Cadeler A/S (NYSE:CDLR) & Costamare (NYSE:CMRE) Critical Comparison

Cadeler A/S (NYSE:CDLR) and Costamare (NYSE:CMRE) are both transportation companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, dividends, analyst recommendations, profitability, earnings, valuation and risk.

Institutional & Insider Ownership

53.0% of Cadeler A/S shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 58.1% of Costamare shares are held by institutional investors. 23.2% of Costamare shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Profitability

This table compares Cadeler A/S and Costamare’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
Costamare	19.26%	12.61%	5.74%

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of current ratings for Cadeler A/S and Costamare, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Cadeler A/S	0	0	1	0	3.00
Costamare	0	2	1	0	2.33

Cadeler A/S presently has a consensus target price of $37.00, suggesting a potential upside of 47.82%. Costamare has a consensus target price of $11.67, suggesting a potential downside of 28.99%. Given Cadeler A/S’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Cadeler A/S is more favorable than Costamare.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Cadeler A/S and Costamare’s gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Cadeler A/S	$117.55 million	18.68	$12.44 million	N/A	N/A
Costamare	$1.74 billion	1.11	$385.75 million	$2.58	6.37

Costamare has higher revenue and earnings than Cadeler A/S.

Summary

Costamare beats Cadeler A/S on 7 of the 10 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 Costamare

Costamare Inc. owns and operates containerships and dry bulk vessels that are chartered to liner companies providing transportation of cargoes worldwide. As of March 19, 2024, it had a fleet of fleet of 68 containerships and 37 dry bulk vessels. The company was founded in 1974 and is based in Monaco.