SFL (SFL) Stock Price, News & Analysis

3 Wall Street equities research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for SFL in the last year. There are currently 2 hold ratings and 1 buy rating for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street equities research analysts is that investors should "hold" SFL shares. A hold rating indicates that analysts believe investors should maintain any existing positions they have in SFL, but not buy additional shares or sell existing shares.
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3 analysts have issued twelve-month price objectives for SFL's stock. Their SFL share price targets range from $10.00 to $15.00. On average, they predict the company's stock price to reach $12.00 in the next year. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 5.6%.
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SFL's stock was trading at $11.28 at the beginning of 2024. Since then, SFL stock has increased by 12.7% and is now trading at $12.71.
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SFL saw a drop in short interest in the month of March. As of March 31st, there was short interest totaling 1,520,000 shares, a drop of 21.6% from the March 15th total of 1,940,000 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 751,900 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 2.0 days. Currently, 1.6% of the shares of the company are sold short.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Monday, May 20th 2024.
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SFL Co. Ltd. (NYSE:SFL) posted its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, February, 14th. The shipping company reported $0.30 earnings per share for the quarter. The shipping company had revenue of $209.57 million for the quarter. SFL had a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 8.04% and a net margin of 11.16%.

SFL declared a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, February 14th. Investors of record on Friday, March 15th will be given a dividend of $0.26 per share on Thursday, March 28th. This represents a $1.04 annualized dividend and a yield of 8.18%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, March 14th. This is an increase from the stock's previous quarterly dividend of $0.25.
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SFL (NYSE:SFL) pays an annual dividend of $1.04 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 8.25%. SFL has a dividend yield higher than 75% of all dividend-paying stocks, making it a leading dividend payer. The company has been increasing its dividend for 4 consecutive year(s), indicating that it does not yet have a strong track record of dividend growth. The dividend payout ratio is 157.58%. Payout ratios above 75% are not desirable because they may not be sustainable.
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ETFs with the largest weight of SFL (NYSE:SFL) stock in their portfolio include Timothy Plan Market Neutral ETF (TPMN), BNY Mellon Global Infrastructure Income ETF (BKGI), Global SuperDividend US ETF (DIV), SonicShares Global Shipping ETF (BOAT) and U.S. Global Sea to Sky Cargo ETF (SEA).EA Bridgeway Omni Small-Cap Value ETF (BSVO).

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other SFL investors own include Energy Transfer (ET), AT&T (T), New Residential Investment (NRZ), Esperion Therapeutics (ESPR), Ford Motor (F), Frontier Communications (FTR), Pfizer (PFE), Frontline (FRO), Annaly Capital Management (NLY) and Main Street Capital (MAIN).

SFL's stock is owned by a number of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include International Assets Investment Management LLC (0.05%) and GoalVest Advisory LLC (0.00%).
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Shares of SFL stock can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Charles Schwab, E*TRADE, Fidelity, and Vanguard Brokerage Services.
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