OP vs. MESA, WETO, YELLQ, YELL, PXS, TOPS, EDRY, GLBS, PSHG, and CTRM
Should you be buying OceanPal stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of OceanPal include Mesa Air Group (MESA), Webus International (WETO), Yellow (YELLQ), Yellow (YELL), Pyxis Tankers (PXS), Top Ships (TOPS), EuroDry (EDRY), Globus Maritime (GLBS), Performance Shipping (PSHG), and Castor Maritime (CTRM). These companies are all part of the "transportation" industry.
OceanPal vs. Its Competitors
OceanPal (NASDAQ:OP) and Mesa Air Group (NASDAQ:MESA) are both small-cap transportation companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, dividends, risk, institutional ownership, media sentiment, valuation, profitability and analyst recommendations.
OceanPal has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Mesa Air Group. OceanPal is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Mesa Air Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Mesa Air Group had 1 more articles in the media than OceanPal. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Mesa Air Group and 1 mentions for OceanPal. OceanPal's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Mesa Air Group'saverage media sentiment score.
13.3% of Mesa Air Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 4.6% of Mesa Air Group shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Mesa Air Group has a net margin of -51.42% compared to OceanPal's net margin of -69.50%. OceanPal's return on equity of -14.59% beat Mesa Air Group's return on equity.
OceanPal has a beta of 1.29, meaning that its share price is 29% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Mesa Air Group has a beta of 2.96, meaning that its share price is 196% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Mesa Air Group beats OceanPal on 8 of the 12 factors compared between the two stocks.
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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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.
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This page (NASDAQ:OP) was last updated on 7/10/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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