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Imperial Petroleum Inc.

Hot onWhy it's trendingX mentions rising faster than the marketBacked by solid revenue growthBullish-leaning chatter
$IMPP·$187M·Oil & Gas Exploration & Production·Energy
$4.75-3.3%YTD+28.0%1Y+48.4%
Mentions · last 7 days
2026-07-09: 5 posts2026-07-10: 1 posts2026-07-11: 1 posts2026-07-12: 3 posts2026-07-13: 7 posts2026-07-14: 17 posts2026-07-15: 9 posts43+100%
Price updated 5h ago·X counts updated 1d ago
IMIMPP
$IMPPImperial Petroleum Inc.
$4.75-3.26%43 posts+100%
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AI verdict & sentimentAI analysisGenerated by AI from underlying data

Today's AI verdict on what's driving $IMPP, plus how loud the X conversation is and which way it's leaning.

AI analysis

TickerTalks’ read on the fundamentals and what’s driving the move.

Proven numbersAcceleratingAI verdict · as of 2026-07-15

The move is getting stronger, with heavier trading behind it.

Product-tanker microcap trading at 3.4x earnings with a 51% FCF yield — Vafias-controlled and second-best quarter ever.

Imperial Petroleum is the kind of small-cap Greek shipping name where the reported numbers look almost too good — and the cross-holding structure is the reason to read them carefully.

  • Revenue growth: Q1 2026 $61.7M (+92% YoY), Q4 2025 +95%, Q3 +25%, Q2 -23% — the last three quarters mark a real cyclical reacceleration.
  • Fundamentals as reported: PE 3.4x, EV/EBITDA 1.2x, FCF yield 51%, operating margin 43% — extreme cheap-shipping-cycle metrics. The Q1 2026 print was flagged as "second-best quarterly results in history."
  • Beat cadence: +71%, +15%, +182%, +767% across last four quarters — analysts have chronically underestimated the top line.
  • Governance to price in: Harry N. Vafias (Chairman/CEO/Director) personally holds 31.9% (14.3M shares) per SC 13D/A Amendment 11; June 22 he received an A-Award of 739,000 shares at $2.00 (~$1.48M grant) and did a 33,627-share G-Gift. Cross-holding: IMPP owns 82.9% of C3is Inc. — the reported financials capture consolidated results, but a lot of the equity story is a controlled-company narrative.
  • Setup: $4.94, +33% YTD, +55% over 12 months, mid-52w range with 1.18 beta.

Jul 29 Q2 print will show whether the tanker-rate strength held through spring — the FCF math depends on it.

Agrees with X sentimentX sentiment matches — deep discount to NAV framing, buyback activity, fresh MR (medium-range tanker) purchase; the crowd read agrees, and the warrant overhang and controlled-company structure are the tempering data the sentiment posts underplay.

What to watch: Jul 29 Q2 print — day-rate realizations, fleet-expansion capex, dividend/buyback pace; further Vafias-affiliate 13D/A amendments; C3is (subsidiary) performance and any consolidation adjustments; warrant-exercise activity as dilution.

On the calendar: 2026-07-29 — Q2 2026 earnings (EPS est $0.73)

micro capcontrolled companycross holding structurewarrant overhang

X sentiment

What the X crowd is saying right now — descriptive, summarised from the day’s posts.

Bullish sentiment5 posts analyzed · as of 2026-07-05

Imperial Petroleum chatter frames the tape as a tanker-sector laggard while acknowledging fleet and revenue growing among the fastest (including a fresh cheap MR purchase). Posts describe painful price action as a gift for continued buybacks and note fresh 80k share adds. Warrants are a headwind but chatter reads as accumulation-into-discount.

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What it does

Plain-English summary of the business — what they sell and how they make money.

Operates a fleet of oil tankers providing spot and time-charter seaborne crude and petroleum product transportation.

Industry overviewAI analysisGenerated by AI from underlying data

Where Oil & Gas Exploration & Production sits in its cycle right now — and what that implies for $IMPP.

Oil & Gas Exploration & Production · Energy

No material change from last week — an outcome that compresses the upside price optionality that E&Ps have been pricing.

What this means for $IMPP

Neutral — Operates a fleet of oil tankers providing spot and time-charter seaborne crude and petroleum product transportation; limited exposure means the capex discipline and Brent price dynamics shaping E&P cash returns is not a near-term catalyst or headwind.

Industry benchmark

12-name peer basket
+32.0%YTD
+11.4%1Y

Fundamentals & catalyst

Profitability, valuation, and the next earnings event — at a glance, with rule-of-thumb signals.

Key ratios

P/E
3.4How much investors are paying per dollar of profit the company actually earned in the last 12 months. Lower means the stock looks cheaper relative to earnings.~15–25 is typical for the S&P 500; high-growth names trade 30+; hyper-growth or speculative can be 100+ or negative.
ROIC
10.3%What percentage return the business earns on every dollar of capital (equity + debt) deployed in operations. The cleanest measure of business quality.Above ~15% is high-quality; consistently above 25% suggests a real moat. Below the company's cost of capital is value-destroying.
Op margin
30.3%Operating profit (after sales, marketing, R&D, and overhead but before interest and taxes) as a percentage of revenue. The clearest view of how well the underlying business is run.Mature business above 20% is healthy; software businesses can run 30%+; commodity / retail businesses operate in single digits.
FCF yield
51.2%Free cash flow (operating cash flow minus capex) divided by the company's market cap. The cash-on-cash return you'd get owning the whole business at today's price.Above ~5% is attractive; below ~2% means you're paying up for growth. Capital-light businesses (software) run higher than capital-heavy ones (utilities).
P/S
1.0Same idea as P/E but per dollar of revenue. Useful for companies that aren't profitable yet, where P/E is meaningless.Under ~2 is cheap; software / SaaS often runs 8–15; well above 20 implies the market is pricing in very high future growth.
ROE
13.4%Net income as a percentage of shareholders' equity. Similar to ROIC but counts only the equity side.Above 20% is strong, but can be inflated by leverage — a heavily indebted company can show high ROE with weak underlying ROIC.
Gross margin
34.1%Revenue minus the direct cost of producing what was sold, as a percentage of revenue. The first read on whether the product is structurally profitable.Software / SaaS is typically 70%+; consumer goods 30–50%; commodity / hardware businesses can be under 20%.
D/E
0.0Total debt divided by shareholders' equity. Measures how much the business runs on borrowed money versus owner capital.Under 1 is conservative; 1–2 is typical for mature businesses; over 2 is leveraged and more sensitive to interest rates.

Past earnings

QuarterReportedActualEstimateSurprise
Q1 2026May 22, 2026$0.58$0.34+70.6%
Q4 2025Mar 6, 2026$0.39$0.34+14.7%
Q3 2025Dec 11, 2025$0.31$0.11+181.8%
Q2 2025Sep 5, 2025$0.37$0.04+766.5%
Next earningsWed, Jul 29·consensus EPS $0.73

Quarterly trend

QuarterRevenueYoYGrossOpEPSFCF
Q1 FY26$61.7M+92.3%45.9%42.9%$0.60$36.4M
Q4 FY25$51.1M+95.1%30.4%26.7%$0.39$23.7M
Q3 FY25$41.4M+25.4%27.4%22.6%$0.33$14.2M
Q2 FY25$36.3M-22.7%27.0%22.5%$0.36$21.3M

Forward consensus

2-year forecast · up to 1 analysts
FYRevenueRangeEPSRangeAnalysts
FY26$269.0M$269.0M – $269.0M$2.44$2.44 – $2.441
FY27$266.1M$266.1M – $266.1M$2.17$2.17 – $2.171

Setup & momentum

Volume, range, and moving-average position — the technical setup driving short-term moves.

Right now

Vol vs 30dToday's traded share volume divided by the average over the prior 30 trading days. ≥3× signals unusual interest; below 1× is quiet.0.4×Today's traded share volume divided by the average over the prior 30 trading days. ≥3× signals unusual interest; below 1× is quiet.
52w rangeWhere the latest close sits between the 52-week low (0%) and high (100%). Above 80% is extended; below 30% is basing or in a downtrend.50%Where the latest close sits between the 52-week low (0%) and high (100%). Above 80% is extended; below 30% is basing or in a downtrend.
vs 50d MALatest close vs the 50-day simple moving average. Positive = short-term trend is up.-5.6%Latest close vs the 50-day simple moving average. Positive = short-term trend is up.
vs 200d MALatest close vs the 200-day simple moving average. Positive = long-term trend is up.+2.9%Latest close vs the 200-day simple moving average. Positive = long-term trend is up.

Float & profile

FloatLow float · 23.9M shFree-float shares — the slice of issued stock actually available to trade. Lower buckets squeeze harder on a catalyst.Traded today0.5% of floatToday's volume as a percent of the free float. Above 5% on a single day is unusually high turnover for the available share count.β1.185-year weekly beta vs the S&P 500. Above 1.5 means the stock typically moves more than the index; below 0.8 moves less.

Insider activity

Recent open-market buys and sells by officers and directors — flagged when multiple insiders cluster.

Recent transactions

No open-market buys or sells in the last 180 days.

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SEC filings

Material 8-K, 13D, S-3, and 424B5 events from the last 180 days — the filings that actually move the price.

Recent material filings

SC 13D/AActivist amendmentJun 24SC 13D/A
AI summary

Harry N. Vafias and affiliated entities filed SC 13D/A Amendment No. 11 on June 22, 2026, with Vafias personally holding 31.9% (14,266,903 shares) of Imperial Petroleum Inc., Flawless Management Inc. at 15.7% (6,991,255 shares), and Arethusa Properties LTD at 7.4% (3,307,452 shares). The combined affiliated group holds a dominant concentrated stake. Material — the CEO/insider's aggregate group controls a dominant position, signaling very concentrated control and significant related-party influence.

SC 13D/AActivist amendmentJun 24SC 13D/A
AI summary

Imperial Petroleum Inc. filed SC 13D/A Amendment No. 11 (June 22, 2026) disclosing it holds 7,171,543 shares of C3is Inc. — an 82.9% controlling stake. This is a cross-holding disclosure: Imperial Petroleum is the reporting party and C3is (a separate Marshall Islands shipping company) is the issuer. Material — flags Imperial Petroleum's dominant position in C3is; relevant for C3is minority shareholders given the near-total ownership concentration by a single related-party entity.

SC 13D/AActivist amendmentMay 6SC 13D/A
AI summary

Imperial Petroleum Inc. (IMPP) received an amended Schedule 13D/A (Amendment No. 10) from C3is Inc. or affiliated entities updating their beneficial ownership position. This tenth amendment to the active investor disclosure reflects continued changes in holdings or stated intentions regarding the shipping company. C3is's persistent amendments signal ongoing portfolio management activity in IMPP shares. Current aggregate ownership, voting rights, and purpose of transaction are detailed in the filing.

3New insider — initial holdingsMar 183
3New insider — initial holdingsMar 183
3New insider — initial holdingsMar 183
3New insider — initial holdingsMar 183
SC 13D/AActivist amendmentFeb 4SC 13D/A
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Recent news

Latest headlines from major outlets, sourced and timestamped — context for whatever just moved.

Imperial Petroleum: Deep Discount To NAV Outshines Concernsseekingalpha.com·27d agoImperial Petroleum Inc. Declares Dividend on Series A Preferred Sharesglobenewswire.com·37d agoImperial Petroleum Q1 Earnings Call Highlightsmarketbeat.com·56d agoIMPERIAL PETROLEUM INC. Reports Q1 26 results, SECOND BEST QUARTERLY results in its historyglobenewswire.com·56d agoImperial Petroleum Inc. Announces the Date for the Release of the First Qurarter 2026 Financial and Operating Results, Conference Call and Webcastglobenewswire.com·59d ago

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