Comparing Cadeler A/S (NYSE:CDLR) & Seanergy Maritime (NASDAQ:SHIP)

Cadeler A/S (NYSE:CDLR) and Seanergy Maritime (NASDAQ:SHIP) are both small-cap transportation companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, valuation, dividends, risk, profitability and earnings.

Volatility and Risk

Cadeler A/S has a beta of 0.83, indicating that its share price is 17% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Seanergy Maritime has a beta of 0.63, indicating that its share price is 37% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of current ratings and price targets for Cadeler A/S and Seanergy Maritime, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Cadeler A/S	0	0	1	0	3.00
Seanergy Maritime	0	0	2	1	3.33

Cadeler A/S presently has a consensus price target of $37.00, indicating a potential upside of 74.36%. Seanergy Maritime has a consensus price target of $12.00, indicating a potential upside of 79.37%. Given Seanergy Maritime’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Seanergy Maritime is more favorable than Cadeler A/S.

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares Cadeler A/S and Seanergy Maritime”s revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Cadeler A/S	$117.55 million	15.84	$12.44 million	N/A	N/A
Seanergy Maritime	$110.23 million	1.26	$2.28 million	$2.34	2.86

Cadeler A/S has higher revenue and earnings than Seanergy Maritime.

Profitability

This table compares Cadeler A/S and Seanergy Maritime’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Cadeler A/S	N/A	N/A	N/A
Seanergy Maritime	28.37%	19.01%	9.30%

Insider and Institutional Ownership

53.0% of Cadeler A/S shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 29.4% of Seanergy Maritime shares are held by institutional investors. 4.7% of Seanergy Maritime shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Seanergy Maritime beats Cadeler A/S on 8 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Cadeler A/S

Cadeler A/S operates as an offshore wind farm transportation and installation contractor in Denmark. It also provides wind farm construction, maintenance, decommissioning, and other tasks within the offshore industry, as well as marine and engineering services. The company owns and operates four offshore jack-up windfarm installation vessels. Cadeler A/S was incorporated in 2008 and is headquartered in Copenhagen, Denmark.

About Seanergy Maritime

Seanergy Maritime Holdings Corp., a shipping company, provides seaborne transportation of dry bulk commodities worldwide. It operates a fleet of 16 Capesize dry bulk vessels and one Newcastlemax dry bulk vessel with a cargo-carrying capacity of approximately 3,054,820 dwt. The company was formerly known as Seanergy Merger Corp. and changed its name to Seanergy Maritime Holdings Corp. in July 2008. Seanergy Maritime Holdings Corp. was incorporated in 2008 and is based in Glyfada, Greece.