Nordic American Tankers (NAT) Competitors

Nordic American Tankers (NYSE:NAT) and DHT (NYSE:DHT) are both small-cap transportation companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, valuation, earnings, profitability, risk and media sentiment.

Do analysts rate NAT or DHT?

Nordic American Tankers currently has a consensus price target of $3.50, indicating a potential upside of 30.35%. DHT has a consensus price target of $12.94, indicating a potential upside of 17.53%. Given Nordic American Tankers' higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe Nordic American Tankers is more favorable than DHT.

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
DHT	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.83

Which has better earnings & valuation, NAT or DHT?

DHT has higher revenue and earnings than Nordic American Tankers. DHT 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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Nordic American Tankers	$225.10M	2.53	$46.64M	$0.22	12.20
DHT	$571.77M	3.09	$181.38M	$1.10	10.01

Does the media favor NAT or DHT?

In the previous week, DHT had 5 more articles in the media than Nordic American Tankers. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for DHT and 1 mentions for Nordic American Tankers. Nordic American Tankers' average media sentiment score of 0.81 beat DHT's score of 0.50 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	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
DHT	1 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Which has more volatility and risk, NAT or DHT?

Nordic American Tankers has a beta of -0.19, suggesting that its stock price is 119% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, DHT has a beta of 0.05, suggesting that its stock price is 95% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of NAT or DHT?

44.3% of Nordic American Tankers shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 58.5% of DHT shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.9% of Nordic American Tankers shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Is NAT or DHT more profitable?

DHT has a net margin of 32.87% compared to Nordic American Tankers' net margin of 20.72%. DHT's return on equity of 17.08% beat Nordic American Tankers' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Nordic American Tankers	20.72%	9.00%	5.51%
DHT	32.87%	17.08%	12.09%

Is NAT or DHT a better dividend stock?

Nordic American Tankers pays an annual dividend of $0.28 per share and has a dividend yield of 10.4%. DHT pays an annual dividend of $0.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.4%. Nordic American Tankers pays out 127.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. DHT pays out 54.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Nordic American Tankers has increased its dividend for 1 consecutive years. Nordic American Tankers is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Summary

DHT beats Nordic American Tankers on 14 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.