Analyzing Capital Clean Energy Carriers (NASDAQ:CCEC) & DHT (NYSE:DHT)

Capital Clean Energy Carriers (NASDAQ:CCEC) and DHT (NYSE:DHT) are both small-cap transportation companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, earnings, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, profitability, dividends and valuation.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of recent recommendations for Capital Clean Energy Carriers and DHT, 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
DHT	0	1	3	1	3.00

Capital Clean Energy Carriers presently has a consensus target price of $22.00, indicating a potential upside of 17.27%. DHT has a consensus target price of $14.50, indicating a potential upside of 34.95%. Given DHT’s higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe DHT 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 3.2%. DHT pays an annual dividend of $1.08 per share and has a dividend yield of 10.1%. Capital Clean Energy Carriers pays out 46.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. DHT pays out 108.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

Profitability

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

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Capital Clean Energy Carriers	25.79%	9.80%	3.39%
DHT	27.72%	15.58%	10.92%

Institutional & Insider Ownership

58.5% of DHT shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.6% of DHT shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Risk & Volatility

Capital Clean Energy Carriers has a beta of 0.86, indicating that its stock price is 14% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, DHT has a beta of -0.36, indicating that its stock price is 136% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Capital Clean Energy Carriers and DHT”s top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Capital Clean Energy Carriers	$360.59 million	2.88	$47.21 million	$1.30	14.43
DHT	$560.56 million	3.09	$161.35 million	$1.00	10.75

DHT has higher revenue and earnings than Capital Clean Energy Carriers. DHT is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Capital Clean Energy Carriers, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Summary

DHT beats Capital Clean Energy Carriers on 11 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 DHT

DHT Holdings, Inc., through its subsidiaries, owns and operates crude oil tankers primarily in Monaco, Singapore, and Norway. The company also offers technical management services. As of March 15, 2024, it had a fleet of 24 very large crude carriers. The company was incorporated in 2005 and is headquartered in Hamilton, Bermuda.