Contrasting Cadeler A/S (NYSE:CDLR) and Capital Clean Energy Carriers (NASDAQ:CCEC)

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

Profitability

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

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

Analyst Ratings

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

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

Cadeler A/S presently has a consensus price target of $37.00, indicating a potential upside of 61.22%. Capital Clean Energy Carriers has a consensus price target of $22.00, indicating a potential upside of 20.42%. Given Cadeler A/S’s higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe Cadeler A/S is more favorable than Capital Clean Energy Carriers.

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares Cadeler A/S and Capital Clean Energy Carriers”s revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Cadeler A/S	$180.22 million	11.17	$12.44 million	N/A	N/A
Capital Clean Energy Carriers	$447.31 million	2.26	$47.21 million	$1.30	14.05

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

Institutional and Insider Ownership

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

Summary

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

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.

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.