NYSE: NAT

Nordic American Tankers (NAT) Stock Analysis & Forecast

Oct 12 close

$8.79+0.32 (+3.8%)

Gekko Brief

AI summaryOct 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 price vs fair value

$8.79$6.52Oct ’25Apr ’26Oct ’26
Close $8.79200-day averageGekko Fair Value $6.52

Nordic American Tankers quick facts

Market cap
$1.86B
P/E ratio
14.5
Forward P/E
14
EPS, TTM
$0.59
Revenue, TTM
$371.1M
Profit margin
33.3%
Dividend yield
12.60%
Beta
-0.52
Volume
5.43M avg 5.20M
1-year return
+166.4%
Typical daily move
±4%
Typical 20-day move
±8.3%
50-day average
$7.32
200-day average
$5.80
Next earnings
Nov 27 after close
Shares outstanding
211.8M
52-week range
$3.10$8.84

Nordic American Tankers swing-trade checklist

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

  • Trendsupportive

    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.

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  • GekkoIndexmixed

    45.5, Neutral

    Reading 45.5 is in the Neutral zone.

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  • Fair valueheadwind

    34.8% above

    Price is 34.8% above Gekko Fair Value (more than 5% above).

    See fair value
  • Smart moneyno data

    No data

    No insider, Congress or unusual options activity in the window.

    See smart money
  • Earnings risksupportive

    Reports in 46 days

    Next report Nov 27, 2026, 46 days away — outside a typical 20-trading-day hold.

    See earnings
  • Seasonalitysupportive

    +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.

    See seasonality

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Nordic American Tankers stock chart and price history

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.

Close50-day average200-day averageVolume
Nordic American Tankers share price, past year, with 50-day and 200-day moving averages and volume$4$6$8NovDecJan 2026FebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOct8.79

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Performance Breakdown

1 month
+17.8%
3 months
+39.7%
6 months
+50.5%
1 year
+166.4%
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About Nordic American Tankers

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.

Listed
NYSE
Sector
Transportation
Industry
Marine shipping
Website
nat.bm

Nordic American Tankers GekkoIndex: the smart money zone

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.

010045.5Neutral

Up 0.3 points over five sessions.

Reading for Oct 12, 2026

What followed past readings in each zone

ZoneReadings5 days10 days20 days50 days
Buying43+0.4%−1.1%−4.2%−3.6%
Accumulation209+0.1%+0.7%+1.5%+6.0%
Neutral (current zone)379+1.0%+1.5%+3.1%+5.9%
Distribution46+0.1%+3.5%+7.0%+17.8%
Selling5Too 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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Is Nordic American Tankers stock overvalued? Gekko Fair Value

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.

Gekko Fair ValueShare price, month end
$7$8Aug 2026SepOct 2026

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Nordic American Tankers insider and Congress trading

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.

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.

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Congress trades last 90 days

No trades in NAT were disclosed by members of Congress in the last 90 days.

From congressional disclosures, which report amounts as ranges.

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Buybacks

Nordic American Tankers has been buying back its own shares.

Bought back, year ended Dec 31, 2024
$3.55M
As a share of market cap
0.19%

From company filings.

Nordic American Tankers earnings: next date and track record

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.

3 of 8reports beat the EPS estimate
±4%average move across the report
4 of 8reports followed by a gain

Share-price move across each report

−8.3%Nov ’24+0.4%Mar ’250.0%May ’25+1.6%Aug ’25−2.9%Nov ’25+13.7%Feb ’26−1.3%May ’26+3.8%Aug ’26
ReportedEPSSurpriseRevenueSurpriseMove
Aug 27, 2026$0.32
est $0.30
+5.5%$86.60M
est $84.18M
+2.9%+3.8%
May 28, 2026$0.17
est $0.16
+6.3%$79.30M
est $81.86M
−3.1%−1.3%
Feb 26, 2026$0.06
est $0.14
−58.1%$58.80M
est $75.48M
−22.1%+13.7%
Nov 28, 2025−$0.01
est $0.10
−110.0%$75.00M
est $70.35M
+6.6%−2.9%
Aug 28, 2025$0.00
est $0.03
−113.3%$66.73M
est $53.34M
+25.1%+1.6%
May 29, 2025$0.02
est −$0.01
+300.0%$64.79M
est $43.87M
+47.7%0.0%
Mar 5, 2025$0.01
est $0.03
−66.7%$74.43M
est $43.97M
+69.3%+0.4%
Nov 29, 2024$0.04
est $0.05
−20.0%$82.22M
est $51.56M
+59.5%−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.

Nordic American Tankers stock forecast and analyst price targets

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.

$7.50consensus 12-month target, −14.7% from the last close
Low $4.50High $10
Buy1
Hold0
Sell1

Each firm’s latest rating in the last 90 days: 2 firms.

Latest analyst actions

DateFirmRatingTargetvs price
Oct 5B. Riley SecuritiesBuy, maintained$10+13.8%
Aug 28B. Riley SecuritiesBuy, maintained$8−9.0%
Jul 22Evercore ISISell, maintained$4.50−48.8%
+3.1%average 20-day move after past Neutral readings
+6.5%average move over the next 20 trading days in the last 5 years
±4%typical daily move, from the 14-day average range

Gekko doesn’t publish price predictions. These are analyst targets and historical base rates, which don’t guarantee future results.

Nordic American Tankers seasonality: the next 20 trading days

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.

Next 20 trading days, by year

−9.1%2021+29.1%2022+14.0%2023−10.9%2024+10.6%2025

Average move and hit rate

WindowAverageYears 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 market cap and key statistics

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.

Valuation

Market cap
$1.86B
P/E ratio
14.5
Forward P/E
14
EPS, TTM
$0.59
Gekko Fair Value
$6.52

Trading

Volume
5.43M
Avg volume, 20 days
5.20M
52-week high
$8.84
52-week low
$3.10
Shares outstanding
211.8M

Financials

Revenue, TTM
$371.1M
Profit margin
33.3%
Return on equity
25.7%
Quarterly earnings growth, YoY
+990.0%

Risk and income

Beta
-0.52
Typical daily move
±4%
Typical 20-day move
±8.3%
Dividend yield
12.60%

Nordic American Tankers stock news this week

Coverage of Nordic American Tankers this week reads positive: 6 positive, 3 neutral and 0 negative headlines.

News sentiment positive

Nordic American Tankers peers

Nordic American Tankers’s 6 largest industry peers by market value, with today’s move, GekkoIndex zone and gap to Gekko Fair Value.

StockTodayGekkoIndex zonevs Fair Value
FROFrontline+1.6%Distribution23.3% above
KEXKirby−0.8%Neutral30.2% below
MATXMatson+0.3%Neutral9.6% above
INSWInternational Seaways+0.9%Distribution4.1% below
CMBTCMB.TECH+1.0%Neutral9.0% above
HAFNHafnia−0.8%Distribution29.2% below

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In the Buying zone today

Reporting earnings this week

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Nordic American Tankers stock FAQ

What is Nordic American Tankers’s market cap?

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.

What is the Nordic American Tankers stock forecast?

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.

Is Nordic American Tankers stock overvalued or undervalued?

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.

When does Nordic American Tankers report earnings next?

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.

What is Nordic American Tankers’s 52-week high and low?

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.

Is Nordic American Tankers stock a buy right now?

Gekko describes the data; it does not make buy or sell recommendations. On the swing-trade checklist, 3 of the 5 items with data read as supportive (trend, earnings risk and seasonality), 1 as mixed (gekkoindex) and 1 as a headwind (fair value). The checklist is a description of current data, not a recommendation.

How this page works

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