PXS vs. TOPS, GLBS, CTRM, PSHG, TORO, OP, IMPP, EDRY, BEST, and SRFM
Should you be buying Pyxis Tankers stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Pyxis Tankers include Top Ships (TOPS), Globus Maritime (GLBS), Castor Maritime (CTRM), Performance Shipping (PSHG), Toro (TORO), OceanPal (OP), Imperial Petroleum (IMPP), EuroDry (EDRY), BEST (BEST), and Surf Air Mobility (SRFM). These companies are all part of the "transportation" sector.
Top Ships (NASDAQ:TOPS) and Pyxis Tankers (NASDAQ:PXS) are both small-cap transportation companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, valuation, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, media sentiment, community ranking, profitability, risk and earnings.
In the previous week, Pyxis Tankers had 2 more articles in the media than Top Ships. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Pyxis Tankers and 5 mentions for Top Ships. Top Ships' average media sentiment score of 0.35 beat Pyxis Tankers' score of -0.03 indicating that Pyxis Tankers is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
6.7% of Top Ships shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 56.2% of Pyxis Tankers shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.3% of Top Ships shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 54.6% of Pyxis Tankers shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Pyxis Tankers has a net margin of 69.59% compared to Pyxis Tankers' net margin of 0.00%. Top Ships' return on equity of 37.62% beat Pyxis Tankers' return on equity.
Pyxis Tankers received 10 more outperform votes than Top Ships when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 70.83% of users gave Pyxis Tankers an outperform vote while only 61.62% of users gave Top Ships an outperform vote.
Top Ships has a beta of 1.66, suggesting that its stock price is 66% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Pyxis Tankers has a beta of 0.05, suggesting that its stock price is 95% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Pyxis Tankers has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Top Ships.
Summary
Pyxis Tankers beats Top Ships on 11 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.
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