IMPP vs. PANL, SMHI, HSHP, CPLP, DSX, GASS, ESEA, SHIP, TORO, and TOPS
Should you be buying Imperial Petroleum stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Imperial Petroleum include Pangaea Logistics Solutions (PANL), SEACOR Marine (SMHI), Himalaya Shipping (HSHP), Capital Product Partners (CPLP), Diana Shipping (DSX), StealthGas (GASS), Euroseas (ESEA), Seanergy Maritime (SHIP), Toro (TORO), and Top Ships (TOPS). These companies are all part of the "deep sea foreign transportation of freight" industry.
Pangaea Logistics Solutions (NASDAQ:PANL) and Imperial Petroleum (NASDAQ:IMPP) are both small-cap transportation companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, community ranking, profitability, dividends, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, institutional ownership, earnings and risk.
Imperial Petroleum has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Pangaea Logistics Solutions. Imperial Petroleum is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Pangaea Logistics Solutions, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Pangaea Logistics Solutions had 3 more articles in the media than Imperial Petroleum. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Pangaea Logistics Solutions and 2 mentions for Imperial Petroleum. Pangaea Logistics Solutions' average media sentiment score of 1.43 beat Imperial Petroleum's score of 1.02 indicating that Imperial Petroleum is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Pangaea Logistics Solutions currently has a consensus target price of $10.25, indicating a potential upside of 23.94%. Given Imperial Petroleum's higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe Pangaea Logistics Solutions is more favorable than Imperial Petroleum.
60.2% of Pangaea Logistics Solutions shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 94.4% of Imperial Petroleum shares are held by institutional investors. 24.2% of Pangaea Logistics Solutions shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.5% of Imperial Petroleum shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Imperial Petroleum has a net margin of 32.64% compared to Imperial Petroleum's net margin of 7.04%. Pangaea Logistics Solutions' return on equity of 24.08% beat Imperial Petroleum's return on equity.
Pangaea Logistics Solutions received 323 more outperform votes than Imperial Petroleum when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 67.22% of users gave Pangaea Logistics Solutions an outperform vote while only 50.00% of users gave Imperial Petroleum an outperform vote.
Pangaea Logistics Solutions has a beta of 0.81, meaning that its stock price is 19% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Imperial Petroleum has a beta of 1.18, meaning that its stock price is 18% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Pangaea Logistics Solutions beats Imperial Petroleum on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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