IMPP vs. TORO, TOPS, PXS, GLBS, CTRM, SHIP, GASS, ESEA, CPLP, and SMHI
Should you be buying Imperial Petroleum stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Imperial Petroleum include Toro (TORO), Top Ships (TOPS), Pyxis Tankers (PXS), Globus Maritime (GLBS), Castor Maritime (CTRM), Seanergy Maritime (SHIP), StealthGas (GASS), Euroseas (ESEA), Capital Product Partners (CPLP), and SEACOR Marine (SMHI). These companies are all part of the "deep sea foreign transportation of freight" industry.
Imperial Petroleum (NASDAQ:IMPP) and Toro (NASDAQ:TORO) are both small-cap transportation companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, media sentiment, risk, institutional ownership, earnings, analyst recommendations, profitability, community ranking and valuation.
Toro has a net margin of 179.23% compared to Imperial Petroleum's net margin of 38.72%. Toro's return on equity of 66.54% beat Imperial Petroleum's return on equity.
In the previous week, Toro had 7 more articles in the media than Imperial Petroleum. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for Toro and 2 mentions for Imperial Petroleum. Imperial Petroleum's average media sentiment score of 0.44 beat Toro's score of 0.18 indicating that Imperial Petroleum is being referred to more favorably in the media.
94.4% of Imperial Petroleum shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 1.7% of Toro shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.5% of Imperial Petroleum shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Imperial Petroleum received 1 more outperform votes than Toro when rated by MarketBeat users.
Imperial Petroleum has a beta of 1.18, indicating that its stock price is 18% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Toro has a beta of 2.14, indicating that its stock price is 114% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Toro has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Imperial Petroleum. Imperial Petroleum is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Toro, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Toro beats Imperial Petroleum on 8 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.
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