Seaport bullish on Golar LNG; Stifel downgrades spinoff

Seaport Global Securities held up shares of Golar LNG as an attractive opportunity for investors to latch onto a market recovery for the LNG shipping sector.

But that bullish view of analyst Magnus Fyhr did not extend to rival GasLog and came shortly after Stifel analyst Benjamin Nolan downgraded master limited partnership spinoff Golar LNG Partners.

The varying expectations for LNG-linked stocks come after a year in which the sector was a rare bright spot among New York-listed shipping names.

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