CTRM vs. IMPP, MODV, YTRA, SRFM, TORO, MESA, BEST, AIRT, YELL, and YELLQ
Should you be buying Castor Maritime stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Castor Maritime include Imperial Petroleum (IMPP), ModivCare (MODV), Yatra Online (YTRA), Surf Air Mobility (SRFM), Toro (TORO), Mesa Air Group (MESA), BEST (BEST), Air T (AIRT), Yellow (YELL), and Yellow (YELLQ). These companies are all part of the "transportation" industry.
Castor Maritime vs.
Imperial Petroleum (NASDAQ:IMPP) and Castor Maritime (NASDAQ:CTRM) are both small-cap transportation companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, dividends, media sentiment, community ranking, institutional ownership, valuation, risk, analyst recommendations and earnings.
Imperial Petroleum has higher revenue and earnings than Castor Maritime. Castor Maritime is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Imperial Petroleum, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Castor Maritime's average media sentiment score of 1.00 beat Imperial Petroleum's score of 0.00 indicating that Castor Maritime is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Castor Maritime has a net margin of 95.54% compared to Imperial Petroleum's net margin of 34.87%. Imperial Petroleum's return on equity of 17.51% beat Castor Maritime's return on equity.
94.4% of Imperial Petroleum shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 1.1% of Castor Maritime shares are held by institutional investors. 1.5% of Imperial Petroleum shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Imperial Petroleum has a beta of 1.11, meaning that its stock price is 11% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Castor Maritime has a beta of 0.96, meaning that its stock price is 4% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Castor Maritime received 13 more outperform votes than Imperial Petroleum when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 87.50% of users gave Castor Maritime an outperform vote while only 50.00% of users gave Imperial Petroleum an outperform vote.
Summary
Imperial Petroleum beats Castor Maritime on 9 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:CTRM) was last updated on 1/21/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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