TORO vs. TOPS, PXS, IMPP, GLBS, CTRM, PSHG, SHIP, CPLP, OMEX, and AIRT
Should you be buying Toro stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Toro include Top Ships (TOPS), Pyxis Tankers (PXS), Imperial Petroleum (IMPP), Globus Maritime (GLBS), Castor Maritime (CTRM), Performance Shipping (PSHG), Seanergy Maritime (SHIP), Capital Product Partners (CPLP), Odyssey Marine Exploration (OMEX), and Air T (AIRT). These companies are all part of the "transportation" sector.
Toro (NASDAQ:TORO) and Top Ships (NASDAQ:TOPS) are both small-cap transportation companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, analyst recommendations, community ranking, institutional ownership, risk, earnings, media sentiment, dividends and valuation.
In the previous week, Toro had 4 more articles in the media than Top Ships. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for Toro and 6 mentions for Top Ships. Top Ships' average media sentiment score of 0.45 beat Toro's score of 0.27 indicating that Top Ships is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Toro has a net margin of 259.21% compared to Top Ships' net margin of 0.00%. Toro's return on equity of 50.68% beat Top Ships' return on equity.
1.7% of Toro shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 6.7% of Top Ships shares are held by institutional investors. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Top Ships received 228 more outperform votes than Toro when rated by MarketBeat users.
Toro has a beta of 2.14, meaning that its stock price is 114% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Top Ships has a beta of 1.66, meaning that its stock price is 66% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Toro has higher revenue and earnings than Top Ships.
Summary
Toro beats Top Ships on 7 of the 11 factors compared between the two stocks.
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