Golden Ocean Group Limited (NASDAQ: GOGL) has seen a rise in its stock price by 0.93 in relation to its previous close of 7.54. However, the company has experienced a -3.06% decline in its stock price over the last five trading sessions. globenewswire.com reported 2025-06-20 that Reference is made to the press release issued by CMB.TECH NV (NYSE: CMBT & Euronext Brussels: CMBT) (“CMB.TECH”) on March 4, 2025, which announced that they had identified a bank syndicate to refinance all or parts of the outstanding debt in Golden Ocean Group Limited (“Golden Ocean”). Golden Ocean and CMB.TECH hereby announce the signing of a $2,000 million facilities agreement with a bank syndicate comprising a term loan facility of up to $1,250 million and a revolving credit facility (“RCF”) of up to $750 million which will become available following the completion of the planned merger between Golden Ocean and CMB.TECH, expected in Q3 2025.
Is It Worth Investing in Golden Ocean Group Limited (NASDAQ: GOGL) Right Now?
The price-to-earnings ratio for Golden Ocean Group Limited (NASDAQ: GOGL) is 13.39x, which is above its average ratio. Moreover, the 36-month beta value for GOGL is 1.12. Analysts have varying opinions on the stock, with 0 analysts rating it as a “buy,” 0 as “overweight,” 3 as “hold,” and 0 as “sell.”
The public float for GOGL is 99.51M and currently, short sellers hold a 6.71% of that float. On June 26, 2025, GOGL’s average trading volume was 3.16M shares.
GOGL’s Market Performance
GOGL stock saw an increase of -3.06% in the past week, with a monthly gain of 5.26% and a quarterly increase of -4.76%. The volatility ratio for the week is 1.47%, and the volatility levels for the last 30 days are 1.52% for Golden Ocean Group Limited (GOGL). The simple moving average for the last 20 days is -1.13% for GOGL stock, with a simple moving average of -18.91% for the last 200 days.
Analysts’ Opinion of GOGL
Many brokerage firms have already submitted their reports for GOGL stocks, with Jefferies repeating the rating for GOGL by listing it as a “Hold.” The predicted price for GOGL in the upcoming period, according to Jefferies is $15.50 based on the research report published on May 22, 2024 of the previous year 2024.
Jefferies gave a rating of “Buy” to GOGL, setting the target price at $11 in the report published on October 24th of the previous year.
GOGL Trading at -0.28% from the 50-Day Moving Average
After a stumble in the market that brought GOGL to its low price for the period of the last 52 weeks, the company was unable to rebound, for now settling with -46.73% of loss for the given period.
Stock Fundamentals for GOGL
Current profitability levels for the company are sitting at:
- 0.32 for the present operating margin
- 0.36 for the gross margin
The net margin for Golden Ocean Group Limited stands at 0.23. The total capital return value is set at 0.1. Equity return is now at value 6.06, with 3.30 for asset returns.
Based on Golden Ocean Group Limited (GOGL), the company’s capital structure generated 0.42 points at debt to capital in total, while cash flow to debt ratio is standing at 0.26. The debt to equity ratio resting at 0.73. The interest coverage ratio of the stock is 3.08.
Currently, EBITDA for the company is 432.84 million with net debt to EBITDA at 2.72. When we switch over and look at the enterprise to sales, we see a ratio of 2.86. The receivables turnover for the company is 10.57for trailing twelve months and the total asset turnover is 0.29. The liquidity ratio also appears to be rather interesting for investors as it stands at 0.81.
Conclusion
To wrap up, the performance of Golden Ocean Group Limited (GOGL) has been bad in recent times. The stock has received a mixed of “buy” and “hold” ratings from analysts. It is worth mentioning that the stock is currently trading in close proximity to its 50-day moving average and its 52-week high.
