SFL LTD (SFL)
Energy · maritime transportation and shipping assets · NYSE
A diversified maritime asset owner with a long-standing track record of long-term charters and consistent quarterly dividends.
What SFL LTD does
SFL Corporation is a maritime assets company that owns and charters a diversified fleet of vessels, including tanker vessels, dry bulk carriers, container vessels, car carriers, and offshore drilling rigs. The company operates through a business model focused on long-term time charters to major international energy and logistics companies. SFL maintains its operations through a portfolio of vessel leasing and ownership, aiming to provide stable distribution capacity to shareholders.
Recent developments
SFL announced an order for two 93,000 cbm Very Large Ammonia Carriers with expected delivery in 2028, supported by long-term time charters to a European oil major. The company has added over $1.3 billion to its fixed-rate charter backlog during 2026.
From SFL LTD's filing of 2026-10-05.
Themes: maritime logistics, energy infrastructure, offshore drilling, gas shipping, ammonia transport, vessel leasing
Fundamentals
- Price$13.56 as of 2026-10-08 close
- Market cap$1.8B date unknown (no dated share count)
- 1-year return+87.0% 2025-10-08 close $7.25 → 2026-10-08 close $13.56
- P/E58.00 as of 2026-10-08
- Net margin-3.6% FY2025, SEC XBRL
- ROE-2.8% FY2025, SEC XBRL
- Debt / equity2.59 as of 2026-09-02
- Revenue growth (YoY)+27.6% as of 2026-09-02
- Revenue CAGR (3y)+3.0% SEC XBRL
- Beta0.60 as of 2026-09-02
- Last reported earningsn/a no confirmed date — as a foreign private issuer it reports on Form 6-K, which carries no earnings item code
Dividend: yield +6.5%; 1-year non-decreasing per-share dividend streak (SEC XBRL).
How SFL compares in its sector
- price-to-earnings ratiotop 25% 108 covered Energy peers, as of 2026-10-08
- net profit marginbottom 25% 135 covered Energy peers, as of 2026-09-02
- operating marginmiddle range 122 covered Energy peers, as of 2026-09-02
- return on equitybottom 25% 143 covered Energy peers, as of 2026-09-02
- 3-year revenue CAGRmiddle range 137 covered Energy peers
- indicated dividend yieldtop 25% 101 covered Energy peers, as of 2026-09-02
Position among covered Energy companies that report each metric (minimum 5 peers). A relative position within our covered catalog — not a valuation, quality, or investment judgment. A higher percentile is simply a higher value (for P/E, more expensive on earnings — never "better"). Informational only.
Dividend coverage (FY2025)
Covered by reported results. In FY2025, SFL's dividend was covered by reported results (operating-cash-flow payout 47%). This describes past coverage, not a forecast.
- Earnings payoutnot assessable earnings were not positive that year
- Operating-cash-flow payout47% dividends / operating cash flow — capital spending was not reported, so this does not subtract it
Coverage derived from reported SEC EDGAR XBRL figures for FY2025 (dividends paid vs. net income and free cash flow, same fiscal year). This describes PAST coverage for one fiscal year — it does not predict whether a dividend will be maintained, raised, or cut, and a one-year payout ratio can be distorted by non-recurring items. Informational only — not financial advice.
How SFL LTD looks technically
SFL LTD (SFL) is trading 23.4% above its 200-day average, the long-term trend line — a longer-term uptrend. Its 50-day average crossed above its 200-day average about 163 trading days ago — a "golden cross", a bullish long-term signal. A trend is forming but not yet strong — ADX, a 0–100 trend-strength gauge, is 25 (a reading of 25+ marks a strong trend). Momentum is neutral — its 14-day RSI (a 0–100 momentum gauge) is 61, neither overbought (above 70) nor oversold (below 30). MACD, a trend-momentum gauge, turned bullish about 1 trading day ago (its momentum flipped positive). It made a new 20-day high about 16 trading days ago. It is 3.0% below its 52-week high (its highest price of the past year).
Trend
8
| Distance from the 200-day | it is trading 23.4% above its 200-day average, the long-term trend line — a longer-term uptrend | +23.4% |
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| 50-day moving average | its average price over the last 50 trading days — a short-term trend line — is $12.68 | $12.68 |
| 200-day moving average | its average price over the last 200 trading days — the long-term trend line — is $10.99 | $10.99 |
| Swing structure | each recent peak has been higher than the one before it and each dip has been shallower — the pattern chart-watchers call an uptrend, which describes where price has already been and not where it goes next | higher highs and higher lows |
| Last swing turn | its last significant turn was a swing low 15 calendar days ago — the swings before that are what the structure reading is measured on | 15 sessions |
| Wave structure | its recent swings can be read as a five-part upward sequence — what Elliott-wave chartists call an impulse — now in leg 3 of five; the labelling fails if price closes below 12.46. It is one of several labellings that fit, and it describes the swings already printed, not what comes next. The same swings also read as a three-part correction in leg C. | possible upward five-wave sequence, in wave 3 (one of several readings) |
| Since the 50/200 cross | its 50-day average crossed above its 200-day average about 163 trading days ago — a "golden cross", a bullish long-term signal | 163 sessions |
| Trend strength (14-day ADX) | a trend is forming but not yet strong — ADX, a 0–100 trend-strength gauge, is 25 (a reading of 25+ marks a strong trend) | 24.6 |
Momentum
3
| 14-day RSI | momentum is neutral — its 14-day RSI (a 0–100 momentum gauge) is 61, neither overbought (above 70) nor oversold (below 30) | 61.3 |
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| Position in its 14-day range | it is trading near the top of its 14-day range ($12.46 to $13.74) — its "stochastic" reading is 86 out of 100, where 0 would mean closing exactly at the 14-session low and 100 exactly at the high. This measures WHERE the price sits inside its recent range, which is a different question from the RSI beside it: RSI is a momentum gauge, measuring how FAST the price has been moving, so a stock can drift quietly to the bottom of its range with an ordinary RSI, or fall sharply and still sit in the middle. It has been climbing within that range over the last few sessions. | 85.9 |
| Since the MACD crossed zero | MACD, a trend-momentum gauge, turned bullish about 1 trading day ago (its momentum flipped positive) | 1 session |
Range
12
| 52-week high | its highest closing price over the past year (about 252 trading days) was $13.98 | $13.98 |
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| From the 52-week high | it is 3.0% below its 52-week high (its highest price of the past year) | -3.0% |
| Above the 52-week low | it is 101.5% above its 52-week low (its lowest price of the past year) | +101.5% |
| Below the 52-week high | it is 3.0% below its highest point of the past year | 3.0% |
| Since a 20-day breakout | it made a new 20-day high about 16 trading days ago | 16 sessions |
| Since a 55-day breakout | it made a new 55-day high about 16 trading days ago | 16 sessions |
| All-time high | its highest closing price on record is $32.90 (set on 2008-05-19) | $32.90 |
| Given back of the 52-week move | over the past year its closes ranged ($6.84 to $13.75), and it has given back only a small part of its rise from last year’s low — 3% of it. Chart-watchers call 61.8%-65% given back the "golden pocket" — for this company that is $9.26 to $9.48. It is watched widely enough that orders cluster there, which is the honest reason it matters; it is not a forecast. | 2.8% |
| From the all-time high | it is 58.8% below its all-time high | -58.8% |
| Nearest price level | it is trading 5.2% above a support level at $12.86 — a price it turned at three times since 2026-05-13, most recently on 2026-08-21. Since 2024-10-08 it has 14 such levels below the current price and 0 above. Levels like these describe where the price has reversed or paused before; they are not a forecast of where it will go. | -5.2% |
| All-time low | its lowest closing price on record is $4.01 (set on 2009-03-09) | $4.01 |
| Above the all-time low | it is 238.2% above its all-time low | +238.2% |
Volatility
5
| Band width vs its own 6 months | day-to-day price swings are narrower than usual versus its own recent 6-month history (tighter than about 77% of it) | 23rd percentile |
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| Typical daily range | in a typical session it travels about $0.391 between its high and its low — about 2.9% of its price. That is its "average true range" over the last 14 sessions, which also counts the distance from the previous close, so a day that opens well away from yesterday counts as the large move it was | $0.391 |
| Bollinger bands (20-day, ±2σ) | most of its recent trading has stayed between about $12.63 and $13.84 — the "Bollinger bands", a range drawn two standard deviations either side of its 20-day average price, which widens when the stock gets more volatile and narrows when it settles | $12.63 – $13.24 – $13.84 |
| Typical daily range (% of price) | its price moves about 2.9% in a typical session — calmer than most companies we cover. This is the average gap between a session's high and low over the last 14 sessions, counting overnight moves, expressed against the current price so it can be compared with companies trading at any price | 2.9% |
| Stretch from the 200-day average | it is trading 6.6 daily ranges above its 200-day average price (23.4% above it in plain percentage terms) — a way of asking how far it has stretched from its own average in units of how far it normally moves in a day, so a calm company and a jumpy one can be compared on the same scale | 6.6 daily ranges above its 200-day average |
Volume
1
| Volume vs its 30-day average | trading volume is about normal versus its 30-day average | 0.96× |
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Analyst
2
| Change in the average price target | analysts' average price target is unchanged from the prior reading | 0.0% |
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| Change in the consensus rating | not available for this company yet | n/a |
Candlestick patterns
2
| Since a doji | 3 sessions ago it opened and closed at almost the same price after trading through a wider range — a "doji", the classic picture of buyers and sellers finishing the session level | 3 sessions ago |
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| Since a bullish engulfing | 7 sessions ago it opened below the previous session's close and finished above that session's open — a "bullish engulfing" pair, where one up day more than undid the down day before it | 7 sessions ago |
Price gaps
2
| Gap at the open | it opened on 2026-10-08 1.3% above the previous session's close — an overnight gap, the part of the move that happened while the market was shut, and had not traded back through that level by the close | +1.3% |
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| Gap filled | a 2.4% gap up opened on 2026-08-06 has been "filled" 43 sessions ago — price traded back through the level the gap left behind, and it took 1 session to close | 43 sessions ago |
Price streaks
1
| Closing streak | it closed higher in its latest session, after a session that did not close higher — a single up day rather than a run | 1 session up |
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Relative strength
4
| vs market, 1 month | over the past 1 month this stock beat the market by 6.7 percentage points (the stock gained 7.7% while the market gained 1.0%) | +6.7% |
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| vs market, 3 months | over the past 3 months this stock beat the market by 18.9 percentage points (the stock gained 22.7% while the market gained 3.8%) | +18.9% |
| vs market, 6 months | over the past 6 months this stock beat the market by 6.2 percentage points (the stock gained 23.6% while the market gained 17.5%) | +6.2% |
| vs market, 12 months | over the past 12 months this stock beat the market by 72.1 percentage points (the stock gained 87.0% while the market gained 15.0%) | +72.1% |
Signal agreement
2
| Bullish technical signals | 5 of the 9 technical signals we can compute for it are currently in a bullish state: a "golden cross" — its 50-day average is above its 200-day, trading above its 200-day average, MACD momentum is positive, outperforming the market over 6 months, trading above the Ichimoku cloud — these describe past price behaviour, not a forecast | 5 of 9 |
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| Bearish technical signals | 1 of the 9 technical signals we can compute for it is currently in a bearish state: near the top of its 14-day range (overbought) — these describe past price behaviour, not a forecast | 1 of 9 |
Trend (Ichimoku cloud)
1
| Vs the Ichimoku cloud | trading 11% above the Ichimoku cloud — a band drawn from where its own highs and lows sat up to 2026-09-01 and projected forward over today's price, the side traders read as an established uptrend, with the band below acting as the level that would have to give way. The band itself is moderate, spanning 5.9% of the share price. | +10.9% |
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Volume-weighted price
1
| Vs this year’s average price paid | the price is 21% above the average price paid so far this year, so the typical buyer over that stretch is showing a gain. That average is $11.16 — a volume-weighted average of daily closes over 190 sessions, not a true tick-by-tick VWAP. | +21.5% |
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Channel up, bullish — forming · entry $14.35 · 47 sessions in
Price levels it has turned at before
SFL last closed at $13.56 on 2026-10-08. Since 2024-10-08 it has turned at 14 prices below its last close and 0 above; the 3 nearest below are listed, nearest first.
| Level | Side | Distance | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| $12.86 | Support | 5.2% below the last close | turned there three times · 2026-05-13 to 2026-08-21 |
| $12.38 | Support | 8.7% below the last close | turned there three times · 2026-08-03 to 2026-09-23 |
| $11.49 | Support | 15.2% below the last close | turned there twice · 2026-06-23 to 2026-08-11 |
A level is a price this company reversed or paused at more than once — they describe past behaviour, not a forecast of where the price will go.
Wave structure
Its recent swings can be read as a five-part upward sequence — what Elliott-wave chartists call an impulse — now in leg 3 of five.
This labelling fails — stops being a possible reading at all — if it closes below $12.46.
This is one of several labellings that fit the same swings, so treat it as a reading rather than the reading. It was chosen from 2 labellings that survived the rules, counting shorter readings of the same bars.
On past moves of this shape the leg has usually ended somewhere between $14.55 and $15.85 — that is where it has tended to end if the count holds, not a forecast of where the price goes.
Alternate reading: The same swings also read as a three-part correction in leg C, which fails on a close below $12.46.
This reading has stood for 7 trading days, since 2026-09-30.
Read from daily closes as of 2026-10-08.
An Elliott-wave count describes the swings already printed and the level that would disprove it. It is not a forecast, a target, or advice.
Screens: Trading above the 200-day moving average · MACD just crossed bullish (12/26/9) · beating the market · Stretched far above its 200-day average (6+ daily ranges) · At the top of its 14-day range (stochastic above 80) · Trading above the Ichimoku cloud | Learn: moving average · golden cross · adx · rsi · macd · breakout · fifty two week high low
Based on daily closing prices as of 2026-10-08. Describes past price behavior only — informational, not financial advice.
Analyst consensus
- Consensus ratingBuy (2.00 mean, 1=Strong Buy…5=Strong Sell) — 3 analysts
- Mean price target$13.17 range $12.50 – $14.00; median $13.00
Analyst estimates, as of 2026-10-05. These are third-party analyst opinions and price targets, aggregated — not a recommendation, prediction, or advice from stocks-llm. Informational only.
Analyst EPS estimate for SFL
- Consensus EPS estimate$0.05416 next reporting period, as of 2026-10-05
- Estimate change, 30 days$0.00 from $0.05416, on 2026-08-31, 35-day window
- Readings revised upward0% of 5 comparable readings
The consensus estimate for the next reporting period, and how it has moved between readings of that SAME period. A change is measured only between readings estimating one period — when a company reports, the consensus moves to the next quarter and the two numbers are not comparable. Informational only, not a forecast and not advice.
Key risks (from latest filing)
["Sensitivity to cyclical and volatile shipping market conditions, charter hire rates, and vessel values.","Exposure to counterparty credit risk and performance risks of charterers.","Significant debt obligations and restrictive financial covenants that may impact operational flexibility."]
U.S. House trading disclosures
U.S. House members publicly disclose their own, their spouse's, and dependent children's stock transactions under the STOCK Act. We hold 1 matched disclosure for SFL from U.S. House Clerk Periodic Transaction Report filings.
U.S. House trading disclosures →Short interest (FINRA)
SFL had 4,020,028 shares of reported short interest as of the 2026-09-15 FINRA settlement date (delayed, bi-monthly; not real-time).
Short interest as a percent of shares outstanding is not shown for SFL because we do not hold a verified share count to divide it by. The reported figures above are unaffected.
- Reported short interest (shares) 4,020,028
- Prior settlement (shares) 3,613,988
- Reported change 11.24%
- Days to cover (reported) 2.71
Reported to FINRA as of the 2026-09-15 settlement date. Short interest is reported to FINRA and published on a delayed, bi-monthly schedule (as of a settlement date, disseminated roughly eight business days later) — it is NOT real-time, does not cover every venue or all US trading, and is not a short-squeeze prediction or investment advice. Days-to-cover is the value FINRA reports; percent of float is not shown because the source file carries no share-count denominator — where a percent appears it is of shares OUTSTANDING, the larger base, and is therefore a floor on percent of float. Informational only — not financial advice.
Competitors & peers
- Frontline (FRO)
- Golden Ocean Group (GOGL)
- Seaspan Corporation (ATCO)
- Transocean (RIG)
- Valaris (VAL)
- Navios Maritime Partners (NMM)
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Frequently asked questions
What does SFL LTD (SFL) do?
SFL Corporation is a maritime assets company that owns and charters a diversified fleet of vessels, including tanker vessels, dry bulk carriers, container vessels, car carriers, and offshore drilling rigs. The company operates through a business model focused on long-term time charters to major international energy and logistics companies. SFL maintains its operations through a portfolio of vessel leasing and ownership, aiming to provide stable distribution capacity to shareholders.
What sector is SFL LTD (SFL) in?
SFL LTD (SFL) is classified in the Energy sector. Its industry is maritime transportation and shipping assets. It trades on NYSE.
Does SFL pay a dividend?
Yes — SFL LTD (SFL) pays a dividend, with an indicated yield of about 6.46% and 1-year non-decreasing per-share dividend streak (SEC EDGAR XBRL) (market data, as of 2026-09-02). Informational only — not financial advice.
Who are SFL LTD's (SFL) competitors?
Notable peers of SFL LTD (SFL) include Frontline, Golden Ocean Group, Seaspan Corporation, Transocean and Valaris. This peer set is informational only — not financial advice.
Has there been recent U.S. House stock trading in SFL?
Yes — we hold 1 matched STOCK Act disclosure for SFL from U.S. House Clerk Periodic Transaction Report filings. These are legally-required disclosures (often filed 30–45 days after the trade), may belong to a U.S. House member, their spouse, or a dependent child, and are not an indicator of company performance or investment advice.
Is SFL LTD (SFL) overbought or oversold right now?
SFL LTD (SFL) is currently neither overbought nor oversold — its 14-day RSI (a 0–100 momentum gauge) is 61, in the neutral middle (as of 2026-10-08). RSI describes recent price momentum, not a forecast — informational only, not financial advice.
Where does stocks-llm's data on SFL come from?
Fundamentals come from SEC XBRL company filings for the figures marked with a fiscal year, and market data, as of 2026-09-02 for the rest; prices are market data, as of 2026-09-02; company filings and profile facts come from SEC EDGAR. All figures are delayed daily-close data shown with their as-of date — informational only, not financial advice.
Fundamentals: SEC XBRL company filings for the figures marked with a fiscal year, and market data, as of 2026-09-02 for the rest. Filings: SEC EDGAR. Prices are delayed daily-close data.
Last updated 2026-10-08.
Informational only — NOT financial advice. All figures are delayed daily-close data from SEC EDGAR & market data, shown with their as-of date.