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 business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, valuation, analyst recommendations, dividends, institutional ownership, profitability, media sentiment and earnings.
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 company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
DHT presently has a consensus target price of $12.94, indicating a potential upside of 1.55%. Nordic American Tankers has a consensus target price of $3.00, indicating a potential downside of 10.04%. Given DHT's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe DHT is more favorable than Nordic American Tankers.
DHT pays an annual dividend of $0.96 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.5%. Nordic American Tankers pays an annual dividend of $0.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 12.0%. 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.
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.
In the previous week, DHT had 3 more articles in the media than Nordic American Tankers. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for DHT and 5 mentions for Nordic American Tankers. DHT's average media sentiment score of 0.56 beat Nordic American Tankers' score of 0.26 indicating that DHT is being referred to more favorably in the media.
DHT has a beta of 0.03, meaning that its share price is 97% 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.
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.
Summary
DHT beats Nordic American Tankers on 16 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (NYSE:NAT) was last updated on 9/24/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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