PXS vs. IMPP, TORO, TOPS, CACO, GLBS, CTRM, PSHG, OP, CISS, and EURN
Should you be buying Pyxis Tankers stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Pyxis Tankers include Imperial Petroleum (IMPP), Toro (TORO), Top Ships (TOPS), Caravelle International Group (CACO), Globus Maritime (GLBS), Castor Maritime (CTRM), Performance Shipping (PSHG), OceanPal (OP), C3is (CISS), and Euronav (EURN). These companies are all part of the "deep sea foreign transportation of freight" industry.
Imperial Petroleum (NASDAQ:IMPP) and Pyxis Tankers (NASDAQ:PXS) are both small-cap transportation companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, institutional ownership, valuation, media sentiment, earnings, analyst recommendations, profitability, risk and community ranking.
In the previous week, Imperial Petroleum and Imperial Petroleum both had 2 articles in the media. Pyxis Tankers' average media sentiment score of 1.43 beat Imperial Petroleum's score of 0.43 indicating that Imperial Petroleum is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Pyxis Tankers received 237 more outperform votes than Imperial Petroleum when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 70.83% of users gave Pyxis Tankers an outperform vote while only 50.00% of users gave Imperial Petroleum an outperform vote.
Pyxis Tankers has a net margin of 69.59% compared to Pyxis Tankers' net margin of 32.64%. Imperial Petroleum's return on equity of 37.62% beat Pyxis Tankers' return on equity.
Imperial Petroleum has a beta of 1.18, suggesting that its share price is 18% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Pyxis Tankers has a beta of 0.05, suggesting that its share price is 95% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Imperial Petroleum has higher revenue and earnings than Pyxis Tankers. Pyxis Tankers is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Imperial Petroleum, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
94.4% of Imperial Petroleum shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 56.2% of Pyxis Tankers shares are held by institutional investors. 1.5% of Imperial Petroleum shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 54.6% of Pyxis Tankers shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
Pyxis Tankers beats Imperial Petroleum on 8 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.
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