OP vs. TOPS, CACO, PXS, CTRM, GLBS, PSHG, CISS, EURN, GRIN, and FRO
Should you be buying OceanPal stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of OceanPal include Top Ships (TOPS), Caravelle International Group (CACO), Pyxis Tankers (PXS), Castor Maritime (CTRM), Globus Maritime (GLBS), Performance Shipping (PSHG), C3is (CISS), Euronav (EURN), Grindrod Shipping (GRIN), and Frontline (FRO). These companies are all part of the "deep sea foreign transportation of freight" industry.
OceanPal (NASDAQ:OP) and Top Ships (NASDAQ:TOPS) are both small-cap transportation companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, institutional ownership, profitability, analyst recommendations, dividends, community ranking, valuation, earnings and risk.
Top Ships has higher revenue and earnings than OceanPal.
OceanPal has a beta of 0.54, meaning that its stock price is 46% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Top Ships has a beta of 1.67, meaning that its stock price is 67% more volatile than the S&P 500.
6.7% of Top Ships shares are owned by institutional investors. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Top Ships has a net margin of 0.00% compared to OceanPal's net margin of -16.24%. Top Ships' return on equity of 0.00% beat OceanPal's return on equity.
In the previous week, OceanPal had 5 more articles in the media than Top Ships. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for OceanPal and 1 mentions for Top Ships. Top Ships' average media sentiment score of 1.27 beat OceanPal's score of -0.26 indicating that Top Ships is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Top Ships received 228 more outperform votes than OceanPal when rated by MarketBeat users.
Summary
Top Ships beats OceanPal on 10 of the 11 factors compared between the two stocks.
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