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 37 staff and has a trailing 12-month revenue of around USD$610.9 million.

How to buy shares in Golden Ocean Group

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2. Open and fund your brokerage account. Complete an application with your personal and financial details, like your ID and bank information. Fund your account with a bank transfer, credit card or debit card.
3. Search for Golden Ocean Group. Find the stock by name or ticker symbol: GOGL. Research its history to confirm it's a solid investment against your financial goals.
4. Purchase now or later. Buy today with a market order or use a limit order to delay your purchase until Golden Ocean Group reaches your desired price. To spread out your purchase, look into dollar-cost averaging, which smooths out buying at consistent intervals and amounts.
5. Decide on how many to buy. Weigh your budget against a diversified portfolio that can minimize risk through the market's ups and downs. You may be able to buy a fractional share of Golden Ocean Group, depending on your broker.
6. Check in on your investment. Congratulations, you own a part of Golden Ocean Group. Optimize your portfolio by tracking how your stock — and even the business — performs with an eye on the long term. You may be eligible for dividends and shareholder voting rights on directors and management that can affect your stock.

Golden Ocean Group share price

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Golden Ocean Group shares at a glance

• Key figures

Information last updated 2021-02-23.

52-week range	USD$2.52 - USD$7.03
50-day moving average	USD$5.3621
200-day moving average	USD$4.2986
Wall St. target price	USD$6.19
PE ratio	12.0385
Dividend yield	USD$0.05 (0.78%)
Earnings per share (TTM)	USD$0.138

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Golden Ocean Group financials

Revenue TTM	USD$610.9 million
Operating margin TTM	5.45%
Gross profit TTM	USD$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	USD$872.5 million

TTM: trailing 12 months

Shorting Golden Ocean Group shares

There are currently 524,344 Golden Ocean Group shares held short by investors – that's known as Golden Ocean Group's "short interest". This figure is 4.5% up from 501,978 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 468164.28571429). Golden Ocean Group's SIR currently stands at 1.12. In other words for every 100,000 Golden Ocean Group shares traded daily on the market, roughly 1120 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% of the outstanding shares (for every 100,000 Golden Ocean Group shares in existence, roughly 0 shares are currently held short) or 0.0057% of the tradable shares (for every 100,000 tradable Golden Ocean Group shares, roughly 6 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.

Find out more about how you can short Golden Ocean Group stock.

Have Golden Ocean Group's shares ever split?

Golden Ocean Group's shares were split on a 1:5 basis on 1 August 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 $2.52 up to $7.03. 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 1.7166. 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 of 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 12, 2020, it owned a fleet of 67 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 36.156% of Golden Ocean Group shares are held by insiders and 22.301% by institutions.

• How many people work for Golden Ocean Group?

  Latest data suggests 37 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