Critical Review: Capital Clean Energy Carriers (CCEC) and Its Competitors

Capital Clean Energy Carriers (NASDAQ:CCEC) is one of 55 public companies in the “Deep sea foreign transportation of freight” industry, but how does it weigh in compared to its rivals? We will compare Capital Clean Energy Carriers to related companies based on the strength of its earnings, dividends, institutional ownership, valuation, profitability, risk and analyst recommendations.

Profitability

This table compares Capital Clean Energy Carriers and its rivals’ 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	31.28%	15.70%	8.08%

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares Capital Clean Energy Carriers and its rivals top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Capital Clean Energy Carriers	$393.20 million	$47.21 million	7.33
Capital Clean Energy Carriers Competitors	$685.28 million	$121.02 million	6.19

Capital Clean Energy Carriers’ rivals 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 rivals, indicating that it is currently more expensive than other companies in its industry.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of recent ratings for Capital Clean Energy Carriers and its rivals, 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	262	1549	1754	84	2.45

Capital Clean Energy Carriers presently has a consensus price target of $22.00, indicating a potential upside of 17.65%. As a group, “Deep sea foreign transportation of freight” companies have a potential upside of 35.48%. Given Capital Clean Energy Carriers’ rivals higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Capital Clean Energy Carriers has less favorable growth aspects than its rivals.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

44.1% of shares of all “Deep sea foreign transportation of freight” companies are held by institutional investors. 15.7% of shares of all “Deep sea foreign transportation of freight” companies are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Dividends

Capital Clean Energy Carriers pays an annual dividend of $0.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.2%. 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 5.8% and pay out 33.1% of their earnings in the form of a dividend.

Risk and Volatility

Capital Clean Energy Carriers has a beta of 0.87, meaning that its share price is 13% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Capital Clean Energy Carriers’ rivals have a beta of 0.85, meaning that their average share price is 15% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

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

Capital Clean Energy Carriers Company Profile

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.