Nordic American Tankers (NAT) Competitors

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

Does the MarketBeat Community favor NAT or STNG?

Scorpio Tankers received 223 more outperform votes than Nordic American Tankers when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.47% of users gave Scorpio Tankers an outperform vote while only 49.63% of users gave Nordic American Tankers an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Nordic American Tankers	Outperform Votes 336 49.63%	Underperform Votes 341 50.37%
Scorpio Tankers	Outperform Votes 559 66.47%	Underperform Votes 282 33.53%

Which has better earnings & valuation, NAT or STNG?

Scorpio Tankers has higher revenue and earnings than Nordic American Tankers. Scorpio Tankers 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
Nordic American Tankers	$327.12M	1.77	$98.71M	$0.22	12.45
Scorpio Tankers	$1.07B	2.02	$668.77M	$10.15	4.16

Which has more risk and volatility, NAT or STNG?

Nordic American Tankers has a beta of -0.2, suggesting that its stock price is 120% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Scorpio Tankers has a beta of -0.04, suggesting that its stock price is 104% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media refer more to NAT or STNG?

In the previous week, Nordic American Tankers had 1 more articles in the media than Scorpio Tankers. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Nordic American Tankers and 4 mentions for Scorpio Tankers. Scorpio Tankers' average media sentiment score of 0.86 beat Nordic American Tankers' score of 0.44 indicating that Scorpio Tankers is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Nordic American Tankers	1 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Scorpio Tankers	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do analysts recommend NAT or STNG?

Nordic American Tankers currently has a consensus target price of $3.50, indicating a potential upside of 27.74%. Scorpio Tankers has a consensus target price of $60.50, indicating a potential upside of 43.43%. Given Scorpio Tankers' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Scorpio Tankers is more favorable than Nordic American Tankers.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Nordic American Tankers	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00
Scorpio Tankers	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.80

Do institutionals and insiders believe in NAT or STNG?

44.3% of Nordic American Tankers shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 54.6% of Scorpio Tankers shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.9% of Nordic American Tankers shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 7.3% of Scorpio Tankers shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Is NAT or STNG a better dividend stock?

Nordic American Tankers pays an annual dividend of $0.28 per share and has a dividend yield of 10.2%. Scorpio Tankers pays an annual dividend of $1.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.8%. Nordic American Tankers pays out 127.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Scorpio Tankers pays out 15.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Nordic American Tankers has increased its dividend for 1 consecutive years and Scorpio Tankers has increased its dividend for 2 consecutive years.

Is NAT or STNG more profitable?

Scorpio Tankers has a net margin of 53.76% compared to Nordic American Tankers' net margin of 26.41%. Scorpio Tankers' return on equity of 18.01% beat Nordic American Tankers' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Nordic American Tankers	26.41%	11.95%	7.29%
Scorpio Tankers	53.76%	18.01%	12.91%

Summary

Scorpio Tankers beats Nordic American Tankers on 19 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.