Verdict: Side-by-side breakdown using the Bull Rankings model. GLNG scored 35.2, LNG scored 58.8 — LNG leads.
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Different reporting periods. LNG's fundamentals are as of June 2026, but GLNG's are as of December 2025 — a 6-month gap. Growth, margin and valuation figures below therefore describe different windows and aren't strictly like-for-like.
GLNG
Golar LNG Limited
Oil & Gas Midstream · Quality-Growth
35.2
$47.92 · $4.9B
fundamentals as of
Score gap
23.6
LNG leads
LNG
Cheniere Energy, Inc.
Oil & Gas Midstream · Quality-Growth
58.8
$278.18 · $57.5B
fundamentals as of
At a glance · who leads each dimension, on the model's own rules
CheapestLNG21.0x
Fastest growthGLNG+51.1%
Strongest balance sheetGLNG1.22
Highest qualityLNG82 / 100
Side by side · every name on one set of axes
Growth against the P/E multiple. Up and to the right is cheaper and faster — the quality-growth idea in one picture. Points beyond the axis are pinned to the edge and marked off-scale rather than allowed to compress everything else.
The model, pillar by pillar (0–100 each)
GLNG
stronger →← stronger
LNG
53
Qualityreturns · margins · balance sheet
82
50
Growthrevenue & earnings expansion
50
16
Valuevaluation vs sector peers
50
LNG is stronger on 2 of 3 pillars.
Fundamentals, head-to-head
GLNG
LNG
$254mC
FCF
$2.8bB
+51.1%A
Rev
+27.2%A-
1.22C
D/E
2.43D
32.8xC
P/E
21.0xC+
—
PEG
9.46D
Winner per row is the stronger grade; where grades tie, the better figure breaks it. A true tie or a missing value shows no highlight.
Valuation · DCF cross-check
GLNG
LNG
17% above
Price vs fair valuelower is cheaper
6% above
~10%/yr
Growth the price impliesyr-1 FCF growth, fading to 4% · lower = less priced in
~12%/yr
-20%
1-yr DCF upside
-19%
-14%
5-yr DCF upside
-5%
-7%
10-yr DCF upside
+19%
The DCF is a cross-check on intrinsic value, separate from the quality-growth score above.
Model signals
GLNG
Why this score
Buying back stock
Cyclical growth
LNG
Why this score
Buying back stock
Raising its dividend
Durable high returns
Cyclical growth
The companies
GLNGGolar LNG Limited
Oil & Gas Midstream · $47.92 · beta 0.12
Why now
Oil & Gas Midstream · market cap $4.9b. 17% off the 52-week high of $57.79. Revenue growing +51% — in hypergrowth territory. 8 sell-side analysts rate this a Strong Buy with a mean 1-yr target of $66.31 (implying +38% upside).
Moat
Net margin 17% beats the market median by a meaningful margin — the company is keeping more of every revenue dollar than the average S&P constituent. Free cash flow runs well ahead of reported net income.
Risk
Trailing P/E 33x sits well above the S&P median (~20x) — multiple compression is a real risk if revenue growth decelerates. P/S 12.4x embeds aggressive forward growth — disappointing top-line guidance would compress the multiple hard. ROE 3% is below the long-run sustainable threshold of ~10% — capital efficiency would need to improve for the equity base to compound at the market rate.
LNGCheniere Energy, Inc.
Oil & Gas Midstream · $278.18 · beta 0.06
Why now
Oil & Gas Midstream · market cap $57.5b. 8% off the 52-week high of $300.89. Revenue growing +27% — in hypergrowth territory. 21 sell-side analysts rate this a Strong Buy with a mean 1-yr target of $310.57 (implying +12% upside).
Moat
Net margin 14% beats the market median by a meaningful margin — the company is keeping more of every revenue dollar than the average S&P constituent. ROE 39% — top-decile capital efficiency. Either pricing leverage, low capital intensity, or aggressive buybacks; the durability story depends on which. FCF converts 96% of net income — earnings translate cleanly into cash.
Risk
D/E 2.43 is elevated — limits strategic flexibility and raises refinancing exposure if rates stay higher for longer. Jurisdictional + permitting risk — mining and extraction operations concentrate exposure to political stability, royalty regimes, and environmental review timelines that can stall production for years.
Verdict — model-derived comparison
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Where GLNG and LNG diverge
On the headline score the gap is 23.6 points in favor of LNG. The widest single difference is Value, where LNG leads by 33.1 points.
ValueGLNG 16.5 · LNG 49.6LNG +33.1
QualityGLNG 53.2 · LNG 81.8LNG +28.6
GrowthGLNG 50.0 · LNG 50.0level
Pillars run 0–100. Value is judged against each company's own sector, so a Value score is a statement about a company relative to its own industry rather than to the other name here. A wide Value gap usually means the market already prices the difference in quality or growth — which is the trade-off this comparison comes down to.
Common questions
Is LNG or GLNG the better stock?
LNG scores higher: LNG 58.8, GLNG 35.2 out of 100 on the Bull Rankings quality-growth score, which blends business quality, growth and valuation into one number. A higher score means a stronger business at a more reasonable price — it is not a price target or a recommendation.
Where do LNG and GLNG differ most?
The widest gap is value, where LNG leads by 33 points on the 0–100 pillar scale. LNG also leads quality, while growth is effectively level between them.
How are LNG and GLNG scored?
Each carries the same 0–100 quality-growth score used everywhere on the site, built from three pillars — quality (profitability and returns on capital), growth (revenue and earnings), and value (what you pay for them) — combined as a geometric mean, so a weak pillar cannot be papered over by a strong one.
How current is this comparison?
The whole universe is re-scored every trading day after the US market close, so the scores and fundamentals here reflect the latest published edition.