Pyxis Tankers (PXS) Competitors

Tuniu (NASDAQ:TOUR) and Pyxis Tankers (NASDAQ:PXS) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, risk, dividends, profitability, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, earnings, valuation and community ranking.

Is TOUR or PXS more profitable?

Pyxis Tankers has a net margin of 65.17% compared to Tuniu's net margin of -6.22%. Pyxis Tankers' return on equity of 32.93% beat Tuniu's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Tuniu	-6.22%	9.44%	4.79%
Pyxis Tankers	65.17%	32.93%	18.44%

Do analysts prefer TOUR or PXS?

Pyxis Tankers has a consensus price target of $10.00, suggesting a potential upside of 194.99%. Given Pyxis Tankers' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Pyxis Tankers is more favorable than Tuniu.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Tuniu	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
Pyxis Tankers	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Does the media refer more to TOUR or PXS?

In the previous week, Tuniu and Tuniu both had 2 articles in the media. Pyxis Tankers' average media sentiment score of 0.93 beat Tuniu's score of 0.62 indicating that Pyxis Tankers is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

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

Which has more risk & volatility, TOUR or PXS?

Tuniu has a beta of 1.63, meaning that its share price is 63% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Pyxis Tankers has a beta of -0.02, meaning that its share price is 102% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do insiders & institutionals believe in TOUR or PXS?

56.2% of Pyxis Tankers shares are owned by institutional investors. 76.1% of Tuniu shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 54.6% of Pyxis Tankers shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor TOUR or PXS?

Pyxis Tankers received 54 more outperform votes than Tuniu when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 70.92% of users gave Pyxis Tankers an outperform vote while only 55.06% of users gave Tuniu an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Tuniu	Outperform Votes 185 55.06%	Underperform Votes 151 44.94%
Pyxis Tankers	Outperform Votes 239 70.92%	Underperform Votes 98 29.08%

Which has better valuation & earnings, TOUR or PXS?

Pyxis Tankers has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Tuniu. Pyxis Tankers is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Tuniu, 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
Tuniu	$513.62M	0.26	-$13.99M	$0.12	9.00
Pyxis Tankers	$52.76M	0.67	$37.04M	$0.81	4.19

Summary

Pyxis Tankers beats Tuniu on 14 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.