NAT vs. GLNG, GLOP, KNOP, FLNG, INSW, MATX, ULH, NMM, REVG, and GSL
Should you be buying Nordic American Tankers stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Nordic American Tankers include Golar LNG (GLNG), GasLog Partners (GLOP), KNOT Offshore Partners (KNOP), FLEX LNG (FLNG), International Seaways (INSW), Matson (MATX), Universal Logistics (ULH), Navios Maritime Partners (NMM), REV Group (REVG), and Global Ship Lease (GSL). These companies are all part of the "transportation" sector.
Nordic American Tankers vs.
Nordic American Tankers (NYSE:NAT) and Golar LNG (NASDAQ:GLNG) are both transportation companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, community ranking, media sentiment, risk, institutional ownership, dividends, profitability, valuation and analyst recommendations.
40.4% of Nordic American Tankers shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 72.5% of Golar LNG shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.9% of Nordic American Tankers shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.0% of Golar LNG shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Nordic American Tankers currently has a consensus target price of $5.25, indicating a potential upside of 42.66%. Golar LNG has a consensus target price of $32.50, indicating a potential upside of 60.34%. Given Golar LNG's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Golar LNG is more favorable than Nordic American Tankers.
Golar LNG has higher revenue and earnings than Nordic American Tankers. Golar LNG 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.
In the previous week, Golar LNG had 1 more articles in the media than Nordic American Tankers. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Golar LNG and 2 mentions for Nordic American Tankers. Golar LNG's average media sentiment score of 0.50 beat Nordic American Tankers' score of 0.22 indicating that Golar LNG is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Golar LNG received 134 more outperform votes than Nordic American Tankers when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.68% of users gave Golar LNG an outperform vote while only 51.63% of users gave Nordic American Tankers an outperform vote.
Golar LNG has a net margin of 218.75% compared to Nordic American Tankers' net margin of 8.95%. Golar LNG's return on equity of 5.91% beat Nordic American Tankers' return on equity.
Nordic American Tankers has a beta of 0.14, indicating that its stock price is 86% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Golar LNG has a beta of 0.67, indicating that its stock price is 33% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Golar LNG beats Nordic American Tankers on 15 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding NAT and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
Media Sentiment Over Time
This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
Nordic American Tankers Competitors List
