Imperial Petroleum Inc. (IMPP) vs Pyxis Tankers Inc. (PXS)

Imperial Petroleum Inc. and Pyxis Tankers Inc. are both Oil & Gas Midstream companies. Imperial Petroleum Inc. is the larger, with a market value of $232.2M against $67.7M — 3.4× the size. Imperial Petroleum Inc. trades at the lower P/E: 2.5× against 8.1×. Imperial Petroleum Inc. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 89.0% against −5.01%. Imperial Petroleum Inc. has the higher net margin (36.8% vs 20.0%) and the higher return on invested capital (15.3% vs 6.15%). Across the 20 metrics below, Imperial Petroleum Inc. leads on 19 and Pyxis Tankers Inc. on 1.

Valuation

Metric IMPP PXS Oil & Gas Midstream median
P/E 2.51 8.06 13.19
P/S 0.95 1.58 2.60
P/B 0.39 0.63 2.08
Price to free cash flow 2.00 4.46 10.14
EV/EBITDA n/m 4.26 8.11
EV/Sales (0.02) 2.17 3.89
Earnings yield 39.92% 12.40% 6.83%
Free cash flow yield 50.08% 22.40% 6.94%

Profitability

Metric IMPP PXS Oil & Gas Midstream median
Gross margin 50.32% 61.64% 58.81%
Operating margin 34.73% 30.65% 32.14%
Net margin 36.75% 20.00% 21.16%
Free cash flow margin 48.33% 35.37% 10.15%
Return on equity 17.19% 8.26% 11.30%
Return on assets 14.31% 4.43% 5.00%
Return on invested capital 15.34% 6.15% 6.13%

Growth

Metric IMPP PXS Oil & Gas Midstream median
Revenue growth (TTM) 89.03% (5.01%) 15.44%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) (7.86%) (79.12%) —
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 51.31% 12.43% 8.96%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%

Health

Metric IMPP PXS Oil & Gas Midstream median
Debt to equity 0.00 0.78 0.78
Current ratio 4.77 4.72 1.19
Net debt to EBITDA (2.72) 2.31 3.42

Dividend

Metric IMPP PXS Oil & Gas Midstream median
Dividend yield — — 7.29%
Payout ratio 0.00 0.00 0.64

Size

Metric IMPP PXS Oil & Gas Midstream median
Market cap 232.21m 67.68m 3.61b

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