TOPS vs. PXS, GLBS, TORO, CTRM, PSHG, OP, IMPP, SHIP, EDRY, and RAIL
Should you be buying Top Ships stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Top Ships include Pyxis Tankers (PXS), Globus Maritime (GLBS), Toro (TORO), Castor Maritime (CTRM), Performance Shipping (PSHG), OceanPal (OP), Imperial Petroleum (IMPP), Seanergy Maritime (SHIP), EuroDry (EDRY), and FreightCar America (RAIL). These companies are all part of the "transportation" sector.
Pyxis Tankers (NASDAQ:PXS) and Top Ships (NASDAQ:TOPS) are both small-cap transportation companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, dividends, earnings, media sentiment, risk, institutional ownership, profitability, community ranking and analyst recommendations.
Pyxis Tankers has a net margin of 81.46% compared to Pyxis Tankers' net margin of 0.00%. Top Ships' return on equity of 45.81% beat Pyxis Tankers' return on equity.
In the previous week, Top Ships had 7 more articles in the media than Pyxis Tankers. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Top Ships and 0 mentions for Pyxis Tankers. Top Ships' average media sentiment score of 0.00 beat Pyxis Tankers' score of -0.06 indicating that Pyxis Tankers is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Pyxis Tankers received 10 more outperform votes than Top Ships when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 70.83% of users gave Pyxis Tankers an outperform vote while only 61.62% of users gave Top Ships an outperform vote.
56.2% of Pyxis Tankers shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 6.7% of Top Ships shares are owned by institutional investors. 54.6% of Pyxis Tankers shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Pyxis Tankers has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Top Ships.
Pyxis Tankers has a beta of 0.05, suggesting that its stock price is 95% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Top Ships has a beta of 1.66, suggesting that its stock price is 66% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Pyxis Tankers beats Top Ships on 10 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.
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