Comparing Capital Clean Energy Carriers (NASDAQ:CCEC) & Himalaya Shipping (NYSE:HSHP)

Capital Clean Energy Carriers (NASDAQ:CCEC) and Himalaya Shipping (NYSE:HSHP) 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, valuation, profitability, risk, dividends, earnings and analyst recommendations.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of current ratings and price targets for Capital Clean Energy Carriers and Himalaya Shipping, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Capital Clean Energy Carriers	0	0	1	1	3.50
Himalaya Shipping	1	0	0	0	1.00

Capital Clean Energy Carriers presently has a consensus target price of $22.00, suggesting a potential upside of 12.65%. Given Capital Clean Energy Carriers’ stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe Capital Clean Energy Carriers is more favorable than Himalaya Shipping.

Dividends

Capital Clean Energy Carriers pays an annual dividend of $0.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.1%. Himalaya Shipping pays an annual dividend of $0.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.6%. Capital Clean Energy Carriers pays out 23.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

Insider and Institutional Ownership

22.3% of Himalaya Shipping shares are owned by institutional investors. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Profitability

This table compares Capital Clean Energy Carriers and Himalaya Shipping’s 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%
Himalaya Shipping	N/A	N/A	N/A

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares Capital Clean Energy Carriers and Himalaya Shipping”s revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Capital Clean Energy Carriers	$393.20 million	2.75	$47.21 million	$2.55	7.66
Himalaya Shipping	$83.35 million	3.78	$1.51 million	N/A	N/A

Capital Clean Energy Carriers has higher revenue and earnings than Himalaya Shipping.

Volatility and Risk

Capital Clean Energy Carriers has a beta of 0.87, meaning that its stock price is 13% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Himalaya Shipping has a beta of 2.38, meaning that its stock price is 138% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Capital Clean Energy Carriers beats Himalaya Shipping on 9 of the 14 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 Himalaya Shipping

Himalaya Shipping Ltd. provides dry bulk shipping services worldwide. The company operates a fleet of vessels. It serves major commodity trading, commodity and energy transition, and multi-modal transport companies. Himalaya Shipping Ltd. was incorporated in 2021 and is based in Hamilton, Bermuda.