SFL LTD (SFL)
Energy · Maritime and offshore energy transport / leasing · NYSE
A diversified maritime and energy asset owner providing global shipping and offshore drilling solutions through long-term charter contracts.
What SFL LTD does
SFL Corporation is a diversified maritime and energy infrastructure company that owns and operates a large fleet of assets, including container ships, car carriers, oil tankers, dry bulkers, and offshore drilling rigs. The company primarily generates revenue through long-term time charters, but also engages in spot and short-term chartering for some of its tanker and dry bulk vessels. SFL focuses on maintaining a significant charter backlog, often with investment-grade counterparties, to support consistent cash flow and dividend distributions.
Themes: maritime shipping, offshore drilling, energy infrastructure, dividend income, fleet leasing
Fundamentals
- Price$12.39 as of 2026-08-21 close
- Market cap$1.8B as of 2026-08-24
- 1-year return+51.1% 2025-08-21 close $8.20 → 2026-08-21 close $12.39
- P/E56.01 as of 2026-08-24
- Net margin+2.9% as of 2026-08-24
- Gross margin+80.5% as of 2026-08-24
- ROE+3.2% as of 2026-08-24
- Debt / equity2.59 as of 2026-08-24
- Revenue growth (YoY)+27.6% as of 2026-08-24
- Revenue CAGR (3y)+3.0% SEC XBRL
- Beta0.49 as of 2026-08-24
- 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 +8.8%; 1-year non-decreasing per-share dividend streak (SEC XBRL).
How SFL compares in its sector
- price-to-earnings ratiotop 25% 115 covered Energy peers, as of 2026-08-24
- net profit marginmiddle range 149 covered Energy peers, as of 2026-08-24
- operating marginmiddle range 149 covered Energy peers, as of 2026-08-24
- gross margintop 25% 142 covered Energy peers, as of 2026-08-24
- return on equitymiddle range 152 covered Energy peers, as of 2026-08-24
- 3-year revenue CAGRmiddle range 138 covered Energy peers
- indicated dividend yieldtop 10% 98 covered Energy peers, as of 2026-08-24
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 21.8% 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 130 trading days ago — a "golden cross", a bullish long-term signal. There is no clear trend right now — the price is choppy (ADX, a 0–100 trend-strength gauge, is 13, below the 25 that marks a real trend). Momentum is neutral — its 14-day RSI (a 0–100 momentum gauge) is 59, neither overbought (above 70) nor oversold (below 30). MACD, a trend-momentum gauge, turned bullish about 5 trading days ago (its momentum flipped positive). It made a new 20-day high about 3 trading days ago. It is 4.3% below its 52-week high (its highest price of the past year).
Trend
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| Distance from the 200-day | it is trading 21.8% above its 200-day average, the long-term trend line — a longer-term uptrend | +21.8% |
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| 50-day moving average | its average price over the last 50 trading days — a short-term trend line — is $11.51 | $11.51 |
| 200-day moving average | its average price over the last 200 trading days — the long-term trend line — is $10.17 | $10.17 |
| 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 10 calendar days ago — the swings before that are what the structure reading is measured on | 10 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 11.435. 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 130 trading days ago — a "golden cross", a bullish long-term signal | 130 sessions |
| Trend strength (14-day ADX) | there is no clear trend right now — the price is choppy (ADX, a 0–100 trend-strength gauge, is 13, below the 25 that marks a real trend) | 13.2 |
Momentum
3
| 14-day RSI | momentum is neutral — its 14-day RSI (a 0–100 momentum gauge) is 59, neither overbought (above 70) nor oversold (below 30) | 58.7 |
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| Position in its 14-day range | it is trading in the upper half of its 14-day range ($11.44 to $12.79) — its "stochastic" reading is 70 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 slipping within that range over the last few sessions. | 70.5 |
| Since the MACD crossed zero | MACD, a trend-momentum gauge, turned bullish about 5 trading days ago (its momentum flipped positive) | 5 sessions |
Range
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| 52-week high | its highest closing price over the past year (about 252 trading days) was $12.94 | $12.94 |
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| From the 52-week high | it is 4.3% below its 52-week high (its highest price of the past year) | -4.3% |
| Above the 52-week low | it is 84.1% above its 52-week low (its lowest price of the past year) | +84.1% |
| Below the 52-week high | it is 4.3% below its highest point of the past year | 4.3% |
| Since a 20-day breakout | it made a new 20-day high about 3 trading days ago | 3 sessions |
| Since a 55-day breakout | it made a new 55-day high about 3 trading days ago | 3 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 $12.80), and it has given back only a small part of its rise from last year’s low — 7% of it. Chart-watchers call 61.8%-65% given back the "golden pocket" — for this company that is $8.93 to $9.12. It is watched widely enough that orders cluster there, which is the honest reason it matters; it is not a forecast. | 6.9% |
| From the all-time high | it is 62.3% below its all-time high | -62.3% |
| Nearest price level | it is trading 4.1% below a resistance level at $12.90 — a price it turned at twice since 2026-05-13, most recently on 2026-05-21. Since 2024-08-21 it has 13 such levels below the current price and 1 above. Levels like these describe where the price has reversed or paused before; they are not a forecast of where it will go. | +4.1% |
| 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 209.0% above its all-time low | +209.0% |
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 89% of it) | 11th percentile |
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| Typical daily range | in a typical session it travels about $0.317 between its high and its low — about 2.6% 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 | $0.317 |
| Bollinger bands (20-day, ±2σ) | most of its recent trading has stayed between about $11.64 and $12.71 — 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 | $11.64 – $12.18 – $12.71 |
| Typical daily range (% of price) | its price moves about 2.6% 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 | 2.6% |
| Stretch from the 200-day average | it is trading 7.0 daily ranges above its 200-day average price (21.8% 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 | 7.0 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 | 0.82× |
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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
1
| Since a bearish engulfing | 9 sessions ago it opened above the previous session's close and finished below that session's open — a "bearish engulfing" pair, where one down day more than undid the up day before it | 9 sessions ago |
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Price gaps
2
| Open gap | it gapped 2.2% above the previous close 35 sessions ago and has not traded back through the level it left behind at 10.25 — an "unfilled gap", which describes a price range no trade has since crossed and is not a forecast that it will be crossed | +2.2% |
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| Gap filled | a 2.4% gap up opened on 2026-08-06 has been "filled" 10 sessions ago — price traded back through the level the gap left behind, and it took 1 session to close | 10 sessions ago |
Price streaks
1
| Closing streak | it has closed lower 2 sessions in a row, a -2.06% move over the run — an unbroken run of down days, which describes what has already happened and says nothing about the next session | 2 sessions down |
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Relative strength
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| vs market, 1 month | over the past 1 month this stock beat the market by 6.0 percentage points (the stock gained 8.3% while the market gained 2.3%) | +6.0% |
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| vs market, 3 months | over the past 3 months this stock lagged the market by 5.1 percentage points (the stock lost 2.0% while the market gained 3.1%) | -5.1% |
| vs market, 6 months | over the past 6 months this stock beat the market by 4.3 percentage points (the stock gained 15.4% while the market gained 11.1%) | +4.3% |
| vs market, 12 months | over the past 12 months this stock beat the market by 30.6 percentage points (the stock gained 51.1% while the market gained 20.5%) | +30.6% |
Signal agreement
2
| Bullish technical signals | 6 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, a fresh 20-day high, MACD momentum is positive, outperforming the market over 6 months, trading above the Ichimoku cloud — these describe past price behaviour, not a forecast | 6 of 9 |
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| Bearish technical signals | 0 of the 9 technical signals we can compute for it are currently in a bearish state — these describe past price behaviour, not a forecast | 0 of 9 |
Trend (Ichimoku cloud)
1
| Vs the Ichimoku cloud | trading 7.7% above the Ichimoku cloud — a band drawn from where its own highs and lows sat up to 2026-07-16 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 4.9% of the share price. | +7.7% |
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Volume-weighted price
1
| Vs this year’s average price paid | the price is 15% above the average price paid so far this year, so the typical buyer over that stretch is showing a gain. That average is $10.75 — a volume-weighted average of daily closes over 157 sessions, not a true tick-by-tick VWAP. | +15.3% |
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Price levels it has turned at before
SFL last closed at $12.39 on 2026-08-21. Since 2024-08-21 it has turned at 13 prices below its last close and 1 above; the 3 nearest below and the nearest above are listed, nearest first.
| Level | Side | Distance | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| $12.90 | Resistance | 4.1% above the last close | turned there twice · 2026-05-13 to 2026-05-21 |
| $11.49 | Support | 7.2% below the last close | turned there twice · 2026-06-23 to 2026-08-11 |
| $11.18 | Support | 9.7% below the last close | turned there five times · 2024-11-06 to 2026-04-09 |
| $10.97 | Support | 11.5% below the last close | turned there three times · 2024-11-22 to 2026-06-05 |
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 $11.44.
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 $13.77 and $15.21 — 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 $11.44.
This reading has stood for 4 trading days, since 2026-08-18.
Read from daily closes as of 2026-08-21.
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 · Broke out to a new 20-day high · MACD just crossed bullish (12/26/9) · trendless / choppy (low ADX) · Stretched far above its 200-day average (6+ daily ranges) · 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 2026-08-21. Describes past price behavior only — informational, not financial advice.
Analyst consensus
- Mean price target$12.38 range $10.00 – $14.00; median $12.75
Analyst estimates, as of 2026-08-24. 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$0.07644 next reporting period, as of 2026-08-24
Change over time is not available yet: it needs two readings of the same reporting period at least 30 days apart, and we have been recording these estimates since 2026-08-04. An estimate for a DIFFERENT quarter is not a revision, so a reading from before the last report is never compared with one after it.
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)
["Exposure to volatile energy prices and upstream capex cycles affecting shipping demand","Geopolitical disruptions and route restrictions impacting maritime operations and vessel utilization","Interest rate and refinancing risk on vessel debt in a rising rate environment"]
Congressional 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.
Congressional trading disclosures →Short interest (FINRA)
SFL had 3,470,222 shares of reported short interest as of the 2026-07-31 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) 3,470,222
- Prior settlement (shares) 3,261,522
- Reported change 6.4%
- Days to cover (reported) 2.54
Reported to FINRA as of the 2026-07-31 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)
- Danaos Corporation (DAC)
- Costamare (CMRE)
- Transocean (RIG)
- Seadrill (SDRL)
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Frequently asked questions
What does SFL LTD (SFL) do?
SFL Corporation is a diversified maritime and energy infrastructure company that owns and operates a large fleet of assets, including container ships, car carriers, oil tankers, dry bulkers, and offshore drilling rigs. The company primarily generates revenue through long-term time charters, but also engages in spot and short-term chartering for some of its tanker and dry bulk vessels.
What sector is SFL LTD (SFL) in?
SFL LTD (SFL) is classified in the Energy sector. Its industry is Maritime and offshore energy transport / leasing. It trades on NYSE.
Does SFL pay a dividend?
Yes — SFL LTD (SFL) pays a dividend, with an indicated yield of about 8.80% and 1-year non-decreasing per-share dividend streak (SEC EDGAR XBRL) (market data, as of 2026-08-24). Informational only — not financial advice.
Who are SFL LTD's (SFL) competitors?
Notable peers of SFL LTD (SFL) include Frontline, Golden Ocean Group, Danaos Corporation, Costamare and Transocean. This peer set is informational only — not financial advice.
Has there been recent Congressional 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 59, in the neutral middle (as of 2026-08-21). RSI describes recent price momentum, not a forecast — informational only, not financial advice.
Where does stocks-llm's data on SFL come from?
Fundamentals and prices come from market data, as of 2026-08-24; 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: market data, as of 2026-08-24. Filings: SEC EDGAR. Prices are delayed daily-close data.
Last updated 2026-08-21.
Informational only — NOT financial advice. All figures are delayed daily-close data from SEC EDGAR & market data, shown with their as-of date.