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NAT vs. DHT, FRO, INSW, TNK, GOGL, SFL, TK, WMB, KMI, and LNG

Should you be buying Nordic American Tankers stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Nordic American Tankers include DHT (DHT), Frontline (FRO), International Seaways (INSW), Teekay Tankers (TNK), Golden Ocean Group (GOGL), SFL (SFL), Teekay (TK), Williams Companies (WMB), Kinder Morgan (KMI), and Cheniere Energy (LNG).

Nordic American Tankers vs. Its Competitors

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

DHT pays an annual dividend of $0.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.4%. Nordic American Tankers pays an annual dividend of $0.28 per share and has a dividend yield of 10.1%. DHT pays out 54.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Nordic American Tankers pays out 164.7% 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 raised 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.

DHT has a beta of 0.05, meaning that its stock price is 95% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Nordic American Tankers has a beta of -0.19, meaning that its stock price is 119% less volatile than the S&P 500.

DHT currently has a consensus target price of $12.94, suggesting a potential upside of 16.55%. Nordic American Tankers has a consensus target price of $3.50, suggesting a potential upside of 26.13%. Given Nordic American Tankers' higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Nordic American Tankers is more favorable than DHT.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
DHT
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.83
Nordic American Tankers
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.00

58.5% of DHT shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 44.3% of Nordic American Tankers shares are held by institutional investors. 1.6% of DHT shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 2.9% of Nordic American Tankers shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

DHT has a net margin of 32.87% compared to Nordic American Tankers' net margin of 17.70%. DHT's return on equity of 17.08% beat Nordic American Tankers' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
DHT32.87% 17.08% 12.09%
Nordic American Tankers 17.70%7.01%4.23%

In the previous week, DHT had 1 more articles in the media than Nordic American Tankers. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for DHT and 1 mentions for Nordic American Tankers. DHT's average media sentiment score of 1.35 beat Nordic American Tankers' score of 0.00 indicating that DHT is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
DHT
1 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Nordic American Tankers
0 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
DHT$543.31M3.28$181.38M$1.1010.09
Nordic American Tankers$327.12M1.80$46.64M$0.1716.32

Summary

DHT beats Nordic American Tankers on 15 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding NAT and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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NAT vs. The Competition

MetricNordic American TankersTRANS IndustryTransportation SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$571.73M$2.61B$7.36B$20.89B
Dividend Yield10.45%5.16%699.51%3.62%
P/E Ratio16.327.0813.1527.93
Price / Sales1.802.62533.3572.68
Price / Cash5.524.187.9222.61
Price / Book1.160.812.194.70
Net Income$46.64M$527.30M$568.35M$993.85M
7 Day Performance1.46%1.25%1.17%1.99%
1 Month Performance4.91%5.29%5.14%5.85%
1 Year Performance-25.90%-20.35%6.14%13.36%

Nordic American Tankers Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
NAT
Nordic American Tankers
2.6657 of 5 stars
$2.78
+2.8%
$3.50
+26.1%
-28.3%$571.73M$327.12M16.3220
DHT
DHT
4.523 of 5 stars
$11.16
-0.5%
$12.94
+16.0%
-7.9%$1.79B$543.31M10.1420Positive News
FRO
Frontline
3.2579 of 5 stars
$18.60
-2.5%
$20.62
+10.9%
-25.2%$4.14B$2.16B11.9280Positive News
INSW
International Seaways
4.1771 of 5 stars
$39.26
-2.0%
$51.33
+30.8%
-30.1%$1.94B$951.61M6.072,824Positive News
TNK
Teekay Tankers
4.2771 of 5 stars
$44.03
-0.1%
$50.67
+15.1%
-31.4%$1.51B$1.23B4.722,000
GOGL
Golden Ocean Group
2.4034 of 5 stars
$8.25
-1.9%
$10.25
+24.2%
-36.7%$1.65B$863.61M14.4740
SFL
SFL
1.9347 of 5 stars
$9.09
-1.1%
N/A-32.6%$1.32B$904.40M22.1620
TK
Teekay
0.9449 of 5 stars
$7.72
-0.3%
N/A-11.8%$708.52M$1.22B5.472,300
WMB
Williams Companies
4.3334 of 5 stars
$59.09
+1.5%
$61.69
+4.4%
+30.8%$72.05B$10.50B31.605,829Positive News
KMI
Kinder Morgan
4.7674 of 5 stars
$28.34
+1.8%
$30.40
+7.3%
+23.9%$62.97B$15.10B24.4310,933Positive News
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LNG
Cheniere Energy
4.4438 of 5 stars
$241.71
+2.8%
$258.36
+6.9%
+26.3%$53.61B$16.89B17.681,714Positive News

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