profit from every $100 of sales.
$0$100
SFL
$11.21+0.90% today
+37.7% in 1 year
1-year low $7.591-year high $13.75
Trading in the middle of its range for the past year.
The essentials
Four questions every investor asks, answered in one line each.
more sales each year, on average, 2022 to 2025.
0%20% a year
It has no yearly profit to compare the price with.
CheapExpensive
of earnings would pay off all its debt.
No debt5 years
Money in, money out
What SFL sold, what it kept, and what it did with the cash.
Sales went from $656 million in 2022 to $719 million in 2025, with -$26.4 million of profit last year.
SalesProfit
SFL handed back 69% of the cash it generated last year.
$125M
Free cash flow 2025$197M
Bought back its own shares$10M
Paid as dividends$125M
Cash vs. debt$151M vs. $2.6B
SFL vs. similar companies
How it compares with the largest companies in its industry.
| Company | Profit from $100 of sales | Sales growth a year | Price per $1 of profit |
|---|---|---|---|
| SFL | No profit yet | ||
 Adani Ports and Special Economic Zone | 34.2× · Expensive | ||
 A.P. Møller - Mærsk | 16.0× · Fair price | ||
 Cosco Shipping | 7.1× · Cheap | ||
 Hapag-Lloyd | 24.8× · Fair price |
AI analysis
An AI analyst reads SFL's last five years, its segments, earnings, insiders and peers, and writes the bull case, the bear case and what the price expects.
Run the AI analysisFull statementsIncome, balance sheet and cash flow, year by year
Income statement
| In millions of USD | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 656 | 738 | 892 | 719 | |
| 263 | 230 | 309 | 182 | |
| 254 | 223 | 298 | 177 | |
| 508 | 468 | 560 | 386 | |
| 203 | 84 | 131 | -26 | |
| 1.60 | 0.67 | 1.01 | -0.20 | |
| 40.1% | 31.2% | 34.7% | 25.3% | |
| 38.7% | 30.2% | 33.5% | 24.7% | |
| 30.9% | 11.4% | 14.7% | -3.7% |
Balance sheet
| In millions of USD | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total assets | 3,861 | 3,731 | 4,108 | 3,638 |
| Cash | 188 | 165 | 135 | 151 |
| Total debt | 2,674 | 2,566 | 2,839 | 2,566 |
| Total liabilities | 2,770 | 2,692 | 2,979 | 2,677 |
| 1,091 | 1,039 | 1,128 | 961 | |
| 127 | 126 | 129 | 133 | |
| 6.7% | 5.6% | 6.4% | 3.4% | |
| 18.6% | 8.1% | 11.6% | -2.8% |
Cash flow
| In millions of USD | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 355 | 343 | 370 | 267 | |
| 602 | 264 | 645 | 70 | |
| -247 | 79 | -275 | 197 | |
| Dividends paid | 112 | 123 | 138 | 125 |
| 0 | 10 | – | 10 | |
| – | – | – | – |
Valuation
- –
- 330.6×
- –
- 1.7×
- 2.4×
- 8.8×
- 10.7×
- 11.4%
- -1.5%
- 7.2%
Profitability
- 25.3%
- 24.7%
- -3.7%
- 56.5%
- 4.8%
- 3.0%
- -2.6%
- -0.7%
- 5.8%
- –
Growth
- +3.1%
- –
- +179.9%
- −1.2%
- +2.2%
Financial health
- 5.9×
- 2.67
- 70.5%
- 1.2×
- 0.36
- 0.36
- 0.20
How it ranks in Industrials
Each dot is where the company stands among every company over $300M in the sector. Further right is better.
Bottom 25%of 984
Top 6%of 987
Bottom 32%of 988
Top 11%of 987
What analysts expect
- Average price target
- $14.50
- Range
- $13.00 – $16.00
These targets were collected on May 20, 2026 and our analyst feed has not updated since, so we no longer compare them with today's price.
Recent earnings
Our results feed has not updated since May 21, 2026. Results reported after that are not in this table yet.
| Date | EPS | Expected | Surprise |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 12, 2026 | 0.08 | 0.07 | +14.4% |
| Feb 11, 2026 | -0.14 | 0.02 | −696.8% |
| Nov 12, 2025 | 0.07 | 0.00 | +6,566.7% |
| Aug 19, 2025 | 0.01 | -0.03 | +132.6% |
| May 14, 2025 | 0.03 | -0.03 | +200.0% |
| Feb 12, 2025 | 0.13 | 0.17 | −23.5% |
| Nov 6, 2024 | 0.34 | 0.41 | −17.1% |
| Aug 14, 2024 | 0.16 | 0.00 | +6,300.0% |
7.2%of the share price, paid each year
On $1,000 invested$73a year at today's yield, before tax
−1.2%2020 to 2025
Raised–not every year
Paid per share, each year
$1.74 in 2015 → $0.94 in 2025
How safe it looks
-473.3% of its profit
Room to growStretchedMore than it earns: 63.6%
News
No recent news on file.
Insider trades
Our insider feed has not updated since May 26, 2026. Trades filed after that are not listed yet.
No insider trades on file.
The seven classic investing rulebooks
0/7Passes 0 of 7. Each bar is how well the company fits that investor's published rules, from 0 to 100; 60 or more counts as a pass.
Warren Buffett
28No pass
Benjamin Graham
22No pass
Philip Fisher
28No pass
Peter Lynch
12No pass
Joel Greenblatt
6No pass
Charlie Munger
21No pass
Terry Smith
23No pass
Questions about SFL
Is SFL a good stock to buy?
A business with weak numbers that is not profitable yet. 0 of the 7 famous investors' published rulebooks we apply pass it. Whether it suits you depends on your goals and the price you pay; invest-like never tells anyone to buy or sell. The AI analysis lays out the case for and against. Read the SFL AI analysis
What does SFL do?
SFL Corporation Ltd., a maritime and offshore asset owning and chartering company, engages in the ownership, operation, and chartering out of vessels and offshore related assets on medium and long-term charters. It is in Marine Shipping.
Does SFL pay a dividend?
Yes. At today's price the dividend is 7.2% a year. In 2025 it paid out $125 million in dividends.
Is SFL stock halal?
No. SFL does not pass our halal screen: its debt is 149% of its market value, at or above the 33% limit. How we check
How has SFL stock done over the past year?
Up 37.7% over the past twelve months, to $11.21. It traded between $7.59 and $13.75 and is 18.5% below its high.
Who are SFL's competitors?
The largest listed companies in the same industry are Adani Ports and Special Economic Zone, A.P. Møller - Mærsk, Cosco Shipping and Hapag-Lloyd. The peers table on this page compares their profit, growth and price with SFL's.
Prices: daily closes to Nov 13, 2026. Fundamentals: company reports via invest-like data.