NAT vs. GOGL, TNK, SFL, 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), Teekay Tankers (TNK), SFL (SFL), 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 superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, valuation, dividends, community ranking, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, risk, profitability and earnings.
Nordic American Tankers pays an annual dividend of $0.16 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.1%. Golden Ocean Group pays an annual dividend of $1.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 12.7%. 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.
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 endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, Golden Ocean Group had 4 more articles in the media than Nordic American Tankers. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Golden Ocean Group and 3 mentions for Nordic American Tankers. Nordic American Tankers' average media sentiment score of 0.84 beat Golden Ocean Group's score of 0.67 indicating that Nordic American Tankers is being referred to more favorably in the media.
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.
Nordic American Tankers currently has a consensus price target of $3.75, suggesting a potential upside of 42.86%. Golden Ocean Group has a consensus price target of $12.25, suggesting a potential upside of 29.90%. Given Nordic American Tankers' higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Nordic American Tankers is more favorable than Golden Ocean Group.
Nordic American Tankers has a beta of -0.31, indicating that its share price is 131% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Golden Ocean Group has a beta of 1.16, indicating that its share price is 16% more volatile than the S&P 500.
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.
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.
Summary
Golden Ocean Group beats Nordic American Tankers on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:NAT) was last updated on 2/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
