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$5.60 +0.01 (+0.18%)
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TOPS vs. TOUR, IMPP, HMR, YTRA, SRFM, NCT, AIRT, YGMZ, TORO, and MESA

Should you be buying Top Ships stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Top Ships include Tuniu (TOUR), Imperial Petroleum (IMPP), Heidmar Maritime (HMR), Yatra Online (YTRA), Surf Air Mobility (SRFM), Intercont (Cayman) (NCT), Air T (AIRT), MingZhu Logistics (YGMZ), Toro (TORO), and Mesa Air Group (MESA). These companies are all part of the "transportation" industry.

Top Ships vs. Its Competitors

Tuniu (NASDAQ:TOUR) and Top Ships (NASDAQ:TOPS) are both small-cap transportation companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, risk, dividends, valuation, earnings, media sentiment, institutional ownership and profitability.

Tuniu has a beta of 1.66, meaning that its stock price is 66% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Top Ships has a beta of 1.89, meaning that its stock price is 89% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Tuniu has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Top Ships.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Tuniu$70.37M1.47$10.57M$0.0517.66
Top Ships$86.13M0.30$6.07MN/AN/A

6.7% of Top Ships shares are held by institutional investors. 76.1% of Tuniu shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of Top Ships shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Tuniu has a net margin of 5.82% compared to Top Ships' net margin of 0.00%. Tuniu's return on equity of 5.94% beat Top Ships' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Tuniu5.82% 5.94% 3.12%
Top Ships N/A N/A N/A

In the previous week, Tuniu had 1 more articles in the media than Top Ships. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Tuniu and 1 mentions for Top Ships. Top Ships' average media sentiment score of 1.24 beat Tuniu's score of 0.83 indicating that Top Ships is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Tuniu
1 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Top Ships
1 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Summary

Tuniu beats Top Ships on 7 of the 11 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding TOPS and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NASDAQ and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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TOPS vs. The Competition

MetricTop ShipsDeep sea foreign transportation of freight IndustryTransportation SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$25.91M$25.91M$7.44B$9.76B
Dividend YieldN/AN/A949.30%4.06%
P/E RatioN/AN/A14.8226.05
Price / Sales0.300.30496.7288.42
Price / Cash0.740.748.0659.36
Price / Book0.190.192.226.60
Net Income$6.07M$6.07M$574.20M$265.65M
7 Day Performance-4.44%-4.44%1.68%2.00%
1 Month Performance-9.68%-9.68%0.83%0.46%
1 Year Performance-37.71%-37.71%6.05%18.88%

Top Ships Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
TOPS
Top Ships
1.3547 of 5 stars
$5.60
+0.2%
N/A-37.7%$25.91M$86.13M0.00150Positive News
TOUR
Tuniu
2.6019 of 5 stars
$0.80
-1.1%
N/A+5.7%$93.64M$523.18M16.001,920Earnings Report
Analyst Upgrade
Buyback Announcement
IMPP
Imperial Petroleum
1.5756 of 5 stars
$3.01
-0.3%
N/A-18.9%$89.76M$147.48M2.4574News Coverage
Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
HMR
Heidmar Maritime
N/A$1.51
-1.3%
$5.00
+231.0%
N/A$87.85M$28.95M0.00N/A
YTRA
Yatra Online
3.0087 of 5 stars
$1.40
-1.8%
$3.00
+115.1%
+5.3%$86.60M$9.00B139.641,452Positive News
SRFM
Surf Air Mobility
2.3511 of 5 stars
$4.41
+0.6%
$6.58
+49.5%
+209.1%$85.51M$119.43M-1.60625Short Interest ↓
NCT
Intercont (Cayman)
N/A$2.48
-1.2%
N/AN/A$65.72MN/A0.0019
AIRT
Air T
0.6873 of 5 stars
$22.35
+1.7%
N/A+5.3%$60.33M$291.85M-8.22500Trending News
Gap Down
YGMZ
MingZhu Logistics
N/A$0.78
+7.6%
N/A-35.2%$59.43M$40.43M0.0080Gap Down
TORO
Toro
1.0322 of 5 stars
$2.76
+0.2%
N/A-23.8%$52.59M$22.39M0.00N/AShort Interest ↓
MESA
Mesa Air Group
0.25 of 5 stars
$1.15
-2.5%
N/A-6.7%$48.36M$476.41M-0.271,838Gap Up

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This page (NASDAQ:TOPS) was last updated on 8/24/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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