Nordic American Tankers (NAT) Competitors

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

Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of STNG or NAT?

54.6% of Scorpio Tankers shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 44.3% of Nordic American Tankers shares are held by institutional investors. 7.3% of Scorpio Tankers shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.9% of Nordic American Tankers shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Which has more volatility & risk, STNG or NAT?

Scorpio Tankers has a beta of -0.01, suggesting that its share price is 101% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Nordic American Tankers has a beta of 0.02, suggesting that its share price is 98% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is STNG or NAT a better dividend stock?

Scorpio Tankers pays an annual dividend of $1.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.0%. Nordic American Tankers pays an annual dividend of $0.24 per share and has a dividend yield of 9.2%. Scorpio Tankers pays out 12.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Nordic American Tankers pays out 109.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

Is STNG or NAT 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
Scorpio Tankers	53.76%	18.01%	12.91%
Nordic American Tankers	26.41%	11.95%	7.29%

Do analysts rate STNG or NAT?

Scorpio Tankers presently has a consensus price target of $60.50, suggesting a potential upside of 52.09%. Nordic American Tankers has a consensus price target of $3.50, suggesting a potential upside of 34.62%. Given Scorpio Tankers' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Scorpio Tankers is more favorable than Nordic American Tankers.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Scorpio Tankers	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.40
Nordic American Tankers	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00

Does the MarketBeat Community favor STNG or NAT?

Scorpio Tankers received 222 more outperform votes than Nordic American Tankers when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.43% of users gave Scorpio Tankers an outperform vote while only 49.78% of users gave Nordic American Tankers an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Scorpio Tankers	Outperform Votes 558 66.43%	Underperform Votes 282 33.57%
Nordic American Tankers	Outperform Votes 336 49.78%	Underperform Votes 339 50.22%

Does the media refer more to STNG or NAT?

In the previous week, Scorpio Tankers had 15 more articles in the media than Nordic American Tankers. MarketBeat recorded 19 mentions for Scorpio Tankers and 4 mentions for Nordic American Tankers. Scorpio Tankers' average media sentiment score of 0.88 beat Nordic American Tankers' score of 0.58 indicating that Scorpio Tankers is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Scorpio Tankers	9 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	6 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Nordic American Tankers	2 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has preferable valuation & earnings, STNG or NAT?

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
Scorpio Tankers	$1.24B	1.60	$668.77M	$13.04	3.05
Nordic American Tankers	$349.74M	1.55	$98.71M	$0.22	11.82

Summary

Scorpio Tankers beats Nordic American Tankers on 17 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.