Critical Review: Capital Clean Energy Carriers (CCEC) & Its Competitors

Capital Clean Energy Carriers (NASDAQ:CCEC) is one of 57 publicly-traded companies in the “Deep sea foreign transportation of freight” industry, but how does it weigh in compared to its peers? We will compare Capital Clean Energy Carriers to related companies based on the strength of its valuation, earnings, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, risk, dividends and profitability.

Institutional & Insider Ownership

43.7% of shares of all “Deep sea foreign transportation of freight” companies are owned by institutional investors. 14.7% of shares of all “Deep sea foreign transportation of freight” companies are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Dividends

Capital Clean Energy Carriers pays an annual dividend of $0.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.2%. Capital Clean Energy Carriers pays out 46.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. As a group, “Deep sea foreign transportation of freight” companies pay a dividend yield of 5.5% and pay out 31.2% of their earnings in the form of a dividend. Capital Clean Energy Carriers lags its peers as a dividend stock, given its lower dividend yield and higher payout ratio.

Profitability

This table compares Capital Clean Energy Carriers and its peers’ 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%
Capital Clean Energy Carriers Competitors	32.73%	15.99%	8.48%

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares Capital Clean Energy Carriers and its peers top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Capital Clean Energy Carriers	$393.20 million	$47.21 million	14.26
Capital Clean Energy Carriers Competitors	$772.84 million	$120.80 million	4.95

Capital Clean Energy Carriers’ peers have higher revenue and earnings than Capital Clean Energy Carriers. Capital Clean Energy Carriers is trading at a higher price-to-earnings ratio than its peers, indicating that it is currently more expensive than other companies in its industry.

Risk & Volatility

Capital Clean Energy Carriers has a beta of 0.86, suggesting that its stock price is 14% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Capital Clean Energy Carriers’ peers have a beta of 1.17, suggesting that their average stock price is 17% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of recent recommendations for Capital Clean Energy Carriers and its peers, 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
Capital Clean Energy Carriers Competitors	270	1618	1859	86	2.46

Capital Clean Energy Carriers presently has a consensus price target of $22.00, indicating a potential upside of 18.66%. As a group, “Deep sea foreign transportation of freight” companies have a potential upside of 41.36%. Given Capital Clean Energy Carriers’ peers higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Capital Clean Energy Carriers has less favorable growth aspects than its peers.

Summary

Capital Clean Energy Carriers peers beat Capital Clean Energy Carriers on 11 of the 15 factors compared.

Capital Clean Energy Carriers Company Profile

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.