Pyxis Tankers (PXS) Competitors

Globus Maritime (NASDAQ:GLBS) and Pyxis Tankers (NASDAQ:PXS) are both small-cap transportation companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, institutional ownership, profitability, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, community ranking, earnings, valuation and risk.

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in GLBS or PXS?

31.6% of Globus Maritime shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 56.2% of Pyxis Tankers shares are held by institutional investors. 59.2% of Globus Maritime shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 54.6% of Pyxis Tankers shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Is GLBS or PXS more profitable?

Pyxis Tankers has a net margin of 81.46% compared to Pyxis Tankers' net margin of 16.90%. Globus Maritime's return on equity of 45.81% beat Pyxis Tankers' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Globus Maritime	16.90%	3.03%	2.33%
Pyxis Tankers	81.46%	45.81%	24.62%

Does the media favor GLBS or PXS?

In the previous week, Globus Maritime had 1 more articles in the media than Pyxis Tankers. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Globus Maritime and 1 mentions for Pyxis Tankers. Globus Maritime's average media sentiment score of 0.84 beat Pyxis Tankers' score of 0.50 indicating that Pyxis Tankers is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Globus Maritime	Positive
Pyxis Tankers	Positive

Which has higher earnings & valuation, GLBS or PXS?

Pyxis Tankers has higher revenue and earnings than Globus Maritime. Pyxis Tankers is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Globus Maritime, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Globus Maritime	$31.20M	1.29	$5.27M	$0.26	7.50
Pyxis Tankers	$45.47M	1.04	$37.04M	$2.96	1.53

Which has more volatility & risk, GLBS or PXS?

Globus Maritime has a beta of 0.16, indicating that its share price is 84% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Pyxis Tankers has a beta of 0.04, indicating that its share price is 96% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer GLBS or PXS?

Pyxis Tankers received 88 more outperform votes than Globus Maritime when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 70.83% of users gave Pyxis Tankers an outperform vote while only 46.44% of users gave Globus Maritime an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Globus Maritime	Outperform Votes 150 46.44%	Underperform Votes 173 53.56%
Pyxis Tankers	Outperform Votes 238 70.83%	Underperform Votes 98 29.17%

Do analysts prefer GLBS or PXS?

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Globus Maritime	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A
Pyxis Tankers	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A

Summary

Pyxis Tankers beats Globus Maritime on 10 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.