NORDIC AMERICAN TANKERS LTD (NAT)
Energy · Oil & gas tanker shipping · NYSE
Nordic American Tankers operates a fleet of crude and product tankers for global hydrocarbon transportation, capturing strong margins in a volatile shipping market.
What NORDIC AMERICAN TANKERS LTD does
Nordic American Tankers Ltd is a shipping company that operates a fleet of tanker vessels for the transportation of crude oil and petroleum products. The company generates revenue by chartering its tanker fleet to customers in the energy and shipping industries. With strong profitability and revenue growth, NAT serves the critical role of moving hydrocarbons globally through maritime transport.
Themes: crude oil transportation, maritime shipping, tanker fleet operations, energy infrastructure
Fundamentals
- Price$6.97 as of 2026-08-21 close
- Market cap$1.4B as of 2026-08-24
- 1-year return+130.0% 2025-08-21 close $3.03 → 2026-08-21 close $6.97
- P/E25.85 as of 2026-08-24
- Net margin+24.5% as of 2026-08-24
- Gross margin+69.8% as of 2026-08-24
- ROE+11.8% as of 2026-08-24
- Debt / equity0.91 as of 2026-08-24
- Revenue growth (YoY)+9.7% as of 2026-08-24
- Revenue CAGR (3y)-4.9% SEC XBRL
- Beta-0.49 as of 2026-08-24
- Last reported earningsn/a no confirmed date — as a foreign private issuer it reports on Form 6-K, which carries no earnings item code
Dividend: yield +10.8%; 1-year non-decreasing per-share dividend streak (SEC XBRL).
How NAT compares in its sector
- price-to-earnings ratiomiddle range 118 covered Energy peers, as of 2026-08-24
- net profit margintop 25% 149 covered Energy peers, as of 2026-08-24
- operating margintop 25% 149 covered Energy peers, as of 2026-08-24
- gross margintop 25% 142 covered Energy peers, as of 2026-08-24
- return on equitymiddle range 152 covered Energy peers, as of 2026-08-24
- 3-year revenue CAGRmiddle range 138 covered Energy peers
- indicated dividend yieldtop 10% 98 covered Energy peers, as of 2026-08-24
Position among covered Energy companies that report each metric (minimum 5 peers). A relative position within our covered catalog — not a valuation, quality, or investment judgment. A higher percentile is simply a higher value (for P/E, more expensive on earnings — never "better"). Informational only.
Dividend coverage (FY2025)
Exceeded at least one reported measure. In FY2025, NAT's dividend exceeded at least one reported measure of what it earned or generated (earnings payout 690%, operating-cash-flow payout 427%). A payout above 100% in one year is not necessarily unsustainable, but it is not fully covered by that measure.
- Earnings payout690% dividends / net income
- Operating-cash-flow payout427% dividends / operating cash flow — capital spending was not reported, so this does not subtract it
Coverage derived from reported SEC EDGAR XBRL figures for FY2025 (dividends paid vs. net income and free cash flow, same fiscal year). This describes PAST coverage for one fiscal year — it does not predict whether a dividend will be maintained, raised, or cut, and a one-year payout ratio can be distorted by non-recurring items. Informational only — not financial advice.
How NORDIC AMERICAN TANKERS LTD looks technically
NORDIC AMERICAN TANKERS LTD (NAT) is trading 37.3% above its 200-day average, the long-term trend line — a longer-term uptrend. Its 50-day average crossed above its 200-day average about 263 trading days ago — a "golden cross", a bullish long-term signal. A trend is forming but not yet strong — ADX, a 0–100 trend-strength gauge, is 20 (a reading of 25+ marks a strong trend). Momentum is neutral — its 14-day RSI (a 0–100 momentum gauge) is 65, neither overbought (above 70) nor oversold (below 30). MACD, a trend-momentum gauge, turned bullish about 6 trading days ago (its momentum flipped positive). It made a new 20-day high about 3 trading days ago. It is 3.2% below its 52-week high (its highest price of the past year).
Trend
8
| Distance from the 200-day | it is trading 37.3% above its 200-day average, the long-term trend line — a longer-term uptrend | +37.3% |
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| 50-day moving average | its average price over the last 50 trading days — a short-term trend line — is $6.21 | $6.21 |
| 200-day moving average | its average price over the last 200 trading days — the long-term trend line — is $5.08 | $5.08 |
| Swing structure | each recent peak has been higher than the one before it and each dip has been shallower — the pattern chart-watchers call an uptrend, which describes where price has already been and not where it goes next | higher highs and higher lows |
| Last swing turn | its last significant turn was a swing low 10 calendar days ago — the swings before that are what the structure reading is measured on | 10 sessions |
| Wave structure | its recent swings can be read as a five-part upward sequence — what Elliott-wave chartists call an impulse — now in leg 3 of five; the labelling fails if price closes below 6.025. It is one of several labellings that fit, and it describes the swings already printed, not what comes next. The same swings also read as a three-part correction in leg C. | possible upward five-wave sequence, in wave 3 (one of several readings) |
| Since the 50/200 cross | its 50-day average crossed above its 200-day average about 263 trading days ago — a "golden cross", a bullish long-term signal | 263 sessions |
| Trend strength (14-day ADX) | a trend is forming but not yet strong — ADX, a 0–100 trend-strength gauge, is 20 (a reading of 25+ marks a strong trend) | 20.4 |
Momentum
3
| 14-day RSI | momentum is neutral — its 14-day RSI (a 0–100 momentum gauge) is 65, neither overbought (above 70) nor oversold (below 30) | 65.0 |
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| Position in its 14-day range | it is trading near the top of its 14-day range ($6.03 to $7.20) — its "stochastic" reading is 80 out of 100, where 0 would mean closing exactly at the 14-session low and 100 exactly at the high. This measures WHERE the price sits inside its recent range, which is a different question from the RSI beside it: RSI is a momentum gauge, measuring how FAST the price has been moving, so a stock can drift quietly to the bottom of its range with an ordinary RSI, or fall sharply and still sit in the middle. It has been slipping within that range over the last few sessions. | 80.4 |
| Since the MACD crossed zero | MACD, a trend-momentum gauge, turned bullish about 6 trading days ago (its momentum flipped positive) | 6 sessions |
Range
12
| 52-week high | its highest closing price over the past year (about 252 trading days) was $7.20 | $7.20 |
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| From the 52-week high | it is 3.2% below its 52-week high (its highest price of the past year) | -3.2% |
| Above the 52-week low | it is 147.2% above its 52-week low (its lowest price of the past year) | +147.2% |
| Below the 52-week high | it is 3.2% below its highest point of the past year | 3.2% |
| Since a 20-day breakout | it made a new 20-day high about 3 trading days ago | 3 sessions |
| Since a 55-day breakout | it made a new 55-day high about 3 trading days ago | 3 sessions |
| All-time high | its highest closing price on record is $45.84 (set on 2005-08-02) | $45.84 |
| Given back of the 52-week move | over the past year its closes ranged ($2.83 to $7.02), and it has given back essentially none of its rise from last year’s low — 1% of it. Chart-watchers call 61.8%-65% given back the "golden pocket" — for this company that is $4.30 to $4.43. It is watched widely enough that orders cluster there, which is the honest reason it matters; it is not a forecast. | 1.2% |
| From the all-time high | it is 84.8% below its all-time high | -84.8% |
| Nearest price level | it is trading 3.7% above a support level at $6.71 — a price it turned at twice since 2026-06-24, most recently on 2026-07-31. Since 2024-08-21 it has 12 such levels below the current price and 0 above. Levels like these describe where the price has reversed or paused before; they are not a forecast of where it will go. | -3.7% |
| All-time low | its lowest closing price on record is $1.40 (set on 2022-02-04) | $1.40 |
| Above the all-time low | it is 397.9% above its all-time low | +397.9% |
Volatility
5
| Band width vs its own 6 months | day-to-day price swings are about average versus its own recent 6-month history | 42nd percentile |
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| Typical daily range | in a typical session it travels about $0.2406 between its high and its low — about 3.5% of its price. That is its "average true range" over the last 14 sessions, which also counts the distance from the previous close, so a day that opens well away from yesterday counts as the large move it was | $0.2406 |
| Bollinger bands (20-day, ±2σ) | most of its recent trading has stayed between about $6.02 and $7.09 — the "Bollinger bands", a range drawn two standard deviations either side of its 20-day average price, which widens when the stock gets more volatile and narrows when it settles | $6.02 – $6.55 – $7.09 |
| Typical daily range (% of price) | its price moves about 3.5% in a typical session — about typical for the companies we cover. This is the average gap between a session's high and low over the last 14 sessions, counting overnight moves, expressed against the current price so it can be compared with companies trading at any price | 3.5% |
| Stretch from the 200-day average | it is trading 7.9 daily ranges above its 200-day average price (37.3% above it in plain percentage terms) — a way of asking how far it has stretched from its own average in units of how far it normally moves in a day, so a calm company and a jumpy one can be compared on the same scale | 7.9 daily ranges above its 200-day average |
Volume
1
| Volume vs its 30-day average | trading volume is about normal versus its 30-day average | 1.38× |
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Analyst
2
| Change in the average price target | analysts' average price target is unchanged from the prior reading | 0.0% |
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| Change in the consensus rating | not available for this company yet | n/a |
Candlestick patterns
2
| Since a doji | 1 session ago it opened and closed at almost the same price after trading through a wider range — a "doji", the classic picture of buyers and sellers finishing the session level | 1 session ago |
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| Since a bearish engulfing | 9 sessions ago it opened above the previous session's close and finished below that session's open — a "bearish engulfing" pair, where one down day more than undid the up day before it | 9 sessions ago |
Price gaps
3
| Gap at the open | it opened on 2026-08-21 0.7% above the previous session's close — an overnight gap, the part of the move that happened while the market was shut, and traded back through that level before the close | +0.7% |
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| Open gap | it gapped 2.2% above the previous close 30 sessions ago and has not traded back through the level it left behind at 5.9 — an "unfilled gap", which describes a price range no trade has since crossed and is not a forecast that it will be crossed | +2.2% |
| Gap filled | a 2.3% gap up opened on 2026-08-06 has been "filled" 8 sessions ago — price traded back through the level the gap left behind, and it took 3 sessions to close | 8 sessions ago |
Price streaks
1
| Closing streak | it has closed lower 2 sessions in a row, a -0.71% move over the run — an unbroken run of down days, which describes what has already happened and says nothing about the next session | 2 sessions down |
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Relative strength
4
| vs market, 1 month | over the past 1 month this stock beat the market by 5.4 percentage points (the stock gained 7.7% while the market gained 2.3%) | +5.4% |
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| vs market, 3 months | over the past 3 months this stock beat the market by 23.6 percentage points (the stock gained 26.7% while the market gained 3.1%) | +23.6% |
| vs market, 6 months | over the past 6 months this stock beat the market by 30.3 percentage points (the stock gained 41.4% while the market gained 11.1%) | +30.3% |
| vs market, 12 months | over the past 12 months this stock beat the market by 109.6 percentage points (the stock gained 130.0% while the market gained 20.5%) | +109.5% |
Signal agreement
2
| Bullish technical signals | 6 of the 9 technical signals we can compute for it are currently in a bullish state: a "golden cross" — its 50-day average is above its 200-day, trading above its 200-day average, a fresh 20-day high, MACD momentum is positive, outperforming the market over 6 months, trading above the Ichimoku cloud — these describe past price behaviour, not a forecast | 6 of 9 |
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| Bearish technical signals | 1 of the 9 technical signals we can compute for it is currently in a bearish state: near the top of its 14-day range (overbought) — these describe past price behaviour, not a forecast | 1 of 9 |
Trend (Ichimoku cloud)
1
| Vs the Ichimoku cloud | trading 17% above the Ichimoku cloud — a band drawn from where its own highs and lows sat up to 2026-07-16 and projected forward over today's price, the side traders read as an established uptrend, with the band below acting as the level that would have to give way. The band itself is thin, spanning 1.5% of the share price, which is taken to mean a barrier that gives way easily. | +16.8% |
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Volume-weighted price
1
| Vs this year’s average price paid | the price is 26% above the average price paid so far this year, so the typical buyer over that stretch is showing a gain. That average is $5.53 — a volume-weighted average of daily closes over 158 sessions, not a true tick-by-tick VWAP. | +26.1% |
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Price levels it has turned at before
NAT last closed at $6.97 on 2026-08-21. Since 2024-08-21 it has turned at 12 prices below its last close and 0 above; the 3 nearest below are listed, nearest first.
| Level | Side | Distance | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| $6.71 | Support | 3.7% below the last close | turned there twice · 2026-06-24 to 2026-07-31 |
| $6.34 | Support | 9.0% below the last close | turned there twice · 2026-03-02 to 2026-04-07 |
| $5.48 | Support | 21.4% below the last close | turned there twice · 2026-04-08 to 2026-07-01 |
A level is a price this company reversed or paused at more than once — they describe past behaviour, not a forecast of where the price will go.
Wave structure
Its recent swings can be read as a five-part upward sequence — what Elliott-wave chartists call an impulse — now in leg 3 of five.
This labelling fails — stops being a possible reading at all — if it closes below $6.03.
This is one of several labellings that fit the same swings, so treat it as a reading rather than the reading. It was chosen from 2 labellings that survived the rules, counting shorter readings of the same bars.
On past moves of this shape the leg has usually ended somewhere between $7.27 and $8.04 — that is where it has tended to end if the count holds, not a forecast of where the price goes.
Alternate reading: The same swings also read as a three-part correction in leg C, which fails on a close below $6.03.
This reading has stood for 4 trading days, since 2026-08-18.
Read from daily closes as of 2026-08-21.
An Elliott-wave count describes the swings already printed and the level that would disprove it. It is not a forecast, a target, or advice.
Screens: Trading above the 200-day moving average · Broke out to a new 20-day high · beating the market · Stretched far above its 200-day average (6+ daily ranges) · At the top of its 14-day range (stochastic above 80) · Trading above the Ichimoku cloud | Learn: moving average · golden cross · adx · rsi · macd · breakout · fifty two week high low
Based on daily closing prices as of 2026-08-21. Describes past price behavior only — informational, not financial advice.
Analyst consensus
- Mean price target$6.00 range $4.50 – $7.50
Analyst estimates, as of 2026-08-22. These are third-party analyst opinions and price targets, aggregated — not a recommendation, prediction, or advice from stocks-llm. Informational only.
Analyst EPS estimate for NAT
- Consensus EPS estimate$0.25 next reporting period, as of 2026-08-22
Change over time is not available yet: it needs two readings of the same reporting period at least 30 days apart, and we have been recording these estimates since 2026-08-04. An estimate for a DIFFERENT quarter is not a revision, so a reading from before the last report is never compared with one after it.
The consensus estimate for the next reporting period, and how it has moved between readings of that SAME period. A change is measured only between readings estimating one period — when a company reports, the consensus moves to the next quarter and the two numbers are not comparable. Informational only, not a forecast and not advice.
Key risks (from latest filing)
["High dependency on the cyclical and volatile spot charter market for revenue.","Exposure to geopolitical risks and international hostilities in key oil-producing regions.","Risks associated with fluctuating fuel costs, regulatory compliance, and potential shifts in global energy demand away from oil."]
Insider activity (SEC Form 4)
No open-market insider purchases or sales are on record for NAT — recent Form 4 activity was compensation-related (awards, option exercises, or tax withholding), not open-market buying or selling.
View full insider trading history → View SEC Form 3/4/5 filingsOnly open-market purchases (SEC code P) and sales (code S) are counted here. Option exercises, vesting/awards, gifts, and shares withheld for taxes are excluded — they are compensation or mechanical, not open-market conviction. Sales may be planned and non-discretionary (e.g. a Rule 10b5-1 plan) and are not necessarily bearish; open-market buying is not a recommendation to buy. Informational only — not financial advice.
Short interest (FINRA)
NAT had 15,723,835 shares of reported short interest as of the 2026-07-31 FINRA settlement date (delayed, bi-monthly; not real-time).
Short interest as a percent of shares outstanding is not shown for NAT because we do not hold a verified share count to divide it by. The reported figures above are unaffected.
- Reported short interest (shares) 15,723,835
- Prior settlement (shares) 16,376,594
- Reported change -3.99%
- Days to cover (reported) 4.54
Reported to FINRA as of the 2026-07-31 settlement date. Short interest is reported to FINRA and published on a delayed, bi-monthly schedule (as of a settlement date, disseminated roughly eight business days later) — it is NOT real-time, does not cover every venue or all US trading, and is not a short-squeeze prediction or investment advice. Days-to-cover is the value FINRA reports; percent of float is not shown because the source file carries no share-count denominator — where a percent appears it is of shares OUTSTANDING, the larger base, and is therefore a floor on percent of float. Informational only — not financial advice.
Competitors & peers
- Frontline (FRO)
- Euronav (EURN)
- Teekay Tankers (TNK)
- DHT Holdings (DHT)
- International Seaways (INSW)
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Frequently asked questions
What does NORDIC AMERICAN TANKERS LTD (NAT) do?
Nordic American Tankers Ltd is a shipping company that operates a fleet of tanker vessels for the transportation of crude oil and petroleum products. The company generates revenue by chartering its tanker fleet to customers in the energy and shipping industries. With strong profitability and revenue growth, NAT serves the critical role of moving hydrocarbons globally through maritime transport.
What sector is NORDIC AMERICAN TANKERS LTD (NAT) in?
NORDIC AMERICAN TANKERS LTD (NAT) is classified in the Energy sector. Its industry is Oil & gas tanker shipping. It trades on NYSE.
Does NAT pay a dividend?
Yes — NORDIC AMERICAN TANKERS LTD (NAT) pays a dividend, with an indicated yield of about 10.81% and 1-year non-decreasing per-share dividend streak (SEC EDGAR XBRL) (market data, as of 2026-08-24). Informational only — not financial advice.
Who are NORDIC AMERICAN TANKERS LTD's (NAT) competitors?
Notable peers of NORDIC AMERICAN TANKERS LTD (NAT) include Frontline, Euronav, Teekay Tankers, DHT Holdings and International Seaways. This peer set is informational only — not financial advice.
Is NORDIC AMERICAN TANKERS LTD (NAT) overbought or oversold right now?
NORDIC AMERICAN TANKERS LTD (NAT) is currently neither overbought nor oversold — its 14-day RSI (a 0–100 momentum gauge) is 65, in the neutral middle (as of 2026-08-21). RSI describes recent price momentum, not a forecast — informational only, not financial advice.
Where does stocks-llm's data on NAT come from?
Fundamentals and prices come from market data, as of 2026-08-24; company filings and profile facts come from SEC EDGAR. All figures are delayed daily-close data shown with their as-of date — informational only, not financial advice.
Fundamentals: market data, as of 2026-08-24. Filings: SEC EDGAR. Prices are delayed daily-close data.
Last updated 2026-08-21.
Informational only — NOT financial advice. All figures are delayed daily-close data from SEC EDGAR & market data, shown with their as-of date.