TOPS vs. TOUR, IMPP, YTRA, HMR, AIRT, HTCO, YGMZ, TORO, MESA, and WETO
Should you be buying Top Ships stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Top Ships include Tuniu (TOUR), Imperial Petroleum (IMPP), Yatra Online (YTRA), Heidmar Maritime (HMR), Air T (AIRT), Caravelle International Group (HTCO), MingZhu Logistics (YGMZ), Toro (TORO), Mesa Air Group (MESA), and Webus International (WETO). These companies are all part of the "transportation" industry.
Top Ships vs. Its Competitors
Top Ships (NASDAQ:TOPS) and Tuniu (NASDAQ:TOUR) are both small-cap transportation companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, profitability, media sentiment, dividends, risk, valuation, earnings and institutional ownership.
Top Ships has a beta of 1.89, suggesting that its share price is 89% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Tuniu has a beta of 1.71, suggesting that its share price is 71% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Tuniu has a net margin of 5.82% compared to Top Ships' net margin of 0.00%. Tuniu's return on equity of 5.94% beat Top Ships' return on equity.
In the previous week, Tuniu had 2 more articles in the media than Top Ships. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Tuniu and 0 mentions for Top Ships. Tuniu's average media sentiment score of 0.83 beat Top Ships' score of 0.00 indicating that Tuniu is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Tuniu has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Top Ships.
6.7% of Top Ships shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.3% of Top Ships shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 76.1% of Tuniu shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
Tuniu beats Top Ships on 8 of the 11 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:TOPS) was last updated on 9/2/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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