Comparing Capital Clean Energy Carriers (NASDAQ:CCEC) & Cadeler A/S (NYSE:CDLR)

Capital Clean Energy Carriers (NASDAQ:CCEC) and Cadeler A/S (NYSE:CDLR) are both small-cap transportation companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, valuation, dividends, profitability, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership and risk.

Profitability

This table compares Capital Clean Energy Carriers and Cadeler A/S’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Capital Clean Energy Carriers	25.79%	9.72%	3.24%
Cadeler A/S	N/A	N/A	N/A

Insider & Institutional Ownership

53.0% of Cadeler A/S shares are owned by institutional investors. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Capital Clean Energy Carriers and Cadeler A/S”s top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Capital Clean Energy Carriers	$447.31 million	2.26	$47.21 million	$1.30	14.03
Cadeler A/S	$180.22 million	10.95	$12.44 million	N/A	N/A

Capital Clean Energy Carriers has higher revenue and earnings than Cadeler A/S.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of current ratings for Capital Clean Energy Carriers and Cadeler A/S, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Capital Clean Energy Carriers	0	0	1	1	3.50
Cadeler A/S	0	0	1	0	3.00

Capital Clean Energy Carriers presently has a consensus price target of $22.00, suggesting a potential upside of 20.61%. Cadeler A/S has a consensus price target of $37.00, suggesting a potential upside of 64.44%. Given Cadeler A/S’s higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Cadeler A/S is more favorable than Capital Clean Energy Carriers.

Summary

Capital Clean Energy Carriers beats Cadeler A/S on 7 of the 10 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Capital Clean Energy Carriers

Capital Clean Energy Carriers Corp., a shipping company, provides marine transportation services in Greece. The company’s vessels provide a range of cargoes, including liquefied natural gas, containerized goods, and cargo under short-term voyage charters, and medium to long-term time charters. It owns vessels, including Neo-Panamax container vessels, Panamax container vessels, cape-size bulk carrier, and LNG carriers. In addition, the company produces and distributes oil and natural gas, including biofuels, motor oil, lubricants, petrol, crudes, liquefied natural gas, marine fuels, natural gas liquids, and petrochemicals. It serves as the general partner of the company. The company was formerly known as Capital Product Partners L.P. and changed its name to Capital Clean Energy Carriers Corp. in August 2024. Capital Clean Energy Carriers Corp. was incorporated in 2007 and is headquartered in Piraeus, Greece. Capital Clean Energy Carriers Corp. operates as a subsidiary of Capital Maritime & Trading Corp.

About Cadeler A/S

Cadeler A/S operates as an offshore wind farm transportation and installation contractor in Denmark. It also provides wind farm construction, maintenance, decommissioning, and other tasks within the offshore industry, as well as marine and engineering services. The company owns and operates four offshore jack-up windfarm installation vessels. Cadeler A/S was incorporated in 2008 and is headquartered in Copenhagen, Denmark.