Overview
Golar LNG Limited, based in Bermuda, operates within the liquefied natural gas (LNG) industry, focusing on the transportation, regasification, and liquefaction of LNG. The company is known for its pioneering work in floating LNG solutions, significantly impacting how natural gas is processed and transported globally. Key projects include the deployment of Floating Storage Regasification Units (FSRUs) and Floating Liquefaction Natural Gas vessels (FLNGs), notably the FLNG Hilli Episeyo, one of the world’s first of its kind to convert natural gas into LNG at sea. Golar LNG's strategic initiatives emphasize transitional fuel implementation, catering to an increasing global demand for cleaner energy solutions while maintaining flexibility and cost efficiency in LNG delivery.
Basic Stats
The share price of Golar LNG Limited as of September 5, 2025 is $44.22 / share. This is an increase of 0.91% from the prior week. The market cap (or net worth) of Golar LNG Limited as of September 5, 2025 is $4,522.60 MM.
The Factor Analysis chart (below right) shows a view of Golar LNG Limited from a variety of lenses. Each factor shows how well the company ranks against all other companies in the Fintel global investing universe. Factor scores range from zero to 100, with 100 being most desirable, and 50 being average.
For example, a company with a Value Score of 100 would be the most undervalued company in our database. A company with a Value Score of zero would be the most overvalued.
| Market Cap | 4,522.60 MM |
| EV | 6,087.69 MM |
| Shares Out. | 102.28 MM |
| Earnings Date | |
| EPS (TTM) | -0.06 |
| Dividend Yield | 2.26 % |
| Ex-Dividend Date | 2025-08-26 |
| Borrow Rate | 0.37 |
| Short Shares Avail. | 3.10 MM |
| Short Interest | 7.30 MM |
| Short Float | 8.63 % |
| Days to Cover | 9.65 days |
| Risk Free Rate | 4.17 % |
| Price Change (1 yr) | 38.01 % |
| Volatility (1 yr) | 0.41 |
| Beta | 1.38 |
| Sharpe Ratio (1 yr) | 0.82 |
| Sortino Ratio (1 yr) | 1.48 |
| PE Ratio | -700.96 |
| Price/Book | 1.98 |
| Price/TBV | 2.40 |
| Book/Market | 0.51 |
| EBIT/EV | 0.00 |
| EBIT(3yr avg)/EV | 0.02 |
| ROA | -0.00 |
| ROE | -0.00 |
| ROIC | -0.00 |
| CROIC | 0.07 |
| OCROIC | 0.10 |
| Implied Volatility | 31.44 % |
| Put/Call OI Ratio | 0.57 |
Factor Scores range from 0 to 100, with 100 being most desirable. Larger circles are better. In situations where we have no data (e.g. no insider trades), we plot the score at 50 to avoid penalizing companies. However, a company that does not pay dividends will get a Dividend Score of Zero. Additionally, we inverted volatility to create a "stability" metric which is better when higher.
Price Target
The average one-year price target for Golar LNG Limited is $50.47. The forecasts range from a low of $40.40 to a high of $57.75. A stock’s price target is the price at which analysts consider it fairly valued with respect to its projected earnings and historical earnings. Analysts typically set price targets that correspond to their buy or sell recommendations.
Update Frequency: Monthly
Stock Upgrades/Downgrades
This card shows analyst upgrades/downgrades for Golar LNG Limited. An analyst rating is a classification that gives investors a sense of analyst sentiment about the direction and performance of an equity - usually a stock - over a period of time, typically 12 months.
The standard analyst ratings are generally as follows:
- Buy/Overweight/Outperform - Any of these ratings conveys an analyst’s belief that the stock is likely to outperform a market index (e.g. the S&P 500).
- Hold/Equal-Weight/Market Perform - Any of these ratings conveys an analyst’s belief that the stock is likely to perform in line with a market index.
- Sell/Underweight/Underperform - Any of these ratings suggest that an analyst believes the stock is likely to underperform a market index.
When an analyst upgrades a stock, they are signaling that the company’s fundamentals are being undervalued by investors. It could also mean they believe the market is underestimating the company’s potential. The opposite is true when a stock receives a downgrade.
The average rating of each individual analyst’s rating is the consensus rating for a stock. This gives investors a broader sense of the overall sentiment for that stock.
| Date | Analyst | Prior | Latest Recommendation |
Action |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-09-06 | B. Riley Securities | Buy | Maintains | |
| 2022-05-31 | B. Riley Securities | Buy | Maintains | |
| 2022-05-27 | Jefferies | Buy | Maintains | |
| 2022-03-14 | BTIG | Buy | Maintains | |
| 2022-03-03 | B of A Securities | Underperform | Neutral | Upgrade |
| 2022-02-24 | Jefferies | Buy | Maintains | |
| 2021-04-13 | B of A Securities | Buy | Underperform | Downgrade |
| 2021-01-29 | Jefferies | Buy | Maintains | |
| 2021-01-21 | Raymond James | Outperform | Maintains | |
| 2020-09-25 | B of A Securities | Buy | Maintains | |
| 2020-07-23 | Raymond James | Market Perform | Outperform | Upgrade |
| 2020-04-08 | B. Riley FBR | Buy | Maintains | |
| 2020-03-09 | DNB Markets | Buy | Hold | Downgrade |
| 2020-02-05 | Goldman Sachs | Sell | Neutral | Upgrade |
| 2019-12-11 | Goldman Sachs | Sell | Initiate | |
| 2019-11-04 | DA Davidson | Neutral | Buy | Upgrade |
| 2019-10-29 | Citigroup | Buy | Neutral | Downgrade |
| 2019-09-24 | B. Riley FBR | Buy | Maintains | |
| 2019-09-24 | B. Riley | Buy | Maintains | |
| 2019-08-21 | Stifel Nicolaus | Buy | Maintains | |
| 2019-07-29 | Raymond James | Outperform | Market Perform | Downgrade |
| 2019-07-11 | DA Davidson | Neutral | Initiate | |
| 2019-03-04 | Sandler O'Neill | Buy | Initiate | |
| 2018-11-06 | Morgan Stanley | Overweight | Overweight | Maintains |
| 2018-10-25 | Raymond James | Outperform | Outperform | Maintains |
| 2018-10-18 | Bank of America | Buy | Upgrade | |
| 2018-10-11 | Deutsche Bank | Buy | Initiate | |
| 2018-10-04 | B. Riley FBR | Buy | Initiate | |
| 2018-09-06 | Berenberg | Buy | Initiate | |
| 2018-08-24 | Morgan Stanley | Overweight | Overweight | Maintains |
| 2018-07-18 | BTIG Research | Buy | Initiate | |
| 2018-07-12 | Bank of America | Buy | Neutral | Downgrade |
| 2018-06-26 | Stephens & Co. | Equal-Weight | Initiate | |
| 2018-06-04 | Morgan Stanley | Overweight | Overweight | Maintains |
| 2018-06-01 | Citigroup | Buy | Buy | Maintains |
| 2018-04-26 | Raymond James | Outperform | Outperform | Maintains |
| 2018-04-20 | Stifel Nicolaus | Buy | Buy | Maintains |
| 2018-04-10 | Keefe Bruyette & Woods | Market Perform | Initiate | |
| 2018-02-12 | Morgan Stanley | Equal-Weight | Equal-Weight | Maintains |
| 2017-08-17 | Citigroup | Buy | Maintains | |
| 2022-11-17 | Deutsche Bank | Buy | Maintains | |
| 2022-09-29 | B of A Securities | Neutral | Buy | Upgrade |
| 2017-01-27 | Nordea Equity | Hold | Downgrade | |
| 2016-10-03 | ABN Amro | Sell | Hold | Upgrade |
| 2016-08-29 | Hovde Group | Outperform | Initiate | |
| 2016-07-01 | DNB Markets | Hold | Buy | Upgrade |
| 2016-06-30 | Bernstein | Buy | Sell | Downgrade |
| 2016-06-01 | Nordea | Hold | Buy | Upgrade |
| 2016-05-09 | Credit Suisse | Neutral | Outperform | Upgrade |
| 2016-04-29 | DNB Markets | Buy | Hold | Downgrade |
| 2016-04-22 | Jefferies | Hold | Buy | Upgrade |
| 2016-01-19 | Jefferies | Hold | Maintains | |
| 2015-12-02 | Bank of America | Buy | Neutral | Downgrade |
| 2015-10-23 | Jefferies | Hold | Maintains | |
| 2015-08-28 | Stifel Nicolaus | Hold | Buy | Upgrade |
| 2015-07-08 | GMP Securities | Hold | Buy | Upgrade |
| 2015-07-01 | GMP Securities | Hold | Initiate | |
| 2015-05-29 | Jefferies | Hold | Maintains | |
| 2015-05-06 | Citigroup | Buy | Maintains | |
| 2015-03-27 | Nordea | Buy | Hold | Downgrade |
| 2015-02-26 | Danske Bank | Hold | Buy | Upgrade |
| 2015-01-21 | Nordea | Hold | Buy | Upgrade |
| 2015-01-02 | Seaport Global | Accumulate | Speculative Buy | Upgrade |
| 2014-12-10 | ABN Amro | Sell | Initiate | |
| 2014-09-09 | Swedbank | Buy | Initiate | |
| 2014-08-27 | Jefferies | Hold | Maintains | |
| 2014-07-28 | Jefferies | Hold | Maintains | |
| 2014-07-07 | UBS | Sell | Neutral | Upgrade |
| 2014-05-29 | Evercore Partners | Overweight | Maintains | |
| 2014-05-27 | Danske Bank | Buy | Sell | Downgrade |
| 2014-05-23 | Stifel Nicolaus | Hold | Initiate | |
| 2014-04-21 | Jefferies | Buy | Hold | Downgrade |
| 2014-02-20 | Morgan Stanley | Overweight | Maintains | |
| 2013-11-29 | Jefferies | Buy | Maintains | |
| 2013-11-21 | Fearnleys | Accumulate | Reduce | Downgrade |
| 2013-08-30 | Jefferies | Buy | Maintains | |
| 2013-07-05 | Goldman Sachs | Sell | Neutral | Upgrade |
| 2013-05-31 | Jefferies | Buy | Maintains | |
| 2013-05-15 | Goldman Sachs | Neutral | Sell | Downgrade |
| 2013-04-17 | Global Hunter Securities | Buy | Initiate | |
| 2013-04-03 | DNB Markets | Buy | Hold | Downgrade |
| 2013-03-07 | Pareto Securities | Buy | Hold | Downgrade |
| 2013-02-22 | ABG Sundal Collier | Hold | Sell | Downgrade |
| 2013-02-15 | SEB Enskilda | Hold | Sell | Downgrade |
| 2013-01-24 | Pareto Securities | Buy | Maintains | |
| 2012-11-30 | DNB Markets | Buy | Maintains | |
| 2012-11-29 | SEB Enskilda | Hold | Maintains | |
| 2012-10-24 | Wells Fargo | Market Perform | Outperform | Upgrade |
| 2012-09-26 | DNB Markets | Buy | Maintains | |
| 2012-09-21 | Jefferies | Buy | Initiate | |
| 2012-08-24 | Morgan Stanley | Overweight | Maintains | |
| 2012-08-24 | ABG Sundal Collier | Buy | Hold | Downgrade |
| 2012-07-11 | Evercore Partners | Overweight | Maintains | |
| 2012-07-10 | Clarksons Platou | Outperform | Maintains | |
| 2012-07-09 | Morgan Stanley | Overweight | Maintains | |
| 2012-07-06 | Dahlman Rose | Buy | Maintains | |
| 2012-05-31 | ABG Sundal Collier | Buy | Upgrade | |
| 2012-05-15 | RS Platou Markets | Buy | Upgrade | |
| 2012-04-16 | ABG Sundal Collier | Hold | Upgrade | |
| 2023-04-24 | Stifel | Buy | Maintains | |
| 2023-07-05 | Stifel | Buy | Buy | Reiterate |
| 2024-05-29 | Deutsche Bank | Buy | Buy | Maintains |
| 2024-05-29 | BTIG | Buy | Buy | Maintains |
| 2023-09-25 | Citigroup | Neutral | Neutral | Reiterate |
| 2023-08-16 | Wolfe Research | Outperform | Peer Perform | Downgrade |
| 2024-06-25 | BTIG | Buy | Buy | Maintains |
| 2024-06-24 | Stifel | Buy | Buy | Maintains |
| 2024-07-19 | B. Riley Securities | Buy | Buy | Maintains |
| 2024-08-16 | Stifel | Buy | Buy | Maintains |
| 2024-08-16 | Deutsche Bank | Buy | Buy | Maintains |
| 2024-12-24 | Stifel | Buy | Buy | Maintains |
| 2025-08-25 | B. Riley Securities | Buy | Neutral | Downgrade |
