IMPP vs. BLDE, PANL, ESEA, PAMT, GASS, KNOP, AZUL, PAL, FLYX, and FLX
Should you be buying Imperial Petroleum stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Imperial Petroleum include Blade Air Mobility (BLDE), Pangaea Logistics Solutions (PANL), Euroseas (ESEA), PAMT (PAMT), StealthGas (GASS), KNOT Offshore Partners (KNOP), Azul (AZUL), Proficient Auto Logistics (PAL), flyExclusive (FLYX), and BingEx (FLX). These companies are all part of the "transportation" industry.
Imperial Petroleum vs. Its Competitors
Blade Air Mobility (NASDAQ:BLDE) and Imperial Petroleum (NASDAQ:IMPP) are both small-cap transportation companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, media sentiment, institutional ownership, valuation, earnings, risk, profitability and dividends.
Imperial Petroleum has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Blade Air Mobility. Blade Air Mobility is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Imperial Petroleum, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Blade Air Mobility currently has a consensus price target of $6.25, indicating a potential upside of 50.24%. Given Blade Air Mobility's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Blade Air Mobility is more favorable than Imperial Petroleum.
Blade Air Mobility has a beta of 1.68, indicating that its share price is 68% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Imperial Petroleum has a beta of 1.13, indicating that its share price is 13% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Blade Air Mobility had 2 more articles in the media than Imperial Petroleum. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Blade Air Mobility and 2 mentions for Imperial Petroleum. Imperial Petroleum's average media sentiment score of 0.94 beat Blade Air Mobility's score of 0.87 indicating that Imperial Petroleum is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Imperial Petroleum has a net margin of 32.37% compared to Blade Air Mobility's net margin of -10.56%. Imperial Petroleum's return on equity of 17.55% beat Blade Air Mobility's return on equity.
47.4% of Blade Air Mobility shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 94.4% of Imperial Petroleum shares are owned by institutional investors. 17.5% of Blade Air Mobility shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.5% of Imperial Petroleum shares are owned 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.
Summary
Blade Air Mobility and Imperial Petroleum tied by winning 8 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (NASDAQ:IMPP) was last updated on 7/12/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
