Top Ships (TOPS) Competitors

Navios Maritime (NYSE:NM) and Top Ships (NASDAQ:TOPS) are both small-cap transportation companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, community ranking, valuation, institutional ownership, risk, profitability, dividends, analyst recommendations and media sentiment.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in NM or TOPS?

Navios Maritime received 72 more outperform votes than Top Ships when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 61.62% of users gave Top Ships an outperform vote while only 51.37% of users gave Navios Maritime an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Navios Maritime	Outperform Votes 300 51.37%	Underperform Votes 284 48.63%
Top Ships	Outperform Votes 228 61.62%	Underperform Votes 142 38.38%

Do institutionals and insiders believe in NM or TOPS?

9.2% of Navios Maritime shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 6.7% of Top Ships shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.3% of Top Ships shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Is NM or TOPS more profitable?

Navios Maritime has a net margin of 26.10% compared to Navios Maritime's net margin of 0.00%. Top Ships' return on equity of 63.17% beat Navios Maritime's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Navios Maritime	26.10%	63.17%	10.61%
Top Ships	N/A	N/A	N/A

Which has preferable earnings & valuation, NM or TOPS?

Navios Maritime has higher revenue and earnings than Top Ships.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Navios Maritime	$255.40M	0.20	$87.31M	$1.66	1.37
Top Ships	$56.37M	0.88	$6.07M	N/A	N/A

Does the media refer more to NM or TOPS?

In the previous week, Top Ships had 7 more articles in the media than Navios Maritime. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Top Ships and 0 mentions for Navios Maritime. Navios Maritime's average media sentiment score of 0.19 beat Top Ships' score of 0.00 indicating that Top Ships is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Navios Maritime	Neutral
Top Ships	Neutral

Which has more risk & volatility, NM or TOPS?

Navios Maritime has a beta of 1.46, meaning that its share price is 46% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Top Ships has a beta of 1.71, meaning that its share price is 71% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts recommend NM or TOPS?

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Navios Maritime	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A
Top Ships	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A

Summary

Navios Maritime beats Top Ships on 7 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.