How to buy Golden Ocean Group stock

Golden Ocean Group Limited is a marine shipping business based in the US. Golden Ocean Group shares (GOGL) are listed on the NASDAQ and all prices are listed in US Dollars. Golden Ocean Group employs 38 staff and has a trailing 12-month revenue of around 0.00.

Golden Ocean Group share price

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Golden Ocean Group shares at a glance

• Key figures

Information last updated 2021-04-30.

52-week range	$2.69 - $8.84
50-day moving average	$7.40
200-day moving average	$5.40
Wall St. target price	$7.23
PE ratio	N/A
Dividend yield	$0.05 (0.57%)
Earnings per share (TTM)	$0.14

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Is Golden Ocean Group under- or over-valued?

Valuing Golden Ocean Group stock is incredibly difficult, and any metric has to be viewed as part of a bigger picture of Golden Ocean Group's overall performance. However, analysts commonly use some key metrics to help gauge the value of a stock.

Golden Ocean Group's PEG ratio

Golden Ocean Group's "price/earnings-to-growth ratio" can be calculated by dividing its P/E ratio by its growth – to give 131.35. A low ratio can be interpreted as meaning the shares offer better value, while a higher ratio can be interpreted as meaning the shares offer worse value.

The PEG ratio provides a broader view than just the P/E ratio, as it gives more insight into Golden Ocean Group's future profitability. By accounting for growth, it could also help you if you're comparing the share prices of multiple high-growth companies.

Golden Ocean Group's EBITDA

Golden Ocean Group's EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation) is $156.7 million.

The EBITDA is a measure of a Golden Ocean Group's overall financial performance and is widely used to measure a its profitability.

Golden Ocean Group financials

Revenue TTM	$610.9 million
Operating margin TTM	5.45%
Gross profit TTM	$158.3 million
Return on assets TTM	0.73%
Return on equity TTM	-9.55%
Profit margin	-22.53%
Book value	$9.55
Market capitalisation	$1.7 billion

TTM: trailing 12 months

Shorting Golden Ocean Group shares

There are currently 1.9 million Golden Ocean Group shares held short by investors – that's known as Golden Ocean Group's "short interest". This figure is 21.1% down from 2.4 million last month.

There are a few different ways that this level of interest in shorting Golden Ocean Group shares can be evaluated.

Golden Ocean Group's "short interest ratio" (SIR)

Golden Ocean Group's "short interest ratio" (SIR) is the quantity of Golden Ocean Group shares currently shorted divided by the average quantity of Golden Ocean Group shares traded daily (recently around 747559.30232558). Golden Ocean Group's SIR currently stands at 2.58. In other words for every 100,000 Golden Ocean Group shares traded daily on the market, roughly 2580 shares are currently held short.

However Golden Ocean Group's short interest can also be evaluated against the total number of Golden Ocean Group shares, or, against the total number of tradable Golden Ocean Group shares (the shares that aren't held by "insiders" or major long-term shareholders – also known as the "float"). In this case Golden Ocean Group's short interest could be expressed as 0.01% of the outstanding shares (for every 100,000 Golden Ocean Group shares in existence, roughly 10 shares are currently held short) or 0.0132% of the tradable shares (for every 100,000 tradable Golden Ocean Group shares, roughly 13 shares are currently held short).

Such a low SIR usually points to an optimistic outlook for the share price, with fewer people currently willing to bet against Golden Ocean Group.

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Golden Ocean Group share dividends

We're not expecting Golden Ocean Group to pay a dividend over the next 12 months.

Have Golden Ocean Group's shares ever split?

Golden Ocean Group's shares were split on a 1:5 basis on 31 July 2016. So if you had owned 5 shares the day before before the split, the next day you'd have owned 1 share. This wouldn't directly have changed the overall worth of your Golden Ocean Group shares – just the quantity. However, indirectly, the new 400% higher share price could have impacted the market appetite for Golden Ocean Group shares which in turn could have impacted Golden Ocean Group's share price.

Golden Ocean Group share price volatility

Over the last 12 months, Golden Ocean Group's shares have ranged in value from as little as $2.69 up to $8.84. A popular way to gauge a stock's volatility is its "beta".

Beta is a measure of a share's volatility in relation to the market. The market (NASDAQ average) beta is 1, while Golden Ocean Group's is 1.7143. This would suggest that Golden Ocean Group's shares are more volatile than the average for this exchange and represent, relatively-speaking, a higher risk (but potentially also market-beating returns).

Golden Ocean Group overview

Golden Ocean Group Limited, a shipping company, owns and operates a fleet of dry bulk vessels comprising Newcastlemax, Capesize, Panamax, and Ultramax vessels worldwide. It owns and operates dry bulk vessels in the spot and time charter markets. The company transports bulk commodities, such as ores, coal, grains, and fertilizers. As of March 18, 2021, it owned a fleet of 67 dry bulk vessels. Golden Ocean Group Limited is based in Hamilton, Bermuda. .

Frequently asked questions

• What percentage of Golden Ocean Group is owned by insiders or institutions?

  Currently 39.879% of Golden Ocean Group shares are held by insiders and 20.489% by institutions.

• How many people work for Golden Ocean Group?

  Latest data suggests 38 work at Golden Ocean Group.

• When does the fiscal year end for Golden Ocean Group?

  Golden Ocean Group's fiscal year ends in December.

• Where is Golden Ocean Group based?

  Golden Ocean Group's address is: Par-la-Ville Place, Hamilton, Bermuda, HM 08

• What is Golden Ocean Group's ISIN number?

  Golden Ocean Group's international securities identification number is: BMG396372051

• What is Golden Ocean Group's CUSIP number?

  Golden Ocean Group's Committee on Uniform Securities Identification Procedures number is: G39637106