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    How Investors May Respond To Golar LNG (GLNG) $500 Million Notes Sale

    Simply Wall St·10/02/2026 13:20:28
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    • Golar LNG priced and completed a US$500 million senior unsecured notes offering maturing in 2031, with a 7.5% fixed coupon and issuance at 99% of face value.
    • This bond issue adds a sizeable layer of fixed-rate funding, which can reshape Golar LNG’s capital structure and influence how it finances future FLNG projects.
    • We will now explore how Golar LNG's investment narrative might shift in light of this 7.5% unsecured notes financing decision.

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    Golar LNG Investment Narrative Recap

    To own Golar LNG, you need to be comfortable with a capital heavy FLNG model that leans on multi decade contracts and a concentrated customer base. The key near term driver is execution on existing FLNG units and any decision to commit to the next project. This new 7.5% unsecured funding looks more like balance sheet plumbing than a shift in that operating story.

    The biggest near term risk still sits around leverage and cash coverage for future build outs. Debt is already flagged as not well covered by operating cash flow. Adding US$500 million of 7.5% paper raises the bar on project returns, so any delay or cost creep on new FLNG units could bite harder.

    The most relevant fresh data point is the US$500 million senior unsecured notes due 2031. These sit as callable Eurobonds with a fixed 7.5% coupon. For you as a shareholder, this plugs directly into the long term FLNG build out because every new unit now has to comfortably clear that funding cost to create real equity value.

    Focus on how Golar LNG lines up future FLNG contracts against this higher fixed coupon. Strong 20 year charters and the US$17b contracted EBITDA backlog are designed to shoulder this kind of funding stack. Execution risk grows if management moves ahead on additional conversions before locking in similarly robust long term agreements.

    Golar LNG's current analyst framework points to revenues of US$802.8 million and earnings of US$501.2 million by 2029. This outlook is built on a projected 15.3% annual revenue growth rate and an earnings increase of about US$337.5 million from US$163.7 million today.

    Uncover why Golar LNG's fair value indicates a 37% potential upside to its current price, which could narrow quickly.

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    Exploring Other Perspectives

    One alternate view leans hard into Golar LNG’s upside from higher LNG prices. Bullish analysts were modelling revenue of about US$1.0b and earnings near US$934.3m by 2029, far above the consensus US$802.8m and US$501.2m. Those forecasts came before this 7.5% bond, so their story could shift.

    Explore another Golar LNG fair value estimate, including one that suggests potential upside of as much as 536% from the current price.

    Decide For Yourself

    Disagree with existing narratives? Extraordinary investment outcomes rarely come from following the herd, so trust your own analysis.

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