SFL Fundamental Analysis & Score

SFL Corporation Ltd. Industrials Marine Shipping
$12.37
Quote dated October 21, 2026
60/100
Hold

What this score covers. It is a fixed screen of five reported ratios with no valuation input, so a company can score highly while its valuation risk remains elevated. The full report scores valuation separately, as one of nine scored sections. How the score is calculated

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Key Financial Metrics

Market Cap
$1.72B
P/E Ratio (TTM)
25.8x
P/E Forward
19.4x
Revenue Growth
2.7%
Gross Margin
60.5%
Net Margin
9.0%
Return on Equity
6.2%
Debt/Equity
2.30

Rule-Based Financial Screen Summary

SFL Corporation Ltd. (SFL) is a Industrials company in the Marine Shipping industry. It has a 60/100 Hold score on our five-factor fundamentals screen. Key strengths include Gross Margin (60.5%). Areas to watch: Debt/Equity (2.30). The score is a five-factor screen — revenue growth, gross margin, net margin, return on equity and debt-to-equity — each scored against fixed thresholds from a neutral starting point of 50 points. The full report scores nine sections, including moat, free cash flow, dilution and valuation, which this screen does not.

Revenue Growth: Moderate Gross Margin: Excellent Net Margin: Thin Return on Equity: Low Debt/Equity: High Risk

This page score and the strengths and concerns above are produced by deterministic, rule-based calculations from the available third-party financial inputs documented below. AI does not choose the score, strengths, or concerns. Data and automated summaries can contain errors. This is not personalized investment advice. See our methodology and disclaimer.

How this page score was calculated

The calculation starts at 50 points and applies the five fixed adjustments shown below. Missing or invalid inputs contribute no adjustment. A finite provider-reported zero is treated as a measured value and evaluated against that input's displayed threshold. The pre-clamp result is 60; the published result is clamped to a minimum of 10 and maximum of 98, producing 60/100.

SFL score inputs and fixed adjustments
Input Displayed value Threshold applied Adjustment Data status
Revenue Growth 2.7% > 0% to 10% +4 Available
Gross Margin 60.5% > 50% +10 Available
Net Margin 9.0% > 0% to 10% +2 Available
Return on Equity 6.2% > 0% to 12% +2 Available
Debt/Equity 2.30 1.00 or higher -8 Available

Score bands

80 or higher: Strong Buy; 65–79: Buy; 50–64: Hold; below 50: Caution.

These are fixed names for score ranges. The score is not a success probability, recommendation, or forecast, and 80/100 does not mean an 80% chance of a gain.

Not included in this score

  • Peer results or relative peer ranking
  • Demand zones or liquidity
  • Technical momentum
  • News or market sentiment
  • DCF valuation or the downloadable report score

Sources, freshness, and limitations

This page was generated . The provider identifies the latest underlying financial period as June 30, 2026. The displayed market quote is dated October 21, 2026. Generation time is not the same as the date of the underlying filing or market observation.

Financial inputs may be delayed, restated, differently standardized by the data provider, or unavailable. Missing, invalid, or non-finite values receive no positive or negative adjustment rather than being estimated. A finite provider-reported zero is retained and evaluated against that metric's displayed threshold; it is not treated as missing. This can make a sparse-data score less informative. The screen does not capture every business, market, valuation, or portfolio risk, and investors can lose money.

What the full SFL report adds

The 60/100 on this page comes from a fixed screen of 5 ratios. The downloadable report is a separate analysis with its own score, built from 9 weighted sections.

This page: fixed screen

  • Revenue Growth
  • Gross Margin
  • Net Margin
  • Return on Equity
  • Debt/Equity

Each factor is scored against fixed thresholds from a starting point of 50 points. No factor prices the stock, so valuation is not part of the 60/100.

Full report: 9 scored sections

  1. Business Moat weight 15 of 100
  2. Revenue Growth Consistency weight 14 of 100
  3. Margin Quality weight 12 of 100
  4. Free Cash Flow Strength weight 12 of 100
  5. Balance Sheet Safety weight 12 of 100
  6. Returns on Capital weight 12 of 100
  7. Dilution vs Self-Funded Growth weight 8 of 100
  8. Valuation vs Growth weight 10 of 100
  9. Structural vs Cyclical Growth weight 5 of 100

When the inputs allow, the report also shows a fair-value estimate with its discounted cash flow (DCF) assumptions and a 3×3 sensitivity table, a confidence figure, and the data limitations that reduced that confidence. Its headline label can add a valuation-risk flag next to the fundamental-quality rating.

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Supplementary Metrics for SFL

4 data points drawn from analyst targets, consensus estimates, and ownership data. These are supplementary observations, not event predictions or causal explanations:

The current provider record reports earnings growth of 2178.5%.
The provider-reported analyst mean target is $13.17 (+6.4% from the displayed price), based on 3 estimates. This is third-party opinion, not a StrongBuyAnalytics target.
The provider-reported third-party analyst consensus category is None; it is not a StrongBuyAnalytics recommendation.
The current provider record reports a dividend yield of 7.32%.

Risk Indicators for SFL

3 measurable indicators visible in SFL Corporation Ltd.'s reported numbers. These are market and valuation risk metrics — not a comprehensive list of business risks, which would require qualitative analysis beyond this data:

Debt/Equity (2.30)
The provider-reported beta is 0.46. A beta below 1 reflects smaller historical price moves relative to the provider's benchmark; it does not cap future gains or losses.
The reported debt-to-equity ratio is above 1. Higher leverage can increase sensitivity to weaker cash flow or higher borrowing costs, but the ratio requires company and industry context.

SFL Balance Sheet & Cash Flow

SFL Corporation Ltd.'s liquidity and cash generation as of the most recent filing — note the cash position of $118.12M against $2.38B of debt:

Total Cash
$118.12M
Total Debt
$2.38B
Current Ratio
0.38
FCF Yield
9.8%
EBITDA
$424.49M
Operating Margin
33.7%

These are provider-normalized figures and may differ from the issuer's as-filed presentation, units, or latest amendment. Use source filings for verification.

SFL Valuation Snapshot

Trailing P/E
25.8x
Growth premium
Forward P/E
19.4x
Earnings growth expected
Price / Book
1.7x
Reasonable
Analyst Target (Mean)
$13.17
Range: $12 – $14
Dividend Yield
7.32%
5Y avg: 8.65%
52-Week Price Range — SFL is trading at 77% of its range
$6.83 (52W Low) $13.98 (52W High)

Who Holds SFL? — Institutional 13F Filings

Institutional investment managers with >$100 M in qualifying assets must disclose their equity positions quarterly on SEC Form 13F — typically within 45 days of quarter-end. Search those filings below to see which hedge funds, mutual funds, and asset managers reported SFL as a holding, how many shares they held, and how positions changed quarter over quarter.

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Data limitation
13F reports covered long positions for the filing's stated reporting period, typically a quarter-end—not on its later submission date. Short positions, full derivatives, and current intent are not disclosed.

How to Interpret the SFL Fundamentals Score

SFL rates 60/100 on our five-factor fundamentals screen, which puts it in the "Hold" band. The band name describes a fixed range in this model; it is not a recommendation or prediction. The calculation above shows how each reported input affected the result.

60/100 · Hold band

SFL Corporation Ltd. clears some of our thresholds and misses others. On the positive side, gross margin (60.5%). Against that, debt/equity (2.30). A middling score means the fundamentals are genuinely ambiguous, not that we have hedged.

SFL Earnings & Revenue Outlook

SFL Corporation Ltd. reported revenue growth of 2.7% year over year, against a Marine Shipping peer set where scale and pricing power vary widely. Growth that slow contributes little to the score on its own; margins and capital efficiency carry more weight for SFL.

Earnings grew 2178.5% over the same period, outpacing revenue — a sign of operating leverage.

Track upcoming report dates on our earnings calendar.

SFL Fundamental Factors to Monitor

This is a review of reported fundamentals, not a price target or an estimate of future returns. These are the current figures that may be useful to monitor as new filings become available.

Mixed current reading: Revenue growth of 2.7% sits alongside debt/equity (2.30). Watch whether those reported inputs move across the disclosed thresholds.

Positive Fundamental Inputs for SFL

These are the SFL Corporation Ltd. figures that push the score up, taken straight from the most recent reported financials:

  • Gross Margin (60.5%)

Negative Fundamental Inputs & Risks for SFL

These are the figures working against SFL in the same model:

  • Debt/Equity (2.30)

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Frequently Asked Questions about SFL

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