Insider buying last 90 days
No open-market insider purchases were filed for NAT in the last 90 days.
From Form 4 filings, dated to when each was filed.
Oct 12 close
Nordic American Tankers reaches a new 52-week high this week, trading as high as $8.79, with coverage pointing to surging tanker rates and recent fixtures averaging $96,800 per day, well above the $63,000 per day seen in the second quarter. Coverage also highlights a dividend yield near 13%, though commentary notes that freight rates remain volatile and subject to market cycles. A Form 4 filing on 11 October adds background detail but is not the driver of the move.
The stock closes at $8.79, up 3.8% on the day, and sits above both its 50-day average of $7.32 and its 200-day average of $5.80, with the 50-day above the 200-day. The GekkoIndex reads 45.5, placing NAT in the Neutral zone. Price stands 34.8% above Gekko Fair Value of $6.52, a gap that bears watching.
The next earnings report is scheduled for 27 November 2026, 46 days away and outside a typical 20-trading-day holding window. No insider, Congress or unusual options activity appears in the respective 90-day and 30-day windows. Seasonality from this point in the calendar has averaged a 6.5% gain over the next 20 trading days across 5 years, rising in 3 of them. Analyst views are split, with consensus target at $7.50 against the current price.
Written by AI from the Oct 12, 2026 close and checked automatically against the figures on this page.
Nordic American Tankers scores 3 supportive, 1 mixed and 1 headwind across the 5 checklist items with data.
Six things swing traders check before a 20-day hold, read from the latest data.
3 supportive1 mixed1 headwind
Above 50 and 200-day
Close $8.79 is above the 50-day ($7.32) and 200-day ($5.80) averages, and the 50-day is above the 200-day.
See the chart45.5, Neutral
Reading 45.5 is in the Neutral zone.
See the GekkoIndex34.8% above
Price is 34.8% above Gekko Fair Value (more than 5% above).
See fair valueNo data
No insider, Congress or unusual options activity in the window.
See smart moneyReports in 46 days
Next report Nov 27, 2026, 46 days away — outside a typical 20-trading-day hold.
See earnings+6.5% on average
From this point in the calendar, the next 20 trading days averaged +6.5% over 5 years, rising in 3 of them.
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Nordic American Tankers closed at $8.79 on Oct 12, 2026, +166.4% over the past year, inside a 52-week range of $3.10 to $8.84.
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Nordic American Tankers owns and charters out double-hull tanker vessels, with a fleet of 24 Suezmax-class crude oil tankers. The company is engaged in the seaborne transport of crude oil, moving cargo for parties that charter its ships rather than selling a physical product of its own.
Its business centers on acquiring these tankers and putting them to work under charter arrangements, with activity spanning both Bermuda and international waters. The company operated for a period under the name Nordic American Tanker Shipping Limited before adopting its current name in June 2011.
Nordic American Tankers was founded in 1995 and is headquartered in Hamilton, Bermuda. Its shares trade on the NYSE under the ticker NAT.
Nordic American Tankers’s GekkoIndex — Gekko’s 0 to 100 smart money score — reads 45.5, in the Neutral zone, up 0.3 points over five sessions.
Up 0.3 points over five sessions.
Reading for Oct 12, 2026
| Zone | Readings | 5 days | 20 days | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buying | 43 | +0.4% | −4.2% | ||
| Accumulation | 209 | +0.1% | +1.5% | ||
| Neutral (current zone) | 379 | +1.0% | +3.1% | ||
| Distribution | 46 | +0.1% | +7.0% | ||
| Selling | 5 | Too few readings yet | |||
Average NAT share-price change over the trading days after each daily reading in its GekkoIndex history. Across every stock Gekko tracks, Neutral readings averaged +1.1% over 20 days. Past behaviour doesn’t guarantee future results.
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Nordic American Tankers trades 34.8% above Gekko Fair Value of $6.52, so the shares are overvalued on Gekko’s estimate.
Gekko’s own estimate of what Nordic American Tankers shares are worth, recalculated every trading day.
$6.52
Gekko Fair Value, Oct 10, 2026
34.8% Overvalued
At the end of Aug 2026 the price was 54.5% above the estimate.
No open-market insider purchases were filed for Nordic American Tankers, and no Congress trades were disclosed, in the last 90 days.
Plus buybacks, unusual options and fund positions, each dated to when it became public.
No open-market insider purchases were filed for NAT in the last 90 days.
From Form 4 filings, dated to when each was filed.
No trades in NAT were disclosed by members of Congress in the last 90 days.
From congressional disclosures, which report amounts as ranges.
Nordic American Tankers has been buying back its own shares.
From company filings.
Nordic American Tankers reports on Nov 27, 2026, after the close (46 days away), and beat the EPS estimate in 3 of its last 8 reports.
Nov 27, 2026
Expected after the close, 46 days away
| Reported | EPS | Revenue | Move |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 27, 2026 | $0.32 est $0.30 | $86.60M est $84.18M | +3.8% |
| May 28, 2026 | $0.17 est $0.16 | $79.30M est $81.86M | −1.3% |
| Feb 26, 2026 | $0.06 est $0.14 | $58.80M est $75.48M | +13.7% |
| Nov 28, 2025 | −$0.01 est $0.10 | $75.00M est $70.35M | −2.9% |
| Aug 28, 2025 | $0.00 est $0.03 | $66.73M est $53.34M | +1.6% |
| May 29, 2025 | $0.02 est −$0.01 | $64.79M est $43.87M | 0.0% |
| Mar 5, 2025 | $0.01 est $0.03 | $74.43M est $43.97M | +0.4% |
| Nov 29, 2024 | $0.04 est $0.05 | $82.22M est $51.56M | −8.3% |
“Move” is the close of the first session after the report compared with the close of the last session before it, so it reads the same whether the company reported before the open or after the close.
Analysts’ average 12-month price target for Nordic American Tankers is $7.50, −14.7% from the last close, from 2 firms rating the stock in the last 90 days.
Each firm’s latest rating in the last 90 days: 2 firms.
| Date | Firm | Target | vs price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 5 | B. Riley Securities | $10 | +13.8% |
| Aug 28 | B. Riley Securities | $8 | −9.0% |
| Jul 22 | Evercore ISI | $4.50 | −48.8% |
Gekko doesn’t publish price predictions. These are analyst targets and historical base rates, which don’t guarantee future results.
Over the next 20 trading days from Oct 10, Nordic American Tankers averaged +6.5% across the last 5 years, rising in 3 of them.
| Window | Average | Years higher |
|---|---|---|
| Next 5 trading days | +5.5% | 3 of 5 |
| Next 10 trading days | +4.9% | 3 of 5 |
| Next 15 trading days | +5.9% | 3 of 5 |
| Next 20 trading days | +6.5% | 3 of 5 |
| Next 30 trading days | +5.7% | 3 of 5 |
For scale, NAT’s typical 20-trading-day move in either direction is about 8.3%.
Nordic American Tankers’s market cap is $1.86B, with a P/E ratio of 14.5 and revenue of $371.1M over the last twelve months.
Coverage of Nordic American Tankers this week reads positive: 6 positive, 3 neutral and 0 negative headlines.
Nordic American Tankers’s 6 largest industry peers by market value, with today’s move, GekkoIndex zone and gap to Gekko Fair Value.
| Stock | GekkoIndex zone | vs Fair Value |
|---|---|---|
| FROFrontline | Distribution | 23.3% above |
| KEXKirby | Neutral | 30.2% below |
| MATXMatson | Neutral | 9.6% above |
| INSWInternational Seaways | Distribution | 4.1% below |
| CMBTCMB.TECH | Neutral | 9.0% above |
| HAFNHafnia | Distribution | 29.2% below |
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Nordic American Tankers’s market cap is $1.86B at the Oct 12, 2026 close of $8.79, with 211.8M shares outstanding. The shares trade on a P/E ratio of 14.5.
The consensus analyst 12-month price target for Nordic American Tankers is $7.50, −14.7% from the last close. Of the 2 firms that rated the stock in the last 90 days, 1 rate it a buy, 0 a hold and 1 a sell. Gekko doesn’t publish price predictions of its own.
On Gekko’s estimate Nordic American Tankers is overvalued: the Oct 12, 2026 close of $8.79 is 34.8% above Gekko Fair Value of $6.52. Gekko Fair Value is recalculated every trading day, and a gap inside 5% either way counts as about fair value.
Nordic American Tankers is expected to report on Nov 27, 2026, after the market closes (46 days away). Analysts expect earnings of $0.10 per share on revenue of $74.14M. Nordic American Tankers beat the earnings estimate in 3 of its last 8 reports, moving 4% on average across the report.
Nordic American Tankers’s 52-week high is $8.84 and its 52-week low is $3.10; it closed at $8.79 on Oct 12, 2026, +166.4% over the past year.
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