NAT vs. TNK, GLNG, GOGL, CLCO, INSW, ASC, GSL, TNP, HTLD, and ATSG
Should you be buying Nordic American Tankers stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Nordic American Tankers include Teekay Tankers (TNK), Golar LNG (GLNG), Golden Ocean Group (GOGL), Cool (CLCO), International Seaways (INSW), Ardmore Shipping (ASC), Global Ship Lease (GSL), Tsakos Energy Navigation (TNP), Heartland Express (HTLD), and Air Transport Services Group (ATSG). These companies are all part of the "transportation" sector.
Nordic American Tankers (NYSE:NAT) and Teekay Tankers (NYSE:TNK) are both transportation companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, dividends, analyst recommendations, valuation, community ranking, institutional ownership, earnings, profitability and risk.
Teekay Tankers has higher revenue and earnings than Nordic American Tankers. Teekay Tankers 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.
44.3% of Nordic American Tankers shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 52.7% of Teekay Tankers shares are held by institutional investors. 2.9% of Nordic American Tankers shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.9% of Teekay Tankers shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, Teekay Tankers had 3 more articles in the media than Nordic American Tankers. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for Teekay Tankers and 5 mentions for Nordic American Tankers. Teekay Tankers' average media sentiment score of 0.68 beat Nordic American Tankers' score of 0.53 indicating that Teekay Tankers is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Nordic American Tankers has a beta of -0.09, indicating that its stock price is 109% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Teekay Tankers has a beta of -0.27, indicating that its stock price is 127% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Nordic American Tankers has a net margin of 37.65% compared to Teekay Tankers' net margin of 37.39%. Teekay Tankers' return on equity of 30.73% beat Nordic American Tankers' return on equity.
Teekay Tankers received 106 more outperform votes than Nordic American Tankers when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 60.44% of users gave Teekay Tankers an outperform vote while only 50.99% of users gave Nordic American Tankers an outperform vote.
Nordic American Tankers presently has a consensus price target of $5.33, indicating a potential upside of 25.20%. Teekay Tankers has a consensus price target of $76.00, indicating a potential upside of 5.81%. Given Nordic American Tankers' higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Nordic American Tankers is more favorable than Teekay Tankers.
Nordic American Tankers pays an annual dividend of $0.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 11.3%. Teekay Tankers pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.4%. Nordic American Tankers pays out 102.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Teekay Tankers pays out 7.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.
Summary
Teekay Tankers beats Nordic American Tankers on 13 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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