Critical Analysis: Capital Clean Energy Carriers (CCEC) vs. Its Peers

Capital Clean Energy Carriers (NASDAQ:CCEC) is one of 53 publicly-traded companies in the “Deep sea foreign transportation of freight” industry, but how does it contrast to its rivals? We will compare Capital Clean Energy Carriers to similar companies based on the strength of its profitability, risk, earnings, valuation, dividends, analyst recommendations and institutional ownership.

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 23.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. As a group, “Deep sea foreign transportation of freight” companies pay a dividend yield of 5.7% and pay out 37.1% of their earnings in the form of a dividend.

Volatility and Risk

Capital Clean Energy Carriers has a beta of 0.87, meaning that its share price is 13% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Capital Clean Energy Carriers’ rivals have a beta of 0.87, meaning that their average share price is 13% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

44.5% of shares of all “Deep sea foreign transportation of freight” companies are held by institutional investors. 14.2% of shares of all “Deep sea foreign transportation of freight” companies are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares Capital Clean Energy Carriers and its rivals revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Capital Clean Energy Carriers	$393.20 million	$47.21 million	7.47
Capital Clean Energy Carriers Competitors	$817.36 million	$123.43 million	11.66

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

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of recent ratings and price targets for Capital Clean Energy Carriers and its rivals, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	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	255	1472	1744	82	2.47

Capital Clean Energy Carriers currently has a consensus target price of $22.00, suggesting a potential upside of 15.55%. As a group, “Deep sea foreign transportation of freight” companies have a potential upside of 29.76%. Given Capital Clean Energy Carriers’ rivals higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Capital Clean Energy Carriers has less favorable growth aspects than its rivals.

Profitability

This table compares Capital Clean Energy Carriers and its rivals’ 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	31.54%	16.15%	8.27%

Summary

Capital Clean Energy Carriers rivals beat Capital Clean Energy Carriers on 10 of the 15 factors compared.

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.