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Nordic American Tankers (NAT) Competitors

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$2.52 0.00 (0.00%)
(As of 12/17/2024 ET)

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

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), SFL (SFL), Teekay Tankers (TNK), Teekay (TK), Williams Companies (WMB), Kinder Morgan (KMI), Cheniere Energy (LNG), Targa Resources (TRGP), Golar LNG (GLNG), and Frontline (FRO). 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 small-cap transportation companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, risk, community ranking, media sentiment, valuation, institutional ownership, profitability, analyst recommendations and dividends.

44.3% of Nordic American Tankers shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 22.0% of Golden Ocean Group 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 hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Nordic American Tankers presently has a consensus target price of $3.75, indicating a potential upside of 48.51%. Golden Ocean Group has a consensus target price of $12.25, indicating a potential upside of 38.42%. Given Nordic American Tankers' higher possible upside, analysts clearly 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)
3 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.00

Golden Ocean Group received 38 more outperform votes than Nordic American Tankers when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 59.65% of users gave Golden Ocean Group an outperform vote while only 50.30% of users gave Nordic American Tankers an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Nordic American TankersOutperform Votes
336
50.30%
Underperform Votes
332
49.70%
Golden Ocean GroupOutperform Votes
374
59.65%
Underperform Votes
253
40.35%

Golden Ocean Group has higher revenue and earnings than Nordic American Tankers. Golden Ocean Group 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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Nordic American Tankers$367.47M1.43$98.71M$0.298.71
Golden Ocean Group$1.01B1.75$112.27M$1.217.31

Nordic American Tankers pays an annual dividend of $0.16 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.3%. Golden Ocean Group pays an annual dividend of $1.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 13.6%. Nordic American Tankers pays out 55.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Golden Ocean Group pays out 99.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

Nordic American Tankers has a net margin of 26.41% compared to Golden Ocean Group's net margin of 23.89%. Golden Ocean Group's return on equity of 13.14% beat Nordic American Tankers' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Nordic American Tankers26.41% 11.95% 7.29%
Golden Ocean Group 23.89%13.14%7.29%

In the previous week, Nordic American Tankers had 3 more articles in the media than Golden Ocean Group. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Nordic American Tankers and 3 mentions for Golden Ocean Group. Nordic American Tankers' average media sentiment score of 0.48 beat Golden Ocean Group's score of 0.07 indicating that Nordic American Tankers is being referred to more favorably in the media.

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

Nordic American Tankers has a beta of -0.26, indicating that its stock price is 126% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Golden Ocean Group has a beta of 1.16, indicating that its stock price is 16% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Golden Ocean Group beats Nordic American Tankers on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.

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NAT vs. The Competition

MetricNordic American TankersWater transportation IndustryTransportation SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$527.21M$8.14B$300.38B$19.67B
Dividend Yield18.39%6.75%4.48%3.51%
P/E Ratio8.7125.4018.9243.79
Price / Sales1.432.6259.7917.64
Price / Cash3.646.5713.0321.73
Price / Book0.983.692.175.46
Net Income$98.71M$113.02M$543.10M$987.68M
7 Day Performance-4.54%-3.79%-1.87%-2.32%
1 Month Performance-17.21%-8.83%-2.00%0.63%
1 Year Performance-39.95%5.15%4.07%16.39%

Nordic American Tankers Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
NAT
Nordic American Tankers
4.1667 of 5 stars
$2.53
flat
$3.75
+48.5%
-38.9%$527.21M$367.47M8.7117
GOGL
Golden Ocean Group
4.0453 of 5 stars
$8.97
-1.5%
$12.25
+36.6%
-3.4%$1.79B$1.01B7.4138
SFL
SFL
2.8886 of 5 stars
$9.91
-1.6%
$16.00
+61.5%
-11.2%$1.37B$752.29M9.0721
TNK
Teekay Tankers
3.8548 of 5 stars
$37.04
-2.7%
$63.67
+71.9%
-24.7%$1.27B$1.36B3.121,590
TK
Teekay
3.2597 of 5 stars
$6.18
-2.2%
N/A-8.7%$567.57M$1.46B4.212,300News Coverage
WMB
Williams Companies
3.587 of 5 stars
$53.91
-1.0%
$52.07
-3.4%
+55.1%$65.72B$10.91B22.975,601Positive News
KMI
Kinder Morgan
4.2331 of 5 stars
$26.58
-1.1%
$25.75
-3.1%
+52.2%$59.05B$15.15B23.2510,891Analyst Forecast
Positive News
LNG
Cheniere Energy
2.598 of 5 stars
$211.47
-0.7%
$219.25
+3.7%
N/A$47.45B$16.09B13.611,605Positive News
TRGP
Targa Resources
4.5926 of 5 stars
$183.22
-0.8%
$176.14
-3.9%
+112.2%$39.95B$16.06B33.393,182Positive News
GLNG
Golar LNG
2.7106 of 5 stars
$42.79
-1.6%
$49.63
+16.0%
+97.4%$4.47B$274.13M310.57470
FRO
Frontline
4.1663 of 5 stars
$13.82
-2.7%
$25.36
+83.5%
-31.2%$3.08B$2.04B5.6780Analyst Forecast
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This page (NYSE:NAT) was last updated on 12/18/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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