Orient Overseas International (OTCMKTS:OROVY) and Nordic American Tankers (NYSE:NAT) Head to Head Comparison

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

Insider and Institutional Ownership

44.3% of Nordic American Tankers shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.9% of Nordic American Tankers shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Risk and Volatility

Orient Overseas International has a beta of 1.08, indicating that its share price is 8% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Nordic American Tankers has a beta of -0.45, indicating that its share price is 145% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Dividends

Orient Overseas International pays an annual dividend of $7.06 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.8%. Nordic American Tankers pays an annual dividend of $0.52 per share and has a dividend yield of 15.0%. 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 raised 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.

Earnings and Valuation

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

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Orient Overseas International	$10.70 billion	N/A	$2.58 billion	N/A	N/A
Nordic American Tankers	$294.82 million	2.49	$46.64 million	$0.02	173.00

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

Profitability

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

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

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of current ratings for Orient Overseas International and Nordic American Tankers, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

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

Nordic American Tankers has a consensus target price of $3.25, suggesting a potential downside of 6.07%. Given Nordic American Tankers’ stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Nordic American Tankers is more favorable than Orient Overseas International.

Summary

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

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.

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.