Cadeler A/S (NYSE:CDLR) and ZIM Integrated Shipping Services (NYSE:ZIM) Critical Analysis

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

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of current ratings and price targets for Cadeler A/S and ZIM Integrated Shipping Services, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Cadeler A/S	0	0	1	0	3.00
ZIM Integrated Shipping Services	4	1	0	0	1.20

Cadeler A/S presently has a consensus price target of $37.00, suggesting a potential upside of 31.30%. ZIM Integrated Shipping Services has a consensus price target of $15.44, suggesting a potential downside of 22.02%. Given Cadeler A/S’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Cadeler A/S is more favorable than ZIM Integrated Shipping Services.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Cadeler A/S and ZIM Integrated Shipping Services”s top-line 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	21.03	$12.44 million	N/A	N/A
ZIM Integrated Shipping Services	$5.16 billion	0.46	-$2.70 billion	($16.30)	-1.21

Cadeler A/S has higher earnings, but lower revenue than ZIM Integrated Shipping Services.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

53.0% of Cadeler A/S shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 21.4% of ZIM Integrated Shipping Services shares are held by institutional investors. 1.3% of ZIM Integrated Shipping Services shares are held by insiders. 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 Cadeler A/S and ZIM Integrated Shipping Services’ 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
ZIM Integrated Shipping Services	-32.81%	2.89%	0.86%

Summary

Cadeler A/S beats ZIM Integrated Shipping Services on 7 of the 11 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 ZIM Integrated Shipping Services

ZIM Integrated Shipping Services Ltd., together with its subsidiaries, provides container shipping and related services in Israel and internationally. It provides door-to-door and port-to-port transportation services for various types of customers, including end-users, consolidators, and freight forwarders. The company also offers ZIMonitor, a premium reefer cargo tracking service. As of March 1, 2024, it operated a fleet of 150 vessels, which included 134 container vessels and 16 vehicle transport vessels; and as of December 31, 2023, it operated a network of 67 weekly lines. The company was incorporated in 1945 and is headquartered in Haifa, Israel.