Contrasting Cadeler A/S (NYSE:CDLR) and Toro (NASDAQ:TORO)

Toro (NASDAQ:TORO) and Cadeler A/S (NYSE:CDLR) are both small-cap transportation companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, analyst recommendations, valuation, earnings, risk, institutional ownership and profitability.

Risk and Volatility

Toro has a beta of 1.24, suggesting that its share price is 24% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Cadeler A/S has a beta of 0.83, suggesting that its share price is 17% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of recent ratings and recommmendations for Toro and Cadeler A/S, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Toro	0	0	0	0	0.00
Cadeler A/S	0	0	1	0	3.00

Cadeler A/S has a consensus target price of $37.00, indicating a potential upside of 70.59%. Given Cadeler A/S’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Cadeler A/S is more favorable than Toro.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Toro and Cadeler A/S”s revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Toro	$78.47 million	0.67	$140.64 million	$1.06	2.63
Cadeler A/S	$180.22 million	10.56	$12.44 million	N/A	N/A

Toro has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Cadeler A/S.

Profitability

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

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Toro	176.49%	17.16%	10.30%
Cadeler A/S	N/A	N/A	N/A

Insider and Institutional Ownership

1.7% of Toro shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 53.0% of Cadeler A/S shares are owned by institutional investors. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Cadeler A/S beats Toro on 6 of the 11 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Toro

Toro Corp., a shipping company, acquires, owns, charters, and operates oceangoing tanker vessels and provides seaborne transportation services for crude oil LPG, and refined petroleum products worldwide. The company operates in three segments: Aframax/LR2 Tanker, Handysize Tanker, and LPG Carrier. As of December 31, 2023, it operated a fleet of one Handysize tanker vessel; one Aframax/LR2 vessel; and four LPG carrier vessels with an aggregate cargo carrying capacity of 0.1 million deadweight ton. Toro Corp. was incorporated in 2022 and is based in Limassol, Cyprus.

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.