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Castor Maritime (CTRM) Competitors

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CTRM vs. IMPP, CACO, HTCO, BEST, YTRA, MESA, AIRT, NCEW, SRFM, and SFWL

Should you be buying Castor Maritime stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Castor Maritime include Imperial Petroleum (IMPP), Caravelle International Group (CACO), Caravelle International Group (HTCO), BEST (BEST), Yatra Online (YTRA), Mesa Air Group (MESA), Air T (AIRT), New Century Logistics (BVI) (NCEW), Surf Air Mobility (SRFM), and Shengfeng Development (SFWL). These companies are all part of the "transportation" industry.

Castor Maritime vs.

Castor Maritime (NASDAQ:CTRM) and Imperial Petroleum (NASDAQ:IMPP) are both small-cap transportation companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, community ranking, analyst recommendations, profitability, risk, valuation, earnings, institutional ownership and dividends.

1.1% of Castor Maritime shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 94.4% of Imperial Petroleum shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.5% of Imperial Petroleum shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Castor Maritime received 13 more outperform votes than Imperial Petroleum when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 87.50% of users gave Castor Maritime an outperform vote while only 50.00% of users gave Imperial Petroleum an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Castor MaritimeOutperform Votes
14
87.50%
Underperform Votes
2
12.50%
Imperial PetroleumOutperform Votes
1
50.00%
Underperform Votes
1
50.00%

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Castor Maritime$76.44M0.28$38.64M$3.350.65
Imperial Petroleum$147.48M0.51$50.16M$1.431.75

Castor Maritime has a beta of 0.67, suggesting that its share price is 33% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Imperial Petroleum has a beta of 1.08, suggesting that its share price is 8% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Castor Maritime has a net margin of 95.54% compared to Imperial Petroleum's net margin of 34.01%. Imperial Petroleum's return on equity of 17.50% beat Castor Maritime's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Castor Maritime95.54% 13.09% 10.70%
Imperial Petroleum 34.01%17.50%12.89%

In the previous week, Castor Maritime had 2 more articles in the media than Imperial Petroleum. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Castor Maritime and 1 mentions for Imperial Petroleum. Imperial Petroleum's average media sentiment score of 1.87 beat Castor Maritime's score of 0.06 indicating that Imperial Petroleum is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Castor Maritime Neutral
Imperial Petroleum Very Positive

Summary

Imperial Petroleum beats Castor Maritime on 10 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.

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CTRM vs. The Competition

MetricCastor MaritimeDeep sea foreign transportation of freight IndustryTransportation SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$21.06M$741.50M$287.38B$7.99B
Dividend YieldN/A5.78%4.03%4.22%
P/E Ratio0.655.5413.2418.71
Price / Sales0.281.20216.06105.45
Price / Cash0.494.0411.5434.62
Price / Book0.050.621.814.31
Net Income$38.64M$99.79M$515.10M$248.10M
7 Day PerformanceN/A0.24%1.70%2.02%
1 Month Performance-5.63%-2.12%0.26%3.60%
1 Year Performance-29.90%-26.67%-8.89%5.11%

Castor Maritime Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
CTRM
Castor Maritime
0.9332 of 5 stars
$2.17
+1.2%
N/A-29.5%$20.92M$76.44M0.651Short Interest ↑
Gap Up
IMPP
Imperial Petroleum
0.984 of 5 stars
$2.54
+3.3%
N/A-30.3%$75.73M$147.48M1.7874Positive News
CACO
Caravelle International Group
N/A$1.10
-4.3%
N/A+27.8%$58.05M$95.26M0.0031Gap Up
HTCO
Caravelle International Group
N/A$1.08
-1.8%
N/AN/A$57.00M$108.18M0.0031
BEST
BEST
N/A$2.81
+0.2%
N/A+32.9%$56.37M$8.54B-0.534,380Positive News
Gap Down
High Trading Volume
YTRA
Yatra Online
3.002 of 5 stars
$0.72
+6.4%
$3.00
+317.2%
-51.7%$45.38M$6.79B72.50960Short Interest ↓
Positive News
Gap Up
MESA
Mesa Air Group
0.406 of 5 stars
$1.08
+0.9%
N/A+19.9%$44.62M$475.52M-0.472,450
AIRT
Air T
0.2724 of 5 stars
$15.94
-3.7%
N/A-41.1%$43.45M$298.22M-56.93500Analyst Forecast
Gap Down
NCEW
New Century Logistics (BVI)
N/A$1.86
+8.1%
N/AN/A$39.99M$52.18M0.00N/AGap Down
SRFM
Surf Air Mobility
1.4315 of 5 stars
$2.32
-6.8%
$6.26
+169.9%
-18.1%$39.89M$119.43M-0.15625News Coverage
Gap Up
SFWL
Shengfeng Development
0.6516 of 5 stars
$0.94
+4.4%
N/A-41.7%$38.18M$504.16M0.001,341

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This page (NASDAQ:CTRM) was last updated on 5/2/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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