Nordic American Tankers (NAT) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

Nordic American Tankers Limited (NYSE: NAT) is a Bermuda-based international shipping company that owns and operates crude oil tankers. The company’s fleet is focused primarily on Suezmax vessels, which are designed to transport large quantities of crude oil and are sized to transit the Suez Canal.

Nordic American Tankers employs a combination of voyage charters, time charters and other commercial arrangements to provide crude oil transportation services to customers in the global energy industry. Its vessels serve international trade routes connecting major oil-producing regions with refining and consuming markets.

Founded in 1995, the company has been publicly listed on the New York Stock Exchange since that year. Nordic American Tankers was established by Herbjørn Hansson, who has served as the company’s chief executive officer and chairman. Its operations are supported by third-party technical and ship-management providers, as well as its commercial shipping activities.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: $8.07 to $8.43
• 50-Day Range: $6.16 to $8.40
• 52-Week Range: $3.10 to $8.43
• Volume: 4.84 million shs
• Average Volume: 4.82 million shs
• Market Capitalization: $1.78 billion
• P/E Ratio: 14.24
• Dividend Yield: 12.85%
• Price Target: $5.33
• Consensus Rating: Hold

Nordic American Tankers Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

Nordic American Tankers scored higher than 27% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 221st out of 248 stocks in the energy sector. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

Analyst's Opinion

• Score: 1.4 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Hold

Consensus Rating

Nordic American Tankers has received a consensus rating of Hold. The company's average rating score is 2.00, and is based on no strong buy ratings, 1 buy rating, 2 hold ratings, and 1 sell rating.

Downside Risk

Nordic American Tankers has a consensus price target of $5.33, representing about 36.5% downside from its current price of $8.40.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

Nordic American Tankers has only been the subject of 2 research reports in the past 90 days.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 1.3 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: -15.00%

Earnings Growth

Earnings for Nordic American Tankers are expected to decrease by -15.00% in the coming year, from $0.60 to $0.51 per share.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of Nordic American Tankers is 14.24, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 42.26.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of Nordic American Tankers is 14.24, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the Energy sector average P/E ratio of about 18.94.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

Nordic American Tankers has a P/B Ratio of 4.00. P/B Ratios above 3 indicate that a company could be overvalued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Short Interest

• Score: 2.0 / 5
• Short Interest Level: Bearish

Percentage of Shares Shorted

7.92% of the float of Nordic American Tankers has been sold short.

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

Nordic American Tankers has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 3.33, which is generally considered an acceptable ratio of short interest to trading volume.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in Nordic American Tankers has recently increased by 0.09%, indicating that investor sentiment is decreasing.

Dividend

• Score: 1.7 / 5
• Dividend Strength: Weak

Dividend Leadership

Nordic American Tankers is a leading dividend payer. It pays a dividend yield of 12.83%, putting its dividend yield in the top 25% of dividend-paying stocks.

Dividend Growth

Nordic American Tankers has only been increasing its dividend for 1 years.

Dividend Coverage

The dividend payout ratio of Nordic American Tankers is 183.05%. Payout ratios above 75% are not desirable because they may not be sustainable.

Dividend Sustainability

Based on EPS estimates, Nordic American Tankers will have a dividend payout ratio of 211.76% in the coming year. This indicates that Nordic American Tankers may not be able to sustain their current dividend.

News and Social Media

• Score: 2.0 / 5
• News Sentiment: 0.15

News Sentiment

Nordic American Tankers has a news sentiment score of 0.15. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This is a lower news sentiment than the 0.69 average news sentiment score of Energy companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 8 news articles for Nordic American Tankers this week, compared to 2 articles on an average week.

Search Interest

Only 9 people have searched for NAT on MarketBeat in the last 30 days. This is a decrease of -25% compared to the previous 30 days.

MarketBeat Follows

Only 3 people have added Nordic American Tankers to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 30 days. This is a decrease of -40% compared to the previous 30 days.

Company Ownership

• Score: 0.6 / 5
• Insider Trading: N/A

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, Nordic American Tankers insiders have not sold or bought any company stock.

Percentage Held by Insiders

2.85% of the stock of Nordic American Tankers is held by insiders.

Percentage Held by Institutions

44.29% of the stock of Nordic American Tankers is held by institutions. High institutional ownership can be a signal of strong market trust in this company.

Company Calendar

• Last Earnings: 8/27/2026
• Record date for 9/24 Dividend: 9/10/2026
• Ex-Dividend for 9/24 Dividend: 9/10/2026
• Dividend Payable: 9/24/2026
• Today: 10/04/2026
• Next Earnings (Estimated): 11/27/2026
• Fiscal Year End: 12/31/2026

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: NYSE
• Sector: Energy
• Industry: Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels
• Sub-Industry: Oil & Gas Storage & Transportation
• Current Symbol: NYSE:NAT
• CIK: 1000177
• Web: www.nat.bm
• Phone: (441) 292-7202
• Fax: 441-292-5962
• Employees: 18
• Year Founded: N/A

Price Target and Rating

• Average Price Target for Nordic American Tankers: $5.33
• High Price Target: $8.00
• Low Price Target: $3.50
• Potential Upside/Downside: -36.5%
• Consensus Rating: Hold
• Rating Score (0-4): 2.00
• Research Coverage: 4 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): $0.59
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 14.24
• Forward P/E Ratio: 14.01
• P/E Growth: N/A
• Net Income: $12.27 million
• Net Margins: 47.04%
• Pretax Margin: 47.29%
• Return on Equity: 20.58%
• Return on Assets: 10.38%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: 0.78
• Current Ratio: 3.27
• Quick Ratio: 3.05

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: $182.54 million
• Price / Sales: 9.75
• Cash Flow: $0.33 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 25.20
• Book Value: $2.10 per share
• Price / Book: 4.00

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 211,750,000
• Free Float: 205,716,000
• Market Cap: $1.78 billion
• Optionable: Optionable
• Beta: -0.56