Osage Exploration and Development (OTCMKTS:OEDVQ) & Nordic American Tankers (NYSE:NAT) Critical Review

Osage Exploration and Development (OTCMKTS:OEDVQ) and Nordic American Tankers (NYSE:NAT) are both energy companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, earnings, valuation, analyst recommendations, risk, institutional ownership and dividends.

Profitability

This table compares Osage Exploration and Development and Nordic American Tankers’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Osage Exploration and Development	N/A	N/A	N/A
Nordic American Tankers	24.19%	9.16%	4.59%

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Osage Exploration and Development and Nordic American Tankers”s revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Osage Exploration and Development	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Nordic American Tankers	$182.54 million	8.07	$12.27 million	$0.27	25.78

Nordic American Tankers has higher revenue and earnings than Osage Exploration and Development.

Insider and Institutional Ownership

44.3% of Nordic American Tankers shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.9% of Nordic American Tankers shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of recent ratings and price targets for Osage Exploration and Development and Nordic American Tankers, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Osage Exploration and Development	0	0	0	0	0.00
Nordic American Tankers	1	2	0	0	1.67

Nordic American Tankers has a consensus target price of $4.00, indicating a potential downside of 42.53%. Given Nordic American Tankers’ stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Nordic American Tankers is more favorable than Osage Exploration and Development.

Volatility & Risk

Osage Exploration and Development has a beta of 0.54, meaning that its share price is 46% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Nordic American Tankers has a beta of -0.57, meaning that its share price is 157% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Nordic American Tankers beats Osage Exploration and Development on 8 of the 9 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Osage Exploration and Development

Osage Exploration & Development, Inc. is an exploration and production company, which interests in oil and gas wells and prospects. It is focused on the Horizontal Mississippian and Woodford plays in Oklahoma. The company was founded on February 24, 2003 and is headquartered in San Diego, CA.

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.