Imperial Petroleum (IMPP) Competitors $2.55 -0.02 (-0.78%) As of 04/30/2025 04:00 PM Eastern Add Compare Share Share Competitors Stock AnalysisChartCompetitorsEarningsHeadlinesOptions ChainOwnershipSEC FilingsShort InterestTrendsBuy This Stock IMPP vs. CLCO, PAMT, PANL, FLYX, KNOP, PAL, ESEA, BLDE, GASS, and HSHPShould you be buying Imperial Petroleum stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Imperial Petroleum include Cool (CLCO), Pamt (PAMT), Pangaea Logistics Solutions (PANL), flyExclusive (FLYX), KNOT Offshore Partners (KNOP), Proficient Auto Logistics (PAL), Euroseas (ESEA), Blade Air Mobility (BLDE), StealthGas (GASS), and Himalaya Shipping (HSHP). These companies are all part of the "transportation" industry. Imperial Petroleum vs. Cool Pamt Pangaea Logistics Solutions flyExclusive KNOT Offshore Partners Proficient Auto Logistics Euroseas Blade Air Mobility StealthGas Himalaya Shipping Cool (NYSE:CLCO) and Imperial Petroleum (NASDAQ:IMPP) are both small-cap transportation companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, valuation, institutional ownership, dividends, earnings, profitability, media sentiment, analyst recommendations and risk. Which has higher valuation and earnings, CLCO or IMPP? Cool has higher revenue and earnings than Imperial Petroleum. Imperial Petroleum is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Cool, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks. CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings RatioCool$322.51M1.05$174.73M$0.689.24Imperial Petroleum$147.48M0.52$50.16M$1.431.78 Do insiders & institutionals believe in CLCO or IMPP? 20.7% of Cool shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 94.4% of Imperial Petroleum shares are held by institutional investors. 1.5% of Imperial Petroleum shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term. Does the MarketBeat Community prefer CLCO or IMPP? Cool and Imperial Petroleum both received 1 outperform votes by MarketBeat users. CompanyUnderperformOutperformCoolOutperform Votes150.00% Underperform Votes150.00% Imperial PetroleumOutperform Votes150.00% Underperform Votes150.00% Is CLCO or IMPP more profitable? Imperial Petroleum has a net margin of 34.01% compared to Cool's net margin of 0.00%. Imperial Petroleum's return on equity of 17.50% beat Cool's return on equity.Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets CoolN/A N/A N/A Imperial Petroleum 34.01%17.50%12.89% Do analysts recommend CLCO or IMPP? Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score Cool 0 Sell rating(s) 1 Hold rating(s) 0 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 2.00Imperial Petroleum 0 Sell rating(s) 0 Hold rating(s) 0 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 0.00 Does the media prefer CLCO or IMPP? In the previous week, Imperial Petroleum had 1 more articles in the media than Cool. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Imperial Petroleum and 0 mentions for Cool. Imperial Petroleum's average media sentiment score of 0.93 beat Cool's score of 0.00 indicating that Imperial Petroleum is being referred to more favorably in the news media. Company Overall Sentiment Cool Neutral Imperial Petroleum Positive Which has more volatility and risk, CLCO or IMPP? Cool has a beta of 0.71, meaning that its stock price is 29% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Imperial Petroleum has a beta of 1.08, meaning that its stock price is 8% more volatile than the S&P 500. SummaryImperial Petroleum beats Cool on 9 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks. Get Imperial Petroleum News Delivered to You Automatically Sign up to receive the latest news and ratings for IMPP and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter. Email Address New MarketBeat Followers Over TimeWhat are MarkeBeat Followers?This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding {thisCompany.Symbol} and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period. Skip ChartMedia Sentiment Over TimeWhat is Media Sentiment?This chart shows the average media sentiment of NASDAQ and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.Skip Chart IMPP vs. The Competition Export to ExcelMetricImperial PetroleumDeep sea foreign transportation of freight IndustryTransportation SectorNASDAQ ExchangeMarket Cap$76.02M$733.70M$285.97B$7.82BDividend YieldN/A5.85%4.04%4.22%P/E Ratio1.785.4613.1118.48Price / Sales0.521.18212.07103.91Price / Cash0.944.0411.5434.62Price / Book0.210.621.794.25Net Income$50.16M$99.79M$512.32M$248.23M7 Day Performance-2.67%2.70%2.37%3.29%1 Month Performance2.82%-4.38%-2.56%2.42%1 Year Performance-30.89%-26.53%-9.93%5.54% Imperial Petroleum Competitors List Export to ExcelCompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)IMPPImperial Petroleum0.8549 of 5 stars$2.55-0.8%N/A-30.9%$76.62M$147.48M1.7874CLCOCool1.7768 of 5 stars$5.62-0.4%N/A-41.6%$301.81M$322.51M8.261,647PAMTPamt0.375 of 5 stars$13.80-2.7%$16.50+19.6%N/A$300.72M$714.65M-9.452,510Analyst ForecastPANLPangaea Logistics Solutions3.6999 of 5 stars$4.10-3.8%$10.25+150.0%-44.0%$269.08M$536.54M8.72570Upcoming EarningsAnalyst RevisionFLYXflyExclusiveN/A$3.08+3.9%N/A-34.1%$246.40M$327.27M0.00N/AGap DownKNOPKNOT Offshore Partners2.7774 of 5 stars$6.34-1.1%N/A+23.4%$217.44M$318.60M-14.74640Ex-DividendPositive NewsPALProficient Auto Logistics1.8136 of 5 stars$7.67+1.6%$17.00+121.6%N/A$207.62M$135.76M0.00601Upcoming EarningsHigh Trading VolumeESEAEuroseas4.5224 of 5 stars$29.20-0.7%$56.50+93.5%-7.8%$204.58M$212.90M1.80360Short Interest ↑News CoveragePositive NewsBLDEBlade Air Mobility2.9674 of 5 stars$2.55-2.7%$6.25+145.1%-16.9%$203.22M$248.69M-3.70130News CoveragePositive NewsGASSStealthGas3.3239 of 5 stars$5.03-2.1%N/A-14.1%$188.85M$167.26M2.84N/APositive NewsHSHPHimalaya Shipping0.5394 of 5 stars$4.51-1.7%N/A-36.2%$179.81M$123.58M9.402Short Interest ↑ Related Companies and Tools Related Companies Cool Alternatives Pamt Alternatives Pangaea Logistics Solutions Alternatives flyExclusive Alternatives KNOT Offshore Partners Alternatives Proficient Auto Logistics Alternatives Euroseas Alternatives Blade Air Mobility Alternatives StealthGas Alternatives Himalaya Shipping Alternatives Top 10 Stock Comparisons Semiconductor Stocks Artificial Intelligence Stocks Growth Stocks Magnificent Seven Stocks Pharmaceutical Stocks Ecommerce Stocks Bitcoin Stocks Meme Stocks Cryptocurrency Stocks Cybersecurity Stocks This page (NASDAQ:IMPP) was last updated on 5/1/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff From Our PartnersHow to invest in Elon Musk’s Optimus before its launchElon Musk is set to completely take over the AI industry with Optimus… A breakthrough AI-powered robot that El...InvestorPlace | SponsoredIs he more powerful than Trump? 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