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.
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.
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.
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 15 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:NAT) was last updated on 7/24/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff