TORO vs. TOPS, IMPP, PXS, GLBS, CTRM, PSHG, SHIP, GASS, ESEA, and OMEX
Should you be buying Toro stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Toro include Top Ships (TOPS), Imperial Petroleum (IMPP), Pyxis Tankers (PXS), Globus Maritime (GLBS), Castor Maritime (CTRM), Performance Shipping (PSHG), Seanergy Maritime (SHIP), StealthGas (GASS), Euroseas (ESEA), and Odyssey Marine Exploration (OMEX). 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 superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, risk, institutional ownership, dividends, analyst recommendations, valuation, community ranking, earnings and media sentiment.
In the previous week, Toro had 8 more articles in the media than Top Ships. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for Toro and 1 mentions for Top Ships. Top Ships' average media sentiment score of -0.04 beat Toro's score of -0.58 indicating that Top Ships is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Toro has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Top Ships.
Toro has a net margin of 179.23% compared to Top Ships' net margin of 0.00%. Toro's return on equity of 66.54% 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 hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
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.
Top Ships received 228 more outperform votes than Toro when rated by MarketBeat users.
Summary
Toro beats Top Ships on 7 of the 11 factors compared between the two stocks.
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