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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.

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

Golden Ocean Group has a beta of 1.18, meaning that its stock price is 18% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Nordic American Tankers has a beta of -0.29, meaning that its stock price is 129% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Golden Ocean Group pays an annual dividend of $1.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 13.5%. Nordic American Tankers pays an annual dividend of $0.16 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.8%. 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 pays out 55.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

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
Golden Ocean Group$885.77M2.00$112.27M$1.217.32
Nordic American Tankers$262.18M2.19$98.71M$0.299.47

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

In the previous week, Nordic American Tankers had 10 more articles in the media than Golden Ocean Group. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for Nordic American Tankers and 3 mentions for Golden Ocean Group. Golden Ocean Group's average media sentiment score of 0.91 beat Nordic American Tankers' score of 0.32 indicating that Golden Ocean Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.

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

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
Golden Ocean Group23.89% 13.14% 7.29%
Nordic American Tankers 26.41%11.95%7.29%

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

Golden Ocean Group presently has a consensus price target of $12.25, suggesting a potential upside of 38.26%. Nordic American Tankers has a consensus price target of $3.75, suggesting a potential upside of 36.61%. Given Golden Ocean Group's higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe Golden Ocean Group is more favorable than Nordic American Tankers.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Golden Ocean Group
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.00
Nordic American Tankers
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 17 factors compared between the two stocks.

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NAT vs. The Competition

MetricNordic American TankersWater transportation IndustryTransportation SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$603.42M$7.81B$327.58B$19.35B
Dividend Yield5.54%5.52%4.12%3.72%
P/E Ratio9.4725.1218.0141.30
Price / Sales2.193.2263.4817.06
Price / Cash3.986.1712.2019.84
Price / Book1.064.062.215.76
Net Income$98.71M$302.59M$573.08M$993.25M
7 Day Performance-4.69%1.45%-0.01%3.26%
1 Month Performance9.36%12.08%5.54%5.22%
1 Year Performance-38.31%8.03%7.49%19.40%

Nordic American Tankers Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
NAT
Nordic American Tankers
4.3254 of 5 stars
$2.75
-2.0%
$3.75
+36.6%
-38.8%$603.42M$262.18M9.4720Analyst Revision
News Coverage
GOGL
Golden Ocean Group
3.4283 of 5 stars
$9.23
-1.1%
$12.25
+32.7%
-12.5%$1.85B$1.01B7.6340News Coverage
Positive News
TNK
Teekay Tankers
3.9032 of 5 stars
$47.38
+4.5%
$63.67
+34.4%
-23.1%$1.63B$1.19B3.891,900Gap Down
SFL
SFL
3.6721 of 5 stars
$10.95
+1.3%
$16.00
+46.1%
-9.1%$1.52B$873.22M9.8620Short Interest ↓
TK
Teekay
2.5177 of 5 stars
$7.75
+3.3%
N/A-9.2%$711.73M$1.30B5.172,300Short Interest ↑
News Coverage
Gap Up
WMB
Williams Companies
3.6215 of 5 stars
$55.76
+0.4%
$53.00
-4.9%
+74.2%$67.97B$10.54B23.535,601News Coverage
Positive News
KMI
Kinder Morgan
4.5581 of 5 stars
$28.50
+1.2%
$26.67
-6.4%
+72.7%$63.32B$15.15B25.0010,500Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Forecast
Options Volume
News Coverage
Positive News
LNG
Cheniere Energy
2.8125 of 5 stars
$228.93
+1.6%
$226.55
-1.0%
N/A$51.36B$16.09B14.621,605Analyst Forecast
News Coverage
Positive News
TRGP
Targa Resources
4.7308 of 5 stars
$197.32
+2.1%
$189.21
-4.1%
+165.2%$43.03B$16.22B35.683,182Dividend Announcement
Analyst Revision
News Coverage
GLNG
Golar LNG
2.7439 of 5 stars
$41.13
-0.6%
$50.13
+21.9%
+89.5%$4.29B$274.13M293.811,700Short Interest ↑
FRO
Frontline
4.5161 of 5 stars
$18.49
+7.3%
$24.03
+29.9%
-22.8%$4.12B$2.04B7.5580Short Interest ↑
Gap Down

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This page (NYSE:NAT) was last updated on 1/18/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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