Nordic American Tankers (NAT) Competitors

DHT (NYSE:DHT) and Nordic American Tankers (NYSE:NAT) are both small-cap transportation companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, dividends, profitability, earnings, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, valuation and media sentiment.

Is DHT or NAT a better dividend stock?

DHT pays an annual dividend of $0.96 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.6%. Nordic American Tankers pays an annual dividend of $0.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 12.6%. DHT pays out 81.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Nordic American Tankers pays out 571.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Nordic American Tankers has increased its dividend for 1 consecutive years. Nordic American Tankers is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Which has more risk & volatility, DHT or NAT?

DHT has a beta of 0.01, suggesting that its share price is 99% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Nordic American Tankers has a beta of -0.31, suggesting that its share price is 131% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has better earnings and valuation, DHT or NAT?

DHT has higher revenue and earnings than Nordic American Tankers. DHT is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Nordic American Tankers, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
DHT	$571.77M	3.15	$181.38M	$1.18	9.51
Nordic American Tankers	$225.10M	3.00	$46.64M	$0.07	45.50

Does the media favor DHT or NAT?

In the previous week, DHT had 13 more articles in the media than Nordic American Tankers. MarketBeat recorded 16 mentions for DHT and 3 mentions for Nordic American Tankers. DHT's average media sentiment score of 0.57 beat Nordic American Tankers' score of 0.42 indicating that DHT is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
DHT	4 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	6 Neutral mention(s)	3 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Nordic American Tankers	0 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Do analysts recommend DHT or NAT?

DHT presently has a consensus target price of $12.94, suggesting a potential upside of 15.28%. Nordic American Tankers has a consensus target price of $3.00, suggesting a potential downside of 5.81%. Given DHT's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe DHT is more favorable than Nordic American Tankers.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
DHT	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.57
Nordic American Tankers	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00

Is DHT or NAT more profitable?

DHT has a net margin of 36.58% compared to Nordic American Tankers' net margin of 7.58%. DHT's return on equity of 16.36% beat Nordic American Tankers' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
DHT	36.58%	16.36%	11.83%
Nordic American Tankers	7.58%	2.67%	1.54%

Do insiders & institutionals believe in DHT or NAT?

58.5% of DHT shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 44.3% of Nordic American Tankers shares are held by institutional investors. 2.9% of Nordic American Tankers shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

DHT beats Nordic American Tankers on 15 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.