right

  • New FLNG charter contracts
  • Global gas monetization demand

What could go wrong

  • Charter counterparty/project delay risk
  • Capital-intensive conversion projects

Moat: narrow (process know-how, installed base). Pioneer in FLNG conversion technology with few shipyards/operators able to match its track record.

Headquarters: Hamilton, Bermuda · Employees: 500

Named competitors

Golar LNG at a glance

Size Golar LNG (GLNG) is a United States Energy company (Oil & Gas Pipelines) with a market value of $4.40B, the 1282nd largest of 3,117 United States companies the cockpit tracks. Shares closed at $43.07 on 6 Nov 2026.

Performance Over six months the shares fell 22.7%, against -5.4% for the median peer and -1.1% for the United States market (cap-weighted) — lowest of 14 in its peer set.

Growth Revenue grew 94.6% over the last twelve months (peer median +9.5%); the operating margin is 45.5% (peer median 18.6%).

Valuation It trades at 12.3× enterprise value to sales against a peer median of 5.9× (most expensive of 14).

Capital Return on invested capital runs 1.6 points below its cost of capital (6.0% WACC).

Credit Golar LNG has 4 bonds outstanding ($1.80B), rated B by the agencies and trading like B at a weighted spread of 329 bp.

Short interest Short interest is 9.1% of the free float (15 Oct 2026).

Next results Next results expected around 18 Nov 2026 (exchange calendar; dates can move).

Relative performance

8010011 May 202611 Aug 20266 Nov 2026Peer median 98GLNG 76
Six months, rebased to 100: Golar LNG against the median of its 13 peers (local-currency closes).

Golar LNG financials

Reported figures in USD; fiscal year ends 2025-12-31. TTM = trailing twelve months.
TTMFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022
Revenue$523M$394M$260M$298M$268M
Revenue growth—+51%-13%+11%—
Gross profit$288M$184M$85.3M$155M$141M
EBITDA$293M$185M$98.9M$133M$146M
Net income$164M$65.7M$50.8M-$46.8M$675M
Free cash flow-$280M-$425M-$127M-$191M-$53.3M
Capital expenditure$679M$854M$440M$325M$267M
Total debt$2.68B$2.76B$1.46B$1.22B$1.19B

Quarterly statements and history in the cockpit →

Golar LNG competitor charts

The default views of Competitor Analysis ▸ Charts, drawn from the same data. Open them in the cockpit to change the axes, pin companies and read every value.

Performance: 6-month against 1-month return

-20%-10%0%+10%-10%0%+10%PAGPDKLSOBOKNTKRGSIAMNGLKEYDTMVH20934WESPAAGLNG6-month return →1-month return →
Up and to the right = strong over both horizons. Golar LNG is the large dot.

Fundamentals: revenue growth against valuation

0%+50%+100%0×5×10×PAGPDKLSOBOKNTKRGSIAMNGLKEYDTMVH20934WESPAAGLNGRevenue growth (TTM) →EV / Sales →
Further right = faster growth; higher = more expensive. The dashed lines are the peer medians. Golar LNG is the large dot.

Golar LNG competitors and peer comparison

Head to head with its named competitors (GLNG vs NFE vs EE vs WDS)
CompanyMarket cap6M returnRevenue growthOp. marginEV / SalesReq g
Golar LNG GLNG$4.40B-23%+95%46%12.3×n/a
New Fortress Energy NFEn/a-88%n/an/an/an/a
Excelerate Energy EE$4.17B+9%+49%22%4.6×18.1%
Woodside Energy Group Ltd Sponsored ADR WDS$43.3B-2%-5%26%4.2×n/a
Cheniere Energy LNG$56.8B+16%+28%31%3.6×-8.6%

How Golar LNG compares with its peers

Peer set: Industry: the same industry and sector in any market, nearest in size. This is the same default set the interactive Competitor Analysis opens with.

Golar LNG against its 13 peers (data as of 6 Nov 2026)
MeasureGLNGPeer medianRank in peer set
1-month return-11.1%-3.6%2nd lowest of 14
6-month return-22.7%-5.4%lowest of 14
Distance from 52-week high-25.5%-20.0%3rd lowest of 14
Revenue growth (TTM)+94.6%+9.5%highest of 14
Operating margin45.5%18.6%4th highest of 14
EV / Sales12.3×5.9×most expensive of 14
ROIC minus cost of capital-1.6 pp-1.3 pp6th lowest of 14
EV / EBITDA22.0×15.6×2nd most expensive of 12
Net debt / EBITDA6.2×3.4×5th most indebted of 14
Bond spread329 bp110 bpwidest of 6

Peer table

Peer set: Industry: the same industry and sector in any market, nearest in size
CompanyMarketMarket cap6M returnRevenue growthOp. marginEV / SalesReq gDelivered g
Golar LNG GLNGUnited States$4.40B-23%+95%46%12.3×n/an/a
Plains GP Holdings LP PAGPUnited States$5.10B+11%+9%3%0.5×2.6%+13.4%
Delek Logistics Partners LP DKLUnited States$2.99B+1%+30%15%4.5×13.0%+12.2%
South Bow SOBO.TOCanada$6.54B-8%-26%24%7.7×13.9%-25.8%
Kinetik KNTKUnited States$7.92B+3%+10%9%6.5×33.0%+63.6%
Rockpoint Gas Storage RGSI.TOCanada$2.26B-16%+15%75%7.7×-3.8%+21.7%
Antero Midstream AMUnited States$8.97B-9%+8%55%9.0×2.5%+5.3%
NGL Energy Partners LP NGLUnited States$1.87B-8%-22%12%1.7×1.2%-9.6%
Keyera KEY.TOCanada$10.6B0%0%11%3.2×n/an/a
DT Midstream DTMUnited States$11.6B-20%+13%50%11.1×12.4%+10.5%
Friedrich Vorwerk VH2.DEGermany$1.50B-5%+22%19%1.6×-8.0%+19.3%
Sinopec Kantons 0934.HKHong Kong$1.31B+3%+10%27%11.5×7.7%+1.8%
Western Midstream Partners, LP WESUnited States$16.5B-8%+18%39%5.9×3.2%+8.6%
Plains All American Pipeline, L.P PAAUnited States$16.9B+10%+9%3%0.6×6.5%+13.4%

Golar LNG bonds and credit

Golar LNG has 4 bonds outstanding with $1.80B face value. The agencies rate it B; its bonds trade like B. Weighted yield 7.91%, a spread of 329 bp over government bonds.

Every bond, yield and spread in the cockpit →

Questions

Who are Golar LNG's main competitors?
Named competitors: New Fortress Energy (NFE), Excelerate Energy (EE), Woodside Energy (WDS), Cheniere Energy (LNG). The cockpit's measured peer set (industry) also includes Plains GP Holdings LP (PAGP), Delek Logistics Partners LP (DKL), South Bow (SOBO.TO), Kinetik (KNTK), Rockpoint Gas Storage (RGSI.TO), Antero Midstream (AM).
Is Golar LNG expensive compared with its peers?
On ev / sales it trades at 12.3× against a peer median of 5.9×, most expensive of 14 in its peer set.
How has Golar LNG stock performed?
Over six months to 6 Nov 2026 the shares returned -22.7% against -5.4% for the median peer; over one year +8.7%.

How these numbers are made. Returns are close-to-close in local currency. Revenue growth and margins are trailing twelve months. Req g is the revenue growth that today's enterprise value requires for seven years at the company's own cost of capital; Delivered g is what it actually grew; the gap is the hurdle (honest precision about ±8 points, so read the ranking more than the decimal). No fair values, price targets or analyst ratings are shown, by design. Method and validation.