Pyxis Tankers (PXS) Competitors

Pyxis Tankers (NASDAQ:PXS) and Imperial Petroleum (NASDAQ:IMPP) are both small-cap transportation companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, community ranking, risk, dividends, analyst recommendations, profitability, institutional ownership, media sentiment and earnings.

Which has higher valuation and earnings, PXS or IMPP?

Imperial Petroleum has higher revenue and earnings than Pyxis Tankers. Imperial Petroleum is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Pyxis Tankers, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Pyxis Tankers	$58.34 million	0.74	$13.39 million	$2.04	2.00
Imperial Petroleum	$157.32 million	0.29	$29.51 million	$4.56	0.76

Do analysts prefer PXS or IMPP?

Pyxis Tankers presently has a consensus price target of $6.50, indicating a potential upside of 59.31%. Given Pyxis Tankers' higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Pyxis Tankers is more favorable than Imperial Petroleum.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Pyxis Tankers	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Imperial Petroleum	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A

Does the media favor PXS or IMPP?

In the previous week, Pyxis Tankers and Pyxis Tankers both had 1 articles in the media. Pyxis Tankers' average media sentiment score of 0.98 beat Imperial Petroleum's score of 0.80 indicating that Pyxis Tankers is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Pyxis Tankers	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Imperial Petroleum	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has more risk & volatility, PXS or IMPP?

Pyxis Tankers has a beta of -0.67, indicating that its share price is 167% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Imperial Petroleum has a beta of 1.14, indicating that its share price is 14% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do institutionals and insiders believe in PXS or IMPP?

1.7% of Pyxis Tankers shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 3.0% of Imperial Petroleum shares are held by institutional investors. 54.6% of Pyxis Tankers shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.5% of Imperial Petroleum shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in PXS or IMPP?

Pyxis Tankers received 237 more outperform votes than Imperial Petroleum when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 70.83% of users gave Pyxis Tankers an outperform vote while only 50.00% of users gave Imperial Petroleum an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Pyxis Tankers	Outperform Votes 238 70.83%	Underperform Votes 98 29.17%
Imperial Petroleum	Outperform Votes 1 50.00%	Underperform Votes 1 50.00%

Is PXS or IMPP more profitable?

Imperial Petroleum has a net margin of 41.33% compared to Pyxis Tankers' net margin of 40.82%. Imperial Petroleum's return on equity of 71.24% beat Pyxis Tankers' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Pyxis Tankers	40.82%	43.60%	18.80%
Imperial Petroleum	41.33%	71.24%	18.92%

Summary

Pyxis Tankers and Imperial Petroleum tied by winning 8 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.