SFL Corp Ltd.

SFL

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. The company operates in various sectors of the maritime, and shipping and offshore industries, including oil transportation, dry bulk shipments, oil products transportation, container transportation, car transportation, and drilling rigs. As of December 31, 2025, the company owned 17 tankers, two dry bulk carriers, 21 container vessels, seven car carriers, and two drilling rigs.

About the company

Country: BermudaPrice: $11.21Market Cap: $1.7B

Investment snapshot

12%positive consensus

Scored 1d ago

Positive

BUY / PASS

Neutral / negative

2 / 12

NEUTRAL / FAIL

Median fair value

$9.44

-15.8% vs price

Models with upside

2 / 17

Positive margin of safety

Key risk

All 12 investors flag SFL's debt & leverage

Framework analysis

Verdict	Meaning
BUY	Positive purchase signal: the framework's buy requirements are met.
PASS	The company clears the framework's checklist or screen, but the framework does not produce a buy signal. For valuation frameworks this often means margin of safety is missing, insufficient, or unavailable; some screen-only frameworks have no intrinsic-value BUY state.
NEUTRAL	Neither a positive nor negative conclusion. It does not mean to hold an existing position.
FAIL	The company does not clear the framework's requirements.
Ranked	Ranked strategies do not use PASS: selected cohort is BUY, outside the cohort is FAIL, and unranked is NEUTRAL.

Current investor scores use trailing 12-month flows and the latest balance sheet where supported. Multi-year and EPS tests retain annual history; each framework shows its financial basis below. Intrinsic values use annual financials.

Metric	Graham Defensive Value	Buffett Quality Compounder	Lynch GARP	Greenblatt Magic Formula	Piotroski F-Score	Dreman Contrarian Value	Munger Quality Focus	Pabrai Dhandho Framework	Akre Three-Legged Stool	Marks Risk-Aware Value	Ackman Activist Value	Templeton Global Bargain Hunter	Sleep Scale Economies Shared	Asness Systematic Factors	Neff Low-P/E Total Return	Schloss Asset-Value Discipline	O'Shaughnessy Systematic Factor Composite
Verdict	FAIL	FAIL	FAIL	Not ranked	FAIL	FAIL	FAIL	FAIL	FAIL	FAIL	PASS	FAIL	PASS	NEUTRAL	FAIL	FAIL	NEUTRAL
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Intrinsic Value (annual)	N/A	N/A	N/A		N/A		N/A	N/A			N/A		N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Margin of Safety	N/A	N/A	N/A	+10.0%	N/A	-52.5%	N/A	N/A	-31.7%	-18.8%	N/A	+13.1%	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Financial Basis	Annual history · FY 2025 Latest source filing: 2026-03-16 Score computed: 2026-11-14	Annual history · FY 2025 Latest source filing: 2026-03-16 Score computed: 2026-11-14	Annual history · FY 2025 Latest source filing: 2026-03-16 Score computed: 2026-11-14	Annual history · FY 2025 Latest source filing: 2026-03-16 Score computed: 2026-11-14	Annual history · FY 2025 Latest source filing: 2026-03-16 Score computed: 2026-11-14	Annual history · FY 2025 · Market data at 2026-11-01 Latest source filing: 2026-03-16 Score computed: 2026-11-14	Qualitative assessment · Annual history · FY 2025 Latest source filing: 2026-03-16 Score computed: 2026-11-14	Qualitative assessment · Annual history · FY 2025 Latest source filing: 2026-03-16 Score computed: 2026-11-14	Annual history · FY 2025 · Qualitative assessment Latest source filing: 2026-03-16 Score computed: 2026-11-14	Annual history · FY 2025 · Qualitative assessment Latest source filing: 2026-03-16 Score computed: 2026-11-14	Annual history · FY 2025 · Market data at 2026-11-01 Latest source filing: 2026-03-16 Score computed: 2026-11-14	Annual history · FY 2025 · Price history 2025-01-01–2026-11-01 Latest source filing: 2026-03-16 Score computed: 2026-11-14	Annual history · FY 2025 · Qualitative assessment Latest source filing: 2026-03-16 Score computed: 2026-11-14	Annual history · FY 2025 · Price history 2025-01-01–2026-11-01 Latest source filing: 2026-03-16 Score computed: 2026-11-14	Annual history · FY 2025 Latest source filing: 2026-03-16 Score computed: 2026-11-14	Annual history · FY 2025 Latest source filing: 2026-03-16 Score computed: 2026-11-14	Annual history · FY 2025 · Price history 2025-01-01–2026-11-01 Latest source filing: 2026-03-16 Score computed: 2026-11-14

Where It Passes

Where It Falls Short

Debt & Leverage0% pass✗ 15▾
All 12 investors flag SFL's debt & leverage
LT Debt vs Net Current AssetsLT Debt $2.0B vs NCA $-451.1M
✗GrahamLT Debt <= Net Current Assets
Debt/Equity & Interest CoverageD/E: 2.67, IC: 0.8x
✗BuffettD/E < 0.5 AND Interest Coverage > 5x
Total Debt / Equity2.67
✗Lynch< 0.33
Cash - Long-term Debt$-1.8B
✗LynchPositive preferred
LT Debt / Total Assets Change52.35% -> 53.89%
✗PiotroskiDecreased YoY
Current Assets / Current Liabilities0.36
✗Dreman> 1.5✗SchlossCurrent ratio >= 1.50x (app cutoff)
Total Debt / Shareholders' Equity2.67
✗Dreman< 0.8✗Templeton< 1.0 (fixed cap; proxy for below-sector-median leverage)✗SchlossD/E < 1.00x
Debt Levels2.67
✗MungerDebt/Equity < 0.5✗AkreDebt/Equity < 0.3
Interest Coverage & Debt/EBITDAIC=0.8x, D/EBITDA=N/A (D&A unavailable)
✗MarksInterest Coverage > 3x; Debt/EBITDA < 4x
Total Debt / Shareholders Equity2.67
✗Ackman<= 1.0
Negative debt-to-equity (higher means less debt)-2.6710; #3893/4210 (top 92.5%)
✗AsnessTop 30% of eligible cross-section
Valuation0% pass✓ 3✗ 25▾
No clean pass — all 13 investors flag at least one valuation criterion
Price / 3-yr avg EPS22.9x
✗Graham<= 15x
Price-to-Book Ratio1.7x
✗Graham<= 1.5x
P/E x P/B38.60
✗Graham<= 22.5
Basic earnings-growth PEG (dividends excluded)
✗Lynch< 1.0 (ideally < 0.5)
EBIT / Enterprise Value3.3%
✗Greenblatt> 10%
Earnings Yield + ROC AssessmentEY=3.3%, ROC=None
✗GreenblattBoth EY > 10% and ROC > 25%
Price / EPS
✗Dreman< 12x✗Templeton< 12x (fixed ceiling; proxy for the market's cheapest 40%)
Price / (CFO / Shares)6.1x
✓Dreman< 8x
Price / Book Value per Share1.7x
✗Dreman< 1.2x✗Templeton< 1.5x✗SchlossP/B <= 0.80x (app cutoff)
Valuation Reasonableness
✗MungerP/E < 25 or Owner Earnings Yield > 5%
P/E or FCF Yield
✗PabraiP/E < 15 or FCF Yield > 10%
P/B or P/E vs. Historical AverageP/B=1.7x
✓MarksP/E < 15 or P/B < 2.0
Discount to Intrinsic Value-52.5% (IV=$7.35 vs Price=$11.21)
✗Marks>= 20% below intrinsic value
Price / FCF per Share
✗Ackman<= 25
Price vs. Trailing Low150% of trailing low ($7.46)
✗Templeton<= 120% of trailing low (certified split-adjusted live window)
Net income / market capitalization-1.53%; #3482/6340 (top 54.9%)
✗AsnessTop 30% of eligible cross-section✗OshaughnessyTop 10% of eligible cross-section
Positive book equity / market capitalization+0.5573; #2659/6449 (top 41.2%)
✗AsnessTop 30% of eligible cross-section
Price / Diluted EPS
✗NeffP/E <= 15x (app proxy for a P/E 40%-60% below the market)
(EPS CAGR % + Dividend Yield %) / P/E
✗Neff> 0.7 (Neff's published traditional edge)
Price / Tangible Book Value per Share1.69x
✗SchlossP/TBV <= 1.00x (app cutoff)
Book Value per Share Change+6.8%
✓SchlossLatest BVPS >= earliest BVPS over >= 3 years (app rule)
Revenue / market capitalization+0.4252; #2843/5247 (top 54.2%)
✗OshaughnessyTop 10% of eligible cross-section
(Operating cash flow - capex) / market capitalization
✗OshaughnessyTop 10% of eligible cross-section
Trailing six-month price return through the evaluation date-2.78%; #2991/6202 (top 48.2%)
✗OshaughnessyTop 10% of eligible cross-section
Efficiency0% pass✗ 11▾
All 8 investors flag SFL's efficiency
Current Ratio0.36
✗Graham>= 2.0
ROIC (3-5 yr avg)6.0%
✗Buffett> 10%
ROIC - WACC-4.0%
✗BuffettPositive (WACC = 10%)
EBIT / (NWC + Net Fixed Assets)
✗Greenblatt> 25%
Current Ratio Change YoY0.38 -> 0.36
✗PiotroskiIncreased YoY
Revenue / Total Assets Change YoY0.22x -> 0.20x
✗PiotroskiImproved YoY
Current Assets / Current Liabilities0.36
✗Dreman> 1.5
Return on Invested Capital3.1%
✗Munger> 15%
ROIC (high and growing)FY2023: ROIC=6.0%; FY2024: ROIC=6.1%; FY2025: ROIC=3.1%
✗AkreLatest 3 consecutive FYs: ROIC > 15% in each
Reinvestment Rate x ROICN/A (non-positive net income)
✗AkreReinvestment Rate * ROIC > 10%
ROIC (5-year)0/5 years above 12% (latest 3.1%)
✗SleepROIC > 12% in a majority of years
Profitability6% pass✓ 5✗ 30▾
15 of 16 flag SFL's profitability — Graham, Buffett, Lynch +12 more
Positive EPS (10 years)16/18 years positive
✗GrahamPositive EPS every year for 10 years
EPS Growth (3-yr avg, 10-yr window)-79.5%
✗Graham>= 33% growth
Net Income Positive (10+ years)16/18 years positive
✗BuffettPositive every year for 10+ years
ROE (up to 5-year arithmetic mean)10.4%
✗Buffett> 15% arithmetic mean (app rule)
Operating Margin (10-yr trend)18.6% (latest)
✗BuffettStable or rising over 10 years
Free Cash Flow Proxy
✗BuffettPositive and growing
Earnings Variance (10-yr CoV)0.88
✗BuffettCoV < 0.3
Retained Earnings Effectiveness
✗Buffett$1 retained -> > $1 market value created
Basic earnings-growth PEG (dividends excluded)
✗Lynch< 1.0 (ideally < 0.5)
3-5 Year EPS CAGR
✗Lynch15-30% (Fast Grower); > 0% to pass
ROE-2.8%
✗Lynch> 15%
EBIT / Enterprise Value3.3%
✗Greenblatt> 10%
Earnings Yield + ROC AssessmentEY=3.3%, ROC=None
✗GreenblattBoth EY > 10% and ROC > 25%
Net Income / Total Assets-0.73%
✗PiotroskiROA > 0
ROA Change YoY3.18% -> -0.73% (delta: -3.91%)
✗PiotroskiCurrent ROA > Prior ROA
(CFO / Total Assets) vs ROACFO/Assets=7.34%, ROA=-0.73%
✓PiotroskiCFO/Assets > ROA
Gross Margin Change YoY
✗PiotroskiImproved YoY
Pre-Tax Income / Revenue-3.3%
✗Dreman>= 8%
Net Income / Shareholders' Equity-2.8%
✗Dreman> 12%
Margin of SafetyP/B=1.7x
✗PabraiP/B < 1.5 or P/E < 15
Return on Equity5.6% (3-yr avg)
✗AkreROE > 20% (3-year avg)
Discount to Intrinsic Value-52.5% (IV=$7.35 vs Price=$11.21)
✗Marks>= 20% below intrinsic value
Positive Net Income Frequency16/18 years positive
✓MarksPositive net income in >= 7 of last 10 years
Operating Income / Revenue18.6%
✓Ackman>= 15%
Net Income / Shareholders Equity-2.8%
✗Ackman>= 15%
5-Year EPS CAGR-8.1% CAGR over 3 years
✗Templeton> 0% (5-year EPS CAGR)
Operating Margin Trend31.9% (2023) -> 18.6% (2025)
✗TempletonNon-negative operating-margin trend over 3 years
Revenue growth vs. gross and operating margin trendrevenue flat/down, operating margin 31.9% -> 18.6%
✗SleepRevenue rising; gross margin flat or falling; operating margin holding
Net income / market capitalization-1.53%; #3482/6340 (top 54.9%)
✗AsnessTop 30% of eligible cross-section✗OshaughnessyTop 10% of eligible cross-section
Gross profit / total assets
✗AsnessTop 30% of eligible cross-section
Net income / positive book equity-2.75%; #3090/5226 (top 59.1%)
✗AsnessTop 30% of eligible cross-section
Negative 5-year standard deviation of ROA-0.0213; #1514/5884 (top 25.7%)
✓AsnessTop 30% of eligible cross-section
3-5 Year Diluted EPS CAGR4.0% over 5 years
✗Neff7%-20% annualized
Positive Diluted-EPS Years8/10 years positive
✓Schloss>= 70% positive over 5-10 observed years (app rule)
Verdicts14% pass✓ 2✗ 12▾
Split decision: 12 FAIL · 2 PASS · 2 NEUTRAL
Overall verdict
✗GrahamFAIL (2/9)✗BuffettFAIL (0/9)✗LynchFAIL (1/7)•GreenblattNot ranked✗PiotroskiFAIL (F-Score 3)✗DremanFAIL (3/11)✗MungerFAIL (1/4)✗PabraiFAIL (0/3)✗AkreFAIL (0/6)✗MarksFAIL (2/5)✓AckmanPASS (4/9)✗TempletonFAIL (2/8)✓SleepPASS (3/6)•AsnessNEUTRAL (Not ranked)✗NeffFAIL (2/6)✗SchlossFAIL (3/7)•OshaughnessyNEUTRAL (Not ranked)
Growth25% pass✓ 5✗ 8▾
6 of 8 flag SFL's growth — Graham, Lynch, Dreman +3 more
EPS Growth (3-yr avg, 10-yr window)-79.5%
✗Graham>= 33% growth
Basic earnings-growth PEG (dividends excluded)
✗Lynch< 1.0 (ideally < 0.5)
3-5 Year EPS CAGR
✗Lynch15-30% (Fast Grower); > 0% to pass
Inventory Growth vs Revenue GrowthInv: -20.7% vs Rev: -18.9%
✓LynchInventory growth < Revenue growth
EPS Growth Direction$2.50 (2008) -> $-0.20 (2025)
✗DremanPositive over recent years
EPS CAGR-5.5% CAGR over 16 years
✗Dreman> 5% annualized
Positive Net Income Frequency16/18 years positive
✓MarksPositive net income in >= 7 of last 10 years
3yr Median Revenue Growth12.2%
✓Ackman>= 5%
Positive EPS Growth Frequency3/5 years with positive EPS growth
✓AckmanPositive EPS growth in >= 3 of last 5 years
5-Year EPS CAGR-8.1% CAGR over 3 years
✗Templeton> 0% (5-year EPS CAGR)
Revenue growth vs. gross and operating margin trendrevenue flat/down, operating margin 31.9% -> 18.6%
✗SleepRevenue rising; gross margin flat or falling; operating margin holding
5-year Revenue CAGR9.2%
✓SleepCAGR > 7%
3-5 Year Diluted EPS CAGR4.0% over 5 years
✗Neff7%-20% annualized
Cash Flow30% pass✓ 4✗ 8▾
7 of 10 flag SFL's cash flow — Buffett, Lynch, Pabrai +4 more
Free Cash Flow Proxy
✗BuffettPositive and growing
FCF Positive and Growing
✗LynchPositive and growing
Operating Cash Flow$267.1M
✓PiotroskiCFO > 0
(CFO / Total Assets) vs ROACFO/Assets=7.34%, ROA=-0.73%
✓PiotroskiCFO/Assets > ROA
Price / (CFO / Shares)6.1x
✓Dreman< 8x
P/E or FCF Yield
✗PabraiP/E < 15 or FCF Yield > 10%
FCF Positive
✗MarksPositive FCF in majority of recent years
(OCF - CapEx) / Market Cap
✗Ackman>= 4%
Price / FCF per Share
✗Ackman<= 25
Positive Operating Cash Flow frequency18/18 years positive
✓SleepPositive OCF in >= 70% of available years
Operating Cash Flow - Capital Expenditures
✗Neff> $0 (app proxy for a strong fundamental case)
(Operating cash flow - capex) / market capitalization
✗OshaughnessyTop 10% of eligible cross-section
Valuation models40% pass✓ 2✗ 3▾
Models split on SFL at $11.21 — fair values range $7.35–$12.90
Greenblatt fair value$12.45
✓Greenblatt+10.0% margin vs $11.21
Dreman fair value$7.35
✗Dreman-52.5% margin vs $11.21
Akre fair value$8.51
✗Akre-31.7% margin vs $11.21
Marks fair value$9.44
✗Marks-18.8% margin vs $11.21
Templeton fair value$12.90
✓Templeton+13.1% margin vs $11.21

Business & financials

Financial snapshot: annual FY 2025. Current investor scores may use newer quarterly data.

Company Profile

Industry: Transportation

SIC Sector: Water Transportation

Size: Small Cap($1.7B)

Revenue: $733.0M-18.9% YoY

Net Income: $26.4M-120.2% YoY

Financial Snapshot

Operating Margin18.6%

Return on Equity-2.8%

Debt / Equity2.67

Current Ratio0.36

EPS (Diluted)$-0.20+53.0% 1y

Buybacks (1y)$10.0M

Buybacks (2y)$20.2M

Shares Retired0.8% / −5.2% 2y

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Shareholder Return

Fiscal 2025

Retired 0.8% of shares last year, 5.2% issued over two.

Buybacks: $10.0M
Dividends: $125.1M

What drove EPS

A buyback raises earnings per share without the company earning more. This splits each year's change into the two.

FY22

17.7% = 23.4% + −4.6%

FY23

−56.9% = −58.6% + 4.2%

FY24

53.0% = 55.7% + −1.7%

Earnings Fewer shares More shares

The two parts do not sum exactly to the total — the difference is the cross-term, plus preferred capital where the company has any. It is left visible rather than distributed into the other two.

Share count is the denominator the filer used for diluted EPS, recovered as net income ÷ EPS — not the balance-sheet count, which is a point-in-time figure and would put the timing difference into this split. Years with a loss are omitted: a smaller share count makes a loss per share larger, so the decomposition inverts.

Company Financials

Latest TTM and quarters alongside annual years

TTM sums four consecutive quarters and uses the latest quarter-end balances. Quarter columns show three-month results; annual columns show full-year totals. Growth compares the same period a year earlier. EPS is not added for TTM; full-year ratios are blank for quarters.

Metric	FY 2025 Sources 20-F · 2026-03-16	FY 2024 Sources 20-F · 2025-03-17	FY 2023 Sources 20-F · 2024-03-14	FY 2022 Sources 20-F · 2023-03-16	FY 2021 Sources 20-F · 2022-03-24
Market Cap	$1.7Bcurrent	$1.4Best.	$1.4Best.	$1.1Best.	$796.3Mest.
Revenue	$733.0M↓19%	$904.4M↑20%	$752.3M↑12%	$670.4M↑31%	$513.4M
Operating Income	$136.7M↓55%	$306.7M↑28%	$240.2M↓13%	$275.5M↑13%	$242.8M
Net Income	-$26.4M↓120%	$130.7M↑56%	$83.9M↓59%	$202.8M↑23%	$164.3M
EPS (Diluted)	$-0.20↓120%	$1.01↑53%	$0.66↓57%	$1.53↑18%	$1.30
Gross Margin	—	—	—	—	—
Operating Margin	18.6%↓45%	33.9%↑6%	31.9%↓22%	41.1%↓13%	47.3%
ROE	-2.8%↓124%	11.6%↑43%	8.1%↓57%	18.6%↑11%	16.7%
Total Debt	$2.6B↓10%	$2.8B↑32%	$2.1B↓2%	$2.2B↑17%	$1.9B
Shareholders' Equity	$960.9M↓15%	$1.1B↑9%	$1.0B↓5%	$1.1B↑11%	$982.3M
Current Ratio	0.36↓4%	0.38↑24%	0.31↑9%	0.28↓55%	0.63
Debt / Equity	2.67↑6%	2.52↑22%	2.07↑2%	2.02↑5%	1.92
Operating Cash Flow	$267.1M↓28%	$369.9M↑8%	$343.1M↓3%	$355.1M↑21%	$293.6M
Free Cash Flow	--	--	--	--	--

Score history

Historical Score Timeline

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SFL vs Peers — Financial Grading

Revenue$733.0MBottom 25%

Net Income$26.4MBottom 25%

ROE-2.8%Bottom 25%

D/E2.67Bottom 25%

Op. Margin18.6%Bottom 25%

Curr. Ratio0.36Median

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