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 stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, institutional ownership, dividends, valuation, analyst recommendations, profitability, media sentiment and risk.

Do analysts recommend DHT or NAT?

DHT presently has a consensus target price of $12.94, indicating a potential upside of 14.16%. Nordic American Tankers has a consensus target price of $3.50, indicating a potential upside of 23.02%. Given Nordic American Tankers' higher possible 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

Which has stronger earnings & 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	3.18	$181.38M	$1.18	9.61
Nordic American Tankers	$225.10M	2.68	$46.64M	$0.17	16.74

Does the media refer more to DHT or NAT?

In the previous week, DHT had 16 more articles in the media than Nordic American Tankers. MarketBeat recorded 18 mentions for DHT and 2 mentions for Nordic American Tankers. Nordic American Tankers' average media sentiment score of 0.85 beat DHT's score of 0.58 indicating that Nordic American Tankers is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
DHT	5 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	7 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Nordic American Tankers	1 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of DHT or NAT?

58.5% of DHT shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 44.3% of Nordic American Tankers shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.9% of Nordic American Tankers shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Is DHT or NAT a better dividend stock?

DHT pays an annual dividend of $0.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.3%. Nordic American Tankers pays an annual dividend of $0.28 per share and has a dividend yield of 9.8%. DHT pays out 50.8% 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.

Which has more risk and volatility, DHT or NAT?

DHT has a beta of 0.02, meaning that its share price is 98% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Nordic American Tankers has a beta of -0.22, meaning that its share price is 122% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is DHT or NAT more profitable?

DHT has a net margin of 36.58% compared to Nordic American Tankers' net margin of 17.70%. 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	17.70%	7.01%	4.23%

Summary

DHT beats Nordic American Tankers on 14 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.