Capital Clean Energy Carriers (NASDAQ:CCEC – Get Free Report) and Pangaea Logistics Solutions (NASDAQ:PANL – Get Free Report) are both small-cap transportation companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, profitability, risk, earnings, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations and dividends.
Analyst Recommendations
This is a summary of recent ratings and target prices for Capital Clean Energy Carriers and Pangaea Logistics Solutions, as provided by MarketBeat.com.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| Capital Clean Energy Carriers | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3.50 |
| Pangaea Logistics Solutions | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3.00 |
Capital Clean Energy Carriers presently has a consensus price target of $22.00, indicating a potential upside of 18.92%. Pangaea Logistics Solutions has a consensus price target of $10.25, indicating a potential upside of 54.37%. Given Pangaea Logistics Solutions’ higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Pangaea Logistics Solutions is more favorable than Capital Clean Energy Carriers.
Valuation & Earnings
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| Capital Clean Energy Carriers | $393.20 million | 2.61 | $47.21 million | $2.55 | 7.25 |
| Pangaea Logistics Solutions | $499.27 million | 0.62 | $26.32 million | $0.78 | 8.51 |
Capital Clean Energy Carriers has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Pangaea Logistics Solutions. Capital Clean Energy Carriers is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Pangaea Logistics Solutions, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Profitability
This table compares Capital Clean Energy Carriers and Pangaea Logistics Solutions’ 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% |
| Pangaea Logistics Solutions | 7.02% | 8.76% | 4.66% |
Insider and Institutional Ownership
60.2% of Pangaea Logistics Solutions shares are owned by institutional investors. 23.4% of Pangaea Logistics Solutions shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Volatility and Risk
Capital Clean Energy Carriers has a beta of 0.86, meaning that its stock price is 14% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Pangaea Logistics Solutions has a beta of 0.87, meaning that its stock price is 13% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Dividends
Capital Clean Energy Carriers pays an annual dividend of $0.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.2%. Pangaea Logistics Solutions pays an annual dividend of $0.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.0%. Capital Clean Energy Carriers pays out 23.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Pangaea Logistics Solutions pays out 51.3% 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.
Summary
Pangaea Logistics Solutions beats Capital Clean Energy Carriers on 9 of the 16 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 Pangaea Logistics Solutions
Pangaea Logistics Solutions, Ltd., together with its subsidiaries, provides seaborne dry bulk logistics and transportation services to industrial customers worldwide. It offers various dry bulk cargoes, such as grains, coal, iron ore, pig iron, hot briquetted iron, bauxite, alumina, cement clinker, dolomite, and limestone. The company's ocean logistics services comprise cargo loading, cargo discharge, vessel chartering, voyage planning, and technical vessel management. It owns and operates a fleet of vessels. The company was founded in 1996 and is headquartered in Newport, Rhode Island.
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