Reviewing Capital Clean Energy Carriers (CCEC) and Its Competitors

Capital Clean Energy Carriers (NASDAQ:CCECGet Free Report) is one of 57 public companies in the “Deep sea foreign transportation of freight” industry, but how does it contrast to its competitors? We will compare Capital Clean Energy Carriers to related companies based on the strength of its dividends, institutional ownership, profitability, earnings, risk, valuation and analyst recommendations.

Institutional & Insider Ownership

43.7% of shares of all “Deep sea foreign transportation of freight” companies are held by institutional investors. 14.7% of shares of all “Deep sea foreign transportation of freight” companies are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Profitability

This table compares Capital Clean Energy Carriers and its competitors’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Capital Clean Energy Carriers 24.89% 6.83% 2.26%
Capital Clean Energy Carriers Competitors 31.88% 15.87% 8.36%

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Capital Clean Energy Carriers and its competitors top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

Gross Revenue Net Income Price/Earnings Ratio
Capital Clean Energy Carriers $360.59 million $47.21 million 7.24
Capital Clean Energy Carriers Competitors $675.09 million $120.80 million 6.11

Capital Clean Energy Carriers’ competitors have higher revenue and earnings than Capital Clean Energy Carriers. Capital Clean Energy Carriers is trading at a higher price-to-earnings ratio than its competitors, indicating that it is currently more expensive than other companies in its industry.

Dividends

Capital Clean Energy Carriers pays an annual dividend of $0.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.3%. Capital Clean Energy Carriers pays out 23.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. As a group, “Deep sea foreign transportation of freight” companies pay a dividend yield of 5.7% and pay out 32.2% of their earnings in the form of a dividend.

Risk & Volatility

Capital Clean Energy Carriers has a beta of 0.87, indicating that its share price is 13% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Capital Clean Energy Carriers’ competitors have a beta of 0.80, indicating that their average share price is 20% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of current recommendations and price targets for Capital Clean Energy Carriers and its competitors, 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
Capital Clean Energy Carriers Competitors 268 1606 1851 85 2.46

Capital Clean Energy Carriers currently has a consensus price target of $22.00, indicating a potential upside of 19.18%. As a group, “Deep sea foreign transportation of freight” companies have a potential upside of 36.36%. Given Capital Clean Energy Carriers’ competitors higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Capital Clean Energy Carriers has less favorable growth aspects than its competitors.

Summary

Capital Clean Energy Carriers competitors beat Capital Clean Energy Carriers on 9 of the 15 factors compared.

About Capital Clean Energy Carriers

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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.

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