Pyxis Tankers (PXS) Competitors

Seanergy Maritime (NASDAQ:SHIP) and Pyxis Tankers (NASDAQ:PXS) are both small-cap transportation companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, risk, community ranking, institutional ownership, earnings, profitability, dividends, valuation and analyst recommendations.

Do analysts rate SHIP or PXS?

Seanergy Maritime presently has a consensus target price of $11.00, indicating a potential upside of 101.10%. Pyxis Tankers has a consensus target price of $10.00, indicating a potential upside of 220.62%. Given Pyxis Tankers' higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Pyxis Tankers is more favorable than Seanergy Maritime.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Seanergy Maritime	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.50
Pyxis Tankers	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Is SHIP or PXS more profitable?

Pyxis Tankers has a net margin of 65.17% compared to Seanergy Maritime's net margin of 28.37%. Pyxis Tankers' return on equity of 32.93% beat Seanergy Maritime's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Seanergy Maritime	28.37%	19.01%	9.30%
Pyxis Tankers	65.17%	32.93%	18.44%

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer SHIP or PXS?

Seanergy Maritime received 226 more outperform votes than Pyxis Tankers when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 74.04% of users gave Seanergy Maritime an outperform vote while only 70.92% of users gave Pyxis Tankers an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Seanergy Maritime	Outperform Votes 465 74.04%	Underperform Votes 163 25.96%
Pyxis Tankers	Outperform Votes 239 70.92%	Underperform Votes 98 29.08%

Do insiders & institutionals believe in SHIP or PXS?

29.4% of Seanergy Maritime shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 56.2% of Pyxis Tankers shares are held by institutional investors. 4.7% of Seanergy Maritime shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 54.6% of Pyxis Tankers shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Which has more volatility and risk, SHIP or PXS?

Seanergy Maritime has a beta of 0.13, indicating that its share price is 87% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Pyxis Tankers has a beta of -0.2, indicating that its share price is 120% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has preferable valuation & earnings, SHIP or PXS?

Pyxis Tankers has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Seanergy Maritime. Seanergy Maritime is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Pyxis Tankers, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Seanergy Maritime	$167.46M	0.67	$2.28M	$2.11	2.59
Pyxis Tankers	$51.54M	0.64	$37.04M	$0.81	3.85

Does the media refer more to SHIP or PXS?

In the previous week, Pyxis Tankers had 2 more articles in the media than Seanergy Maritime. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Pyxis Tankers and 1 mentions for Seanergy Maritime. Seanergy Maritime's average media sentiment score of 0.77 beat Pyxis Tankers' score of -0.50 indicating that Seanergy Maritime is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Seanergy Maritime	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Pyxis Tankers	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Negative

Summary

Seanergy Maritime beats Pyxis Tankers on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.