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Nordic American Tankers (NAT) Competitors

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$2.98 -0.08 (-2.61%)
(As of 11/15/2024 ET)

NAT vs. GOGL, TNK, SFL, TK, FRO, WMB, KMI, LNG, TRGP, and GLNG

Should you be buying Nordic American Tankers stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Nordic American Tankers include Golden Ocean Group (GOGL), Teekay Tankers (TNK), SFL (SFL), Teekay (TK), Frontline (FRO), Williams Companies (WMB), Kinder Morgan (KMI), Cheniere Energy (LNG), Targa Resources (TRGP), and Golar LNG (GLNG). These companies are all part of the "oil & gas storage & transportation" industry.

Nordic American Tankers vs.

Nordic American Tankers (NYSE:NAT) and Golden Ocean Group (NASDAQ:GOGL) are both transportation companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, risk, media sentiment, earnings, community ranking, dividends, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership and valuation.

Nordic American Tankers has a net margin of 26.35% compared to Golden Ocean Group's net margin of 22.01%. Nordic American Tankers' return on equity of 11.60% beat Golden Ocean Group's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Nordic American Tankers26.35% 11.60% 7.15%
Golden Ocean Group 22.01%10.57%5.79%

Golden Ocean Group has higher revenue and earnings than Nordic American Tankers. Nordic American Tankers is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Golden Ocean Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Nordic American Tankers$262.18M2.37$98.71M$0.2910.28
Golden Ocean Group$885.77M2.72$112.27M$1.0711.26

Nordic American Tankers pays an annual dividend of $0.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 16.1%. Golden Ocean Group pays an annual dividend of $1.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 10.0%. Nordic American Tankers pays out 165.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Golden Ocean Group pays out 112.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

Golden Ocean Group received 38 more outperform votes than Nordic American Tankers when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 59.84% of users gave Golden Ocean Group an outperform vote while only 50.45% of users gave Nordic American Tankers an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Nordic American TankersOutperform Votes
336
50.45%
Underperform Votes
330
49.55%
Golden Ocean GroupOutperform Votes
374
59.84%
Underperform Votes
251
40.16%

In the previous week, Nordic American Tankers had 2 more articles in the media than Golden Ocean Group. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Nordic American Tankers and 2 mentions for Golden Ocean Group. Golden Ocean Group's average media sentiment score of 1.74 beat Nordic American Tankers' score of -0.69 indicating that Golden Ocean Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Nordic American Tankers
0 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
2 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Negative
Golden Ocean Group
1 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Very Positive

Nordic American Tankers has a beta of -0.21, indicating that its stock price is 121% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Golden Ocean Group has a beta of 1.2, indicating that its stock price is 20% more volatile than the S&P 500.

44.3% of Nordic American Tankers shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 22.0% of Golden Ocean Group shares are held by institutional investors. 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 stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Nordic American Tankers presently has a consensus price target of $3.75, suggesting a potential upside of 25.84%. Golden Ocean Group has a consensus price target of $14.50, suggesting a potential upside of 20.33%. Given Nordic American Tankers' higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe Nordic American Tankers is more favorable than Golden Ocean Group.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Nordic American Tankers
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.00
Golden Ocean Group
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.00

Summary

Golden Ocean Group beats Nordic American Tankers on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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NAT vs. The Competition

MetricNordic American TankersWater transportation IndustryTransportation SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$622.21M$8.80B$334.92B$19.76B
Dividend Yield16.11%6.79%4.45%3.50%
P/E Ratio10.2816.3313.3337.06
Price / Sales2.372.8354.9717.77
Price / Cash4.116.7312.9921.54
Price / Book1.162.092.154.64
Net Income$98.71M$113.02M$570.30M$982.94M
7 Day Performance-5.70%-2.10%-2.16%-2.12%
1 Month Performance-16.53%-3.37%-1.02%-0.39%
1 Year Performance-32.04%22.74%14.54%23.34%

Nordic American Tankers Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
NAT
Nordic American Tankers
3.407 of 5 stars
$2.98
-2.6%
$3.75
+25.8%
-31.2%$622.21M$262.18M10.2817Analyst Forecast
Short Interest ↑
GOGL
Golden Ocean Group
3.2207 of 5 stars
$11.82
+0.3%
N/A+60.0%$2.36B$885.77M11.0538Upcoming Earnings
Positive News
TNK
Teekay Tankers
4.2197 of 5 stars
$45.49
-2.7%
N/A-13.3%$1.56B$1.36B3.731,590Ex-Dividend
Analyst Forecast
SFL
SFL
2.8099 of 5 stars
$10.30
-2.5%
N/A-4.9%$1.43B$752.29M9.2821
TK
Teekay
2.7566 of 5 stars
$7.95
-3.3%
N/A+12.9%$730.13M$1.46B5.302,300
FRO
Frontline
3.6764 of 5 stars
$19.00
-1.9%
N/A-9.8%$0.00$1.83B7.1480Analyst Forecast
Short Interest ↑
Negative News
WMB
Williams Companies
4.0149 of 5 stars
$56.31
+1.6%
N/A+62.7%$68.64B$10.54B23.765,601Analyst Forecast
Insider Selling
News Coverage
KMI
Kinder Morgan
4.4567 of 5 stars
$26.88
+1.8%
N/A+62.1%$59.72B$15.33B23.5810,891Analyst Forecast
Positive News
LNG
Cheniere Energy
3.2297 of 5 stars
$205.67
+1.8%
N/A+22.1%$46.15B$20.39B13.131,605Analyst Forecast
Positive News
TRGP
Targa Resources
4.7144 of 5 stars
$192.28
+2.4%
N/A+133.8%$41.93B$16.06B34.773,182Analyst Forecast
Insider Selling
News Coverage
GLNG
Golar LNG
3.4878 of 5 stars
$37.96
-2.2%
N/A+56.4%$3.97B$298.43M28.33470Upcoming Earnings
Dividend Announcement
Analyst Downgrade
Analyst Revision
News Coverage

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This page (NYSE:NAT) was last updated on 11/17/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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