IMPP vs. SB, BLDE, PAL, PANL, ESEA, DSX, FLYX, GASS, KNOP, and HSHP
Should you be buying Imperial Petroleum stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Imperial Petroleum include Safe Bulkers (SB), Blade Air Mobility (BLDE), Proficient Auto Logistics (PAL), Pangaea Logistics Solutions (PANL), Euroseas (ESEA), Diana Shipping (DSX), flyExclusive (FLYX), StealthGas (GASS), KNOT Offshore Partners (KNOP), and Himalaya Shipping (HSHP). These companies are all part of the "transportation" industry.
Imperial Petroleum vs.
Safe Bulkers (NYSE:SB) 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 risk, valuation, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, profitability, earnings, dividends, community ranking and institutional ownership.
Imperial Petroleum has a net margin of 34.87% compared to Safe Bulkers' net margin of 33.17%. Imperial Petroleum's return on equity of 17.51% beat Safe Bulkers' return on equity.
Safe Bulkers received 382 more outperform votes than Imperial Petroleum when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 61.38% of users gave Safe Bulkers an outperform vote while only 50.00% of users gave Imperial Petroleum an outperform vote.
Safe Bulkers has higher revenue and earnings than Imperial Petroleum. Imperial Petroleum is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Safe Bulkers, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
21.7% of Safe Bulkers shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 94.4% of Imperial Petroleum shares are owned by institutional investors. 40.3% of Safe Bulkers shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.5% of Imperial Petroleum shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, Safe Bulkers had 1 more articles in the media than Imperial Petroleum. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Safe Bulkers and 0 mentions for Imperial Petroleum. Safe Bulkers' average media sentiment score of 0.44 beat Imperial Petroleum's score of 0.00 indicating that Safe Bulkers is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Safe Bulkers has a beta of 0.93, meaning that its share price is 7% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Imperial Petroleum has a beta of 1.11, meaning that its share price is 11% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Safe Bulkers presently has a consensus price target of $6.00, suggesting a potential upside of 75.18%. Given Safe Bulkers' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Safe Bulkers is more favorable than Imperial Petroleum.
Summary
Safe Bulkers beats Imperial Petroleum on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:IMPP) was last updated on 1/21/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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