Nordic American Tankers (NAT) Competitors

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

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer STNG or NAT?

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 49.78% of users gave Nordic American Tankers an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Scorpio Tankers	Outperform Votes 559 66.47%	Underperform Votes 282 33.53%
Nordic American Tankers	Outperform Votes 336 49.78%	Underperform Votes 339 50.22%

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%

Which has higher earnings and valuation, 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	$1.07B	1.89	$668.77M	$10.15	3.89
Nordic American Tankers	$349.74M	1.57	$98.71M	$0.22	11.82

Which has more volatility and risk, STNG or NAT?

Scorpio Tankers has a beta of -0.12, indicating that its stock price is 112% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Nordic American Tankers has a beta of -0.27, indicating that its stock price is 127% 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 15.8% 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. Scorpio Tankers has increased its dividend for 2 consecutive years and Nordic American Tankers has increased its dividend for 1 consecutive years.

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

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

Does the media refer more to STNG or NAT?

In the previous week, Scorpio Tankers had 3 more articles in the media than Nordic American Tankers. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Scorpio Tankers and 1 mentions for Nordic American Tankers. Nordic American Tankers' average media sentiment score of 1.82 beat Scorpio Tankers' score of 1.04 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
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
Nordic American Tankers	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive

Do analysts prefer STNG or NAT?

Scorpio Tankers currently has a consensus price target of $60.50, indicating a potential upside of 53.06%. Nordic American Tankers has a consensus price target of $3.50, indicating a potential upside of 34.62%. Given Scorpio Tankers' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, 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)	2 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.80
Nordic American Tankers	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00

Summary

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