Golar LNG Limited vs ZIM INTEGRATED SHIPPING SERVICES LTD., two Marine Shipping stocks. A side-by-side on valuation, growth, margins, returns, and what each price is betting.
Floating LNG against container liner shipping, both capital-heavy, both tied to global trade in different ways. ZIM earns a slimmer net margin, 6.97% against Golar's 16.69%, but it prices below its own equity at 0.77 times book while Golar trades at 2.64 times. The balance sheets split them: ZIM carries no debt, Golar a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.48. Golar's return on equity is a low 3.18% during its buildout. ZIM's free-cash-flow yield of 18.64% signals a cash-rich but cyclical container name priced for a downturn; Golar is the levered floating-gas bet still waiting on its returns. Very different risks under the same maritime label.
Comparison updated 2026-07-11.
| Metric | GLNG | ZIM |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $51.23 | $23.98 |
| Market cap | $5.6B | $2.9B |
| Sector | Marine Shipping | Marine Shipping |
| Stage | Growth | Mature |
| P/E | — | 6.0 |
| P/B | 2.71 | 0.72 |
| P/S | 14.25 | 0.42 |
| EV/EBITDA | 50.5 | 0.8 |
| Revenue growth | +13.2% | +0.8% |
| Gross margin | — | 19.1% |
| Operating margin | 25.3% | 14.7% |
| Net margin | 16.7% | 7.0% |
| Return on equity | 3.2% | 12.0% |
| Return on assets | 1.2% | 4.4% |
| Return on invested capital | 1.9% | 18.4% |
| FCF yield | — | 79.6% |
| Debt / equity | 1.48 | 0.00 |
| Current ratio | 2.55 | 1.23 |
| Altman Z (solvency) | 1.32 | 1.48 |
| Piotroski F (quality) | 5 / 9 | 4 / 9 |
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