Imperial Petroleum (IMPP) Competitors

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

Which has better valuation and earnings, PAMT or IMPP?

Imperial Petroleum has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Pamt. Pamt is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Imperial Petroleum, 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
Pamt	$687.40M	0.39	-$31.80M	-$1.84	-6.71
Imperial Petroleum	$147.48M	0.51	$50.16M	$1.43	1.78

Is PAMT or IMPP more profitable?

Imperial Petroleum has a net margin of 34.01% compared to Pamt's net margin of -4.45%. Imperial Petroleum's return on equity of 17.50% beat Pamt's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Pamt	-4.45%	-2.58%	-1.07%
Imperial Petroleum	34.01%	17.50%	12.89%

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of PAMT or IMPP?

22.1% of Pamt shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 94.4% of Imperial Petroleum shares are held by institutional investors. 74.1% of Pamt shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.5% of Imperial Petroleum shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Do analysts rate PAMT or IMPP?

Pamt presently has a consensus price target of $12.50, indicating a potential upside of 1.30%. Given Pamt's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Pamt is more favorable than Imperial Petroleum.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Pamt	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00
Imperial Petroleum	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Which has more risk & volatility, PAMT or IMPP?

Pamt has a beta of 0.95, suggesting that its share price is 5% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Imperial Petroleum has a beta of 1.07, suggesting that its share price is 7% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in PAMT or IMPP?

Imperial Petroleum received 1 more outperform votes than Pamt when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 50.00% of users gave Imperial Petroleum an outperform vote while only 0.00% of users gave Pamt an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Pamt	Outperform Votes No Votes	Underperform Votes 3 100.00%
Imperial Petroleum	Outperform Votes 1 50.00%	Underperform Votes 1 50.00%

Does the media prefer PAMT or IMPP?

In the previous week, Imperial Petroleum had 1 more articles in the media than Pamt. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Imperial Petroleum and 2 mentions for Pamt. Imperial Petroleum's average media sentiment score of 0.74 beat Pamt's score of -0.35 indicating that Imperial Petroleum is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Pamt	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Imperial Petroleum	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

Imperial Petroleum beats Pamt on 13 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.