PSHG vs. IMPP, CTRM, GLBS, PXS, NM, TORO, MESA, USEA, YGMZ, and RAIL
Should you be buying Performance Shipping stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Performance Shipping include Imperial Petroleum (IMPP), Castor Maritime (CTRM), Globus Maritime (GLBS), Pyxis Tankers (PXS), Navios Maritime (NM), Toro (TORO), Mesa Air Group (MESA), United Maritime (USEA), MingZhu Logistics (YGMZ), and FreightCar America (RAIL). These companies are all part of the "transportation" sector.
Performance Shipping (NASDAQ:PSHG) and Imperial Petroleum (NASDAQ:IMPP) are both small-cap transportation companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, risk, earnings, profitability, institutional ownership, valuation, media sentiment, analyst recommendations and community ranking.
Performance Shipping has a net margin of 60.08% compared to Imperial Petroleum's net margin of 40.90%. Imperial Petroleum's return on equity of 41.38% beat Performance Shipping's return on equity.
In the previous week, Performance Shipping had 3 more articles in the media than Imperial Petroleum. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Performance Shipping and 2 mentions for Imperial Petroleum. Imperial Petroleum's average media sentiment score of 0.44 beat Performance Shipping's score of -0.09 indicating that Imperial Petroleum is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Performance Shipping has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Imperial Petroleum. Imperial Petroleum is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Performance Shipping, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
15.7% of Performance Shipping shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 46.4% of Imperial Petroleum shares are held by institutional investors. 0.4% of Performance Shipping 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 endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Performance Shipping received 3 more outperform votes than Imperial Petroleum when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 50.00% of users gave Imperial Petroleum an outperform vote while only 28.57% of users gave Performance Shipping an outperform vote.
Performance Shipping has a beta of 0.08, meaning that its share price is 92% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Imperial Petroleum has a beta of 1.03, meaning that its share price is 3% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Performance Shipping and Imperial Petroleum tied by winning 8 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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