Contrasting Toro (NASDAQ:TORO) & C3is (NASDAQ:CISS)

Institutional and Insider Ownership

10.5% of C3is shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 1.7% of Toro shares are owned by institutional investors. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares C3is and Toro”s top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
C3is	$42.30 million	0.05	$9.29 million	($35.21)	-0.09
Toro	$22.39 million	1.64	$140.64 million	$0.49	3.94

Toro has lower revenue, but higher earnings than C3is. C3is is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Toro, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Volatility and Risk

C3is has a beta of 1.77, suggesting that its share price is 77% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Toro has a beta of 1.26, suggesting that its share price is 26% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Profitability

This table compares C3is and Toro’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
C3is	5.74%	19.35%	11.24%
Toro	176.49%	17.16%	10.30%

About C3is

C3is Inc. offers international seaborne transportation services. It provides its services to dry bulk charterers, including national and private industrial users, commodity producers and traders, oil producers, refineries, and commodities traders and producers. The company owns and operates a fleet of two drybulk carriers, which transport major bulks, such as iron ore, coal and grains, as well as minor bulks comprising bauxite, phosphate, and fertilizers, and one Aframax crude oil tanker that transports crude oil. C3is Inc. was founded in 2021 and is based in Athens, Greece.

About Toro

Toro Corp., a shipping company, acquires, owns, charters, and operates oceangoing tanker vessels and provides seaborne transportation services for crude oil LPG, and refined petroleum products worldwide. The company operates in three segments: Aframax/LR2 Tanker, Handysize Tanker, and LPG Carrier. As of December 31, 2023, it operated a fleet of one Handysize tanker vessel; one Aframax/LR2 vessel; and four LPG carrier vessels with an aggregate cargo carrying capacity of 0.1 million deadweight ton. Toro Corp. was incorporated in 2022 and is based in Limassol, Cyprus.