Financial Analysis: MMEX Resources (OTCMKTS:MMEX) vs. Nordic American Tankers (NYSE:NAT)

MMEX Resources (OTCMKTS:MMEX) and Nordic American Tankers (NYSE:NAT) are both energy companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, risk, dividends, valuation, analyst recommendations, profitability and earnings.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

44.3% of Nordic American Tankers shares are owned by institutional investors. 5.2% of MMEX Resources shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 2.9% of Nordic American Tankers shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Profitability

This table compares MMEX Resources and Nordic American Tankers’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
MMEX Resources	N/A	N/A	N/A
Nordic American Tankers	24.19%	9.16%	4.59%

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of recent recommendations and price targets for MMEX Resources and Nordic American Tankers, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
MMEX Resources	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, suggesting a potential downside of 40.71%. Given Nordic American Tankers’ stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Nordic American Tankers is more favorable than MMEX Resources.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares MMEX Resources and Nordic American Tankers”s top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
MMEX Resources	N/A	N/A	N/A	($0.11)	-0.00
Nordic American Tankers	$182.54 million	7.83	$12.27 million	$0.27	24.99

Nordic American Tankers has higher revenue and earnings than MMEX Resources. MMEX Resources is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Nordic American Tankers, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Summary

Nordic American Tankers beats MMEX Resources on 9 of the 10 factors compared between the two stocks.

About MMEX Resources

MMEX Resources Corporation engages in the development, financing, construction, and operation of solar-powered modular refineries producing clean fuels, hydrogen, and carbon capture. It intends to produce green and/or blue hydrogen with the option of hydrogen conversion to ammonia or methanol. MMEX Resources Corporation was founded in 1986 and is based in Austin, Texas.

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.