MMLP vs. IMPP, TORO, OMEX, AIRT, SFWL, RAIL, EDRY, TOPS, PXS, and BEST
Should you be buying Martin Midstream Partners stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Martin Midstream Partners include Imperial Petroleum (IMPP), Toro (TORO), Odyssey Marine Exploration (OMEX), Air T (AIRT), Shengfeng Development (SFWL), FreightCar America (RAIL), EuroDry (EDRY), Top Ships (TOPS), Pyxis Tankers (PXS), and BEST (BEST). These companies are all part of the "transportation" sector.
Imperial Petroleum (NASDAQ:IMPP) and Martin Midstream Partners (NASDAQ:MMLP) are both small-cap transportation companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, risk, earnings, valuation, institutional ownership, community ranking and dividends.
Imperial Petroleum has a beta of 1.32, indicating that its share price is 32% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Martin Midstream Partners has a beta of 2.12, indicating that its share price is 112% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Martin Midstream Partners received 298 more outperform votes than Imperial Petroleum when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 59.44% of users gave Martin Midstream Partners an outperform vote while only 50.00% of users gave Imperial Petroleum an outperform vote.
Imperial Petroleum has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Martin Midstream Partners. Imperial Petroleum is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Martin Midstream Partners, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Martin Midstream Partners had 2 more articles in the media than Imperial Petroleum. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Martin Midstream Partners and 0 mentions for Imperial Petroleum. Imperial Petroleum's average media sentiment score of 0.27 beat Martin Midstream Partners' score of 0.00 indicating that Martin Midstream Partners is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
94.4% of Imperial Petroleum shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 34.9% of Martin Midstream Partners shares are held by institutional investors. 1.5% of Imperial Petroleum shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 17.0% of Martin Midstream Partners shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Imperial Petroleum has a net margin of 38.72% compared to Imperial Petroleum's net margin of 0.52%. Martin Midstream Partners' return on equity of 34.11% beat Imperial Petroleum's return on equity.
Summary
Martin Midstream Partners beats Imperial Petroleum on 8 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
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