Frontline plc (FRO): one to watch?

Cheap cash machine right now, but earnings are riding a temporary Strait-of-Hormuz rate spike that markets expect to fade — buy only if you accept the cyclical risk.

👀 WATCH Fundamentals71/100

Down 89% from its all-time high of $356.20 — now $38.59

Why FRO dropped

Frontline is an oil tanker shipping company whose current record profits and the stock's recent pullback are both driven by a temporary supply shock: disruption of the Strait of Hormuz pushed tanker rates to historic highs, and the recent dip reflects investors pricing in a cooling in tanker-rate expectations rather than a new company-specific negative announcement, as investors react to softer spot-rate signals after an earlier surge in crude-tanker earnings enthusiasm. The 2008 all-time-high crash is ancient history from the pre-financial-crisis shipping boom/bust and irrelevant to today's business.

Fwd P/E 10.4Op margin 51.8%Rev growth 66.9%Debt/equity 92.6%Analyst upside 14.7%

How this scored 71/100

✅ Passes all 4 hard checks — profitable, cash-generative, and financially survivable.

✅ Makes money Net profit margin 40.2%

✅ Generates cash Free cash flow $374M

✅ Not drowning in debt Debt/equity 92.6% (limit 200%)

✅ Can pay its bills Current ratio 2.0 (needs 1+)

Bar length shows how much each metric is worth — a 10-point metric is twice as wide as a 5-point one. Hover any row for what it means.

Profitability Does it actually make money? 25/25

Operating margin 51.8% 9/9

Net profit margin 40.2% 8/8

Return on equity 35.0% 8/8

Growth Is it getting bigger, or dying? 17/25

Revenue growth 66.9% 9/9

Earnings growth 1579.7% 8/8

Expected profit change -8.5% 0/8

Value Is it cheap right now? 11/25

Forward P/E 10.4 9/10

PEG ratio 5.6 0/8

Analyst target upside 14.7% 2/7

Balance sheet Will it survive? 18/25

Debt / equity 92.6% 6/10

Current ratio 2.0 6/8

Free cash flow $374M 7/7

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Analysis generated by SmartStonks's AI from public fundamentals and news, first flagged 2026-07-28. Research only — not financial advice.