Nordic American Tankers (NYSE:NAT – Get Free Report) and Toro (NASDAQ:TORO – Get Free Report) are both small-cap transportation companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, dividends, earnings, profitability and risk.
Insider & Institutional Ownership
44.3% of Nordic American Tankers shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 1.7% of Toro shares are held by institutional investors. 2.9% of Nordic American Tankers shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Analyst Recommendations
This is a summary of current ratings and target prices for Nordic American Tankers and Toro, 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 |
| Toro | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.00 |
Profitability
This table compares Nordic American Tankers and Toro’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% |
| Toro | 26.12% | 2.61% | 1.58% |
Earnings and Valuation
This table compares Nordic American Tankers and Toro”s gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| Nordic American Tankers | $225.10 million | 3.93 | $46.64 million | $0.02 | 208.75 |
| Toro | $22.39 million | 3.30 | $25.21 million | $0.04 | 86.00 |
Nordic American Tankers has higher revenue and earnings than Toro. Toro 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.
Volatility & Risk
Nordic American Tankers has a beta of -0.43, indicating that its share price is 143% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Toro has a beta of 1.14, indicating that its share price is 14% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Nordic American Tankers beats Toro on 8 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 Toro
Toro Corp., a shipping company, acquires, owns, charters, and operates oceangoing tanker vessels and provides seaborne transportation services for crude oil LPG, and refined petroleum products worldwide. The company operates in three segments: Aframax/LR2 Tanker, Handysize Tanker, and LPG Carrier. As of December 31, 2023, it operated a fleet of one Handysize tanker vessel; one Aframax/LR2 vessel; and four LPG carrier vessels with an aggregate cargo carrying capacity of 0.1 million deadweight ton. Toro Corp. was incorporated in 2022 and is based in Limassol, Cyprus.
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