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Nordic American Tanker Is Cruising

By Jim Cramer

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I have championed Nordic American Tanker as the way to play the oil tank business because it has the best balance sheet and the best fleet of ships. Its dividend payout history is by far the best in the oil tanker industry, with only Frontline coming near it. But the stock's been a huge disappointment, and the payout was cut drastically yesterday. In the meantime the dilution from buying new ships hasn't helped one bit. And I think it's a buy. I am thrilled that JPMorgan apparently agrees me, taking the stock from a sell to a hold, which is certainly a better all-around call than I have made on it. Why is it worth buying? Because day rates, which have plummeted to $10,000 after being much higher the previous quarter, are now so low that the stretched balance sheets of the competitors will at last not...

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