MARPS vs. NYC, PPHP, GROW, AQU, HPH, IHT, GLST, ADGM, BUJA, and INTE
Should you be buying Marine Petroleum Trust stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Marine Petroleum Trust include American Strategic Investment (NYC), PHP Ventures Acquisition (PPHP), U.S. Global Investors (GROW), Aquaron Acquisition (AQU), Highest Performances (HPH), InnSuites Hospitality Trust (IHT), Global Star Acquisition (GLST), Adagio Medical (ADGM), Bukit Jalil Global Acquisition 1 (BUJA), and Integral Acquisition Co. 1 (INTE). These companies are all part of the "trading" industry.
Marine Petroleum Trust vs.
American Strategic Investment (NYSE:NYC) and Marine Petroleum Trust (NASDAQ:MARPS) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, media sentiment, valuation, earnings, analyst recommendations, profitability, risk, community ranking and dividends.
Marine Petroleum Trust has a net margin of 63.53% compared to American Strategic Investment's net margin of -334.85%. Marine Petroleum Trust's return on equity of 63.85% beat American Strategic Investment's return on equity.
American Strategic Investment pays an annual dividend of $0.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.0%. Marine Petroleum Trust pays an annual dividend of $0.44 per share and has a dividend yield of 11.4%. American Strategic Investment pays out -0.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Marine Petroleum Trust pays out 118.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
In the previous week, Marine Petroleum Trust had 3 more articles in the media than American Strategic Investment. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Marine Petroleum Trust and 0 mentions for American Strategic Investment. Marine Petroleum Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.05 beat American Strategic Investment's score of 0.00 indicating that Marine Petroleum Trust is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
48.0% of American Strategic Investment shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 1.8% of Marine Petroleum Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.4% of American Strategic Investment shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Marine Petroleum Trust received 145 more outperform votes than American Strategic Investment when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 45.34% of users gave Marine Petroleum Trust an outperform vote while only 6.25% of users gave American Strategic Investment an outperform vote.
American Strategic Investment has a beta of 0.07, indicating that its stock price is 93% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Marine Petroleum Trust has a beta of 0.06, indicating that its stock price is 94% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Marine Petroleum Trust has lower revenue, but higher earnings than American Strategic Investment. American Strategic Investment is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Marine Petroleum Trust, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Marine Petroleum Trust beats American Strategic Investment on 12 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:MARPS) was last updated on 5/23/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
