OP vs. PSHG, CTRM, GLBS, PXS, TOPS, TORO, RVSN, USEA, JYD, and BANL
Should you be buying OceanPal stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of OceanPal include Performance Shipping (PSHG), Castor Maritime (CTRM), Globus Maritime (GLBS), Pyxis Tankers (PXS), Top Ships (TOPS), Toro (TORO), Rail Vision (RVSN), United Maritime (USEA), Jayud Global Logistics (JYD), and CBL International (BANL). These companies are all part of the "transportation" sector.
Performance Shipping (NASDAQ:PSHG) and OceanPal (NASDAQ:OP) are both small-cap transportation companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, institutional ownership, risk, earnings, community ranking, profitability, media sentiment, valuation and analyst recommendations.
In the previous week, OceanPal had 2 more articles in the media than Performance Shipping. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for OceanPal and 0 mentions for Performance Shipping. Performance Shipping's average media sentiment score of 0.44 beat OceanPal's score of 0.00 indicating that OceanPal is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
19.9% of Performance Shipping shares are held by institutional investors. 0.4% of Performance Shipping shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Performance Shipping received 4 more outperform votes than OceanPal when rated by MarketBeat users.
Performance Shipping has a net margin of 63.28% compared to Performance Shipping's net margin of -10.43%. OceanPal's return on equity of 33.48% beat Performance Shipping's return on equity.
Performance Shipping has higher revenue and earnings than OceanPal. OceanPal is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Performance Shipping, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Performance Shipping has a beta of -0.24, suggesting that its stock price is 124% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, OceanPal has a beta of 0.53, suggesting that its stock price is 47% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Performance Shipping beats OceanPal on 11 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
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