Capital Clean Energy Carriers (NASDAQ:CCEC – Get Free Report) and Navios Maritime Partners (NYSE:NMM – Get Free Report) are both small-cap transportation companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, valuation, risk, dividends, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership and earnings.
Risk and Volatility
Capital Clean Energy Carriers has a beta of 0.83, indicating that its share price is 17% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Navios Maritime Partners has a beta of 1.97, indicating that its share price is 97% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Valuation & Earnings
This table compares Capital Clean Energy Carriers and Navios Maritime Partners”s gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| Capital Clean Energy Carriers | $360.59 million | 2.79 | $47.21 million | $1.30 | 13.95 |
| Navios Maritime Partners | $1.31 billion | 0.96 | $433.64 million | $13.18 | 3.19 |
Profitability
This table compares Capital Clean Energy Carriers and Navios Maritime Partners’ 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% |
| Navios Maritime Partners | 30.48% | 13.66% | 7.43% |
Analyst Recommendations
This is a breakdown of current ratings and target prices for Capital Clean Energy Carriers and Navios Maritime Partners, as reported by MarketBeat.com.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| Capital Clean Energy Carriers | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3.50 |
| Navios Maritime Partners | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3.00 |
Capital Clean Energy Carriers presently has a consensus target price of $22.00, suggesting a potential upside of 21.28%. Navios Maritime Partners has a consensus target price of $80.00, suggesting a potential upside of 90.03%. Given Navios Maritime Partners’ higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Navios Maritime Partners is more favorable than Capital Clean Energy Carriers.
Dividends
Capital Clean Energy Carriers pays an annual dividend of $0.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.3%. Navios Maritime Partners pays an annual dividend of $0.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.5%. Capital Clean Energy Carriers pays out 46.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Navios Maritime Partners pays out 1.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years.
Insider and Institutional Ownership
62.7% of Navios Maritime Partners shares are held by institutional investors. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
Navios Maritime Partners beats Capital Clean Energy Carriers on 10 of the 15 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 Navios Maritime Partners
Navios Maritime Partners L.P. owns and operates dry cargo vessels in Asia, Europe, North America, and Australia. The company offers seaborne transportation services for a range of liquid and dry cargo commodities, including crude oil, refined petroleum, chemicals, iron ore, coal, grain, fertilizer, and containers, as well as charters its vessels under short, medium, and longer-term charters. Navios Maritime Partners L.P. was founded in 2007 and is based in Monaco.
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