Head-To-Head Comparison: Nordic American Tankers (NYSE:NAT) versus Orient Overseas International (OTCMKTS:OROVY)

Nordic American Tankers (NYSE:NAT) and Orient Overseas International (OTCMKTS:OROVY) are both transportation companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, earnings, risk, profitability, valuation and dividends.

Volatility & Risk

Nordic American Tankers has a beta of -0.43, indicating that its stock price is 143% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Orient Overseas International has a beta of 1.08, indicating that its stock price is 8% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of recent recommendations and price targets for Nordic American Tankers and Orient Overseas International, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Nordic American Tankers	0	3	0	0	2.00
Orient Overseas International	0	0	0	0	0.00

Nordic American Tankers presently has a consensus target price of $3.25, suggesting a potential downside of 3.70%. Given Nordic American Tankers’ stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Nordic American Tankers is more favorable than Orient Overseas International.

Dividends

Nordic American Tankers pays an annual dividend of $0.52 per share and has a dividend yield of 15.4%. Orient Overseas International pays an annual dividend of $7.06 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.8%. Nordic American Tankers pays out 2,600.0% 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 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.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

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 stock is poised for long-term growth.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Nordic American Tankers and Orient Overseas International”s revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Nordic American Tankers	$294.82 million	2.42	$46.64 million	$0.02	168.75
Orient Overseas International	$10.70 billion	N/A	$2.58 billion	N/A	N/A

Orient Overseas International has higher revenue and earnings than Nordic American Tankers.

Profitability

This table compares Nordic American Tankers and Orient Overseas International’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Nordic American Tankers	1.12%	0.39%	0.21%
Orient Overseas International	N/A	N/A	N/A

Summary

Nordic American Tankers beats Orient Overseas International on 9 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Nordic American Tankers

Nordic American Tankers Limited, a tanker company, acquires and charters double-hull tankers in Bermuda and internationally. It operates a fleet of 20 Suezmax crude oil tankers. The company was incorporated in 1995 and is headquartered in Hamilton, Bermuda.

About Orient Overseas International

Orient Overseas (International) Limited, an investment holding company, provides container transport and logistics services in Asia, Europe, Australia, and North America. The company offers supply chain management services; and containerised shipping services in various trade lanes comprising Trans-Pacific, Trans-Atlantic, Asia/Europe, Asia/Australia, and Intra-Asia trades. It is also involved in shipping and logistics software application development; container transport, equipment owning and leasing, container depot and warehousing, portfolio investment, trucking, ship owning, terminal operating, cargo consolidation and forwarding, liner and freight agency, property owning, and ship management businesses; operating of vessels; and provision of corporate and trucking services. In addition, the company offers AI and blockchain digital data on network applications, and platform design services. The company was incorporated in 1986 and is based in Wan Chai, Hong Kong. Orient Overseas (International) Limited is a subsidiary of Faulkner Global Holdings Limited.