NAT
Nordic American Tankers Limited
NAT's fundamentals are strong, but it looks expensive: trading at 12x earnings, right at its usual valuation. Analysts expect earnings to decline.
NAT Fundamentals
| Metric | Status |
|---|---|
| Strong | |
| Strong | |
| Strong | |
| Healthy |
NAT's revenue, profitability, cash flow and balance sheet are all currently healthy.
NAT PE Valuation
| Level | PE | Price | Vs current |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cheap | 7.1x | $4.10 | -39% |
| Forward | 9.7x | $6.72 | — |
| Fair | 11x | $6.51 | -3.1% |
| Current | 12x | $6.72 | — |
| Expensive | 52x | $30.15 | +349% |
Historical ranges are pointers, not guarantees.
NAT's PE is in its fair range at 12x. On analysts' estimates for next year's earnings, today's price would be 9.7x.
NAT Forward outlook
| Metric | Outlook |
|---|---|
| Improving | |
| Decline | |
| Strong growth | |
| Strongly weakening | |
| Limited | |
| High |
Analysts expect NAT's revenue to grow, but its earnings and profitability to decline.
NAT Earnings Per Share
| Quarter | TTM EPS | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Forward | $0.69 | +20% |
| Q2 2026 | $0.58 | +867% |
| Q1 2026 | $0.26 | +53% |
| Q4 2025 | $0.06 | -73% |
| Q3 2025 | $0.01 | -97% |
| Q2 2025 | $0.06 | -79% |
| Q1 2025 | $0.17 | -47% |
| Q4 2024 | $0.22 | -53% |
| Q3 2024 | $0.29 | -48% |
NAT earned $0.58 per share over the past year, about 10 times what it earned the year before.
NAT Quarterly Revenue
| Quarter | Revenue | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Q2 2026 | $104.7M | +57% |
| Q1 2026 | $106.5M | +64% |
| Q4 2025 | $85.9M | +15% |
| Q3 2025 | $75M | -8.8% |
| Q2 2025 | $66.7M | -32% |
| Q1 2025 | $64.8M | -32% |
| Q4 2024 | $74.4M | +26% |
| Q3 2024 | $82.2M | +4.8% |
NAT's revenue is recovering but still below its 2020 peak: $105M last quarter, up 57% from the same quarter a year ago.
| Quarter | Margin | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Q2 2026 | 39% | +39 points |
| Q1 2026 | 36% | +34 points |
| Q4 2025 | 24% | +12 points |
| Q3 2025 | 9.1% | -11 points |
| Q2 2025 | 0.7% | -29 points |
| Q1 2025 | 2.1% | -22 points |
| Q4 2024 | 12% | -30 points |
| Q3 2024 | 20% | +1.3 points |
NAT's operating margin was 39% last quarter, up 39 points from the same quarter a year ago.
NAT Free Cash Flow
| Quarter | Free cash flow | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Q2 2026 | $68.8M | +$202.8M |
| Q1 2026 | $29.7M | +$30.9M |
| Q4 2025 | $14.7M | -24% |
| Q3 2025 | $3.9M | -89% |
| Q2 2025 | -$134M | -534% |
| Q1 2025 | -$1.1M | -103% |
| Q4 2024 | $19.4M | +$79.2M |
| Q3 2024 | $34.4M | +28% |
NAT's free cash flow has turned positive again: $117M over the past year, against −$81M the year before.
NAT Total Shares
| Period | Change % | Net change |
|---|---|---|
| Quarterly | 0% | -- |
| 1 year | 0% | -- |
| 3 years | +1.4% | +3M shares |
| 5 years | +36% | +56.2M shares |
| Available history | +49% | +69.4M shares |
NAT has 212M diluted shares, about the same as a year ago.
| Quarter | Spent |
|---|---|
| Q2 2026 | — |
| Q1 2026 | — |
| Q4 2025 | — |
| Q3 2025 | — |
| Q2 2025 | — |
| Q1 2025 | — |
| Q4 2024 | — |
| Q3 2024 | — |
NAT hasn't bought back shares in the past year.
NAT Net Leverage
| Quarter | Net Leverage | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Q2 2026 | 1.5x | Healthy |
| Q1 2026 | 2.2x | Moderate |
| Q4 2025 | 3.6x | Elevated |
| Q3 2025 | 3.9x | Elevated |
| Q2 2025 | 3.4x | Elevated |
| Q1 2025 | 2.0x | Healthy |
| Q4 2024 | 1.7x | Healthy |
| Q3 2024 | 1.6x | Healthy |
NAT's net debt is about 1.5 years of its operating earnings (EBITDA), down from 3.4 years a year ago.
NAT Weekly Momentum
| Metric | Value | Status |
|---|---|---|
| RSI | 49.1 | Neutral |
| Stochastic | 37.8 | Neutral |
NAT's weekly RSI is 49 (neutral) and its Stochastic is 38 (neutral).
NAT PE vs Industrials Sector
| Metric | NAT | Sector median | Relative |
|---|---|---|---|
| PE | 12x | 24x | 52% below |
| PE % | 54 | 58 | 4 pts below |
NAT is trading at 12x earnings, a 52% discount to the Industrials sector's median of 24x.
NAT Weekly Moving Averages
| Moving average | MA price | Relative |
|---|---|---|
| 8 week MA | $7.68 | 13% below |
| 20 week MA | $7.12 | 5.6% below |
| 50 week MA | $5.81 | 16% above |
| 100 week MA | $4.34 | 55% above |
| 200 week MA | $4.10 | 64% above |
NAT has pulled back, but its long-term trend is still up: it's below its 8- and 20-week averages, but 64% above its 200-week average.
NAT Yearly ROI
| Year | Start price | End price | ROI |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | $4.82 | $3.16 | -34% |
| 2021 | $3.16 | $1.79 | -43% |
| 2022 | $1.79 | $3.18 | +78% |
| 2023 | $3.18 | $4.20 | +32% |
| 2024 | $4.20 | $2.47 | -41% |
| 2025 | $2.47 | $3.43 | +39% |
| 2026 YTD | $3.43 | $6.72 | +96% |
NAT is up 96% so far in 2026, after finishing lower in three of the previous six years.