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 $197.1M against $57.2M — 3.4× the size. Imperial Petroleum Inc. trades at the lower P/E: 2.1× against 6.9×. 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 2.14 6.89 11.68
P/S 0.81 1.35 2.39
P/B 0.33 0.53 1.68
Price to free cash flow 1.70 3.82 8.52
EV/EBITDA n/m 3.81 9.03
EV/Sales (0.02) 1.94 3.43
Earnings yield 46.76% 14.52% 7.78%
Free cash flow yield 58.66% 26.21% 7.11%

Profitability

Metric IMPP PXS Oil & Gas Midstream median
Gross margin 50.32% 61.64% 54.87%
Operating margin 34.73% 30.65% 34.73%
Net margin 36.75% 20.00% 20.12%
Free cash flow margin 48.33% 35.37% 14.43%
Return on equity 17.19% 8.26% 11.73%
Return on assets 14.31% 4.43% 4.43%
Return on invested capital 15.34% 6.15% 6.10%

Growth

Metric IMPP PXS Oil & Gas Midstream median
Revenue growth (TTM) 89.03% (5.01%) 14.88%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) (7.86%) (79.12%) (7.78%)
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 51.31% 12.43% 10.05%
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 0.77
Current ratio 4.77 4.72 1.19
Net debt to EBITDA (2.72) 2.31 3.46

Dividend

Metric IMPP PXS Oil & Gas Midstream median
Dividend yield — — 4.94%
Payout ratio — — 0.73

Size

Metric IMPP PXS Oil & Gas Midstream median
Market cap 197.08m 57.24m 3.56b

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