Pangaea Logistics Solutions (NASDAQ:PANL – Get Free Report) and Capital Clean Energy Carriers (NASDAQ:CCEC – Get Free Report) are both small-cap transportation companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, valuation, profitability, institutional ownership, risk, analyst recommendations and earnings.
Dividends
Pangaea Logistics Solutions pays an annual dividend of $0.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.2%. Capital Clean Energy Carriers pays an annual dividend of $0.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.3%. Pangaea Logistics Solutions pays out 85.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Capital Clean Energy Carriers pays out 46.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.
Profitability
This table compares Pangaea Logistics Solutions and Capital Clean Energy Carriers’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| Pangaea Logistics Solutions | 4.14% | 7.90% | 4.23% |
| Capital Clean Energy Carriers | 25.79% | 9.80% | 3.39% |
Earnings and Valuation
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| Pangaea Logistics Solutions | $499.27 million | 0.60 | $26.32 million | $0.47 | 13.64 |
| Capital Clean Energy Carriers | $360.59 million | 2.83 | $47.21 million | $1.30 | 14.15 |
Capital Clean Energy Carriers has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Pangaea Logistics Solutions. Pangaea Logistics Solutions is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Capital Clean Energy Carriers, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Risk and Volatility
Pangaea Logistics Solutions has a beta of 0.87, meaning that its stock price is 13% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Capital Clean Energy Carriers has a beta of 0.86, meaning that its stock price is 14% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Analyst Recommendations
This is a breakdown of current ratings for Pangaea Logistics Solutions and Capital Clean Energy Carriers, as provided by MarketBeat.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| Pangaea Logistics Solutions | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3.00 |
| Capital Clean Energy Carriers | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3.50 |
Pangaea Logistics Solutions presently has a consensus target price of $10.25, indicating a potential upside of 59.91%. Capital Clean Energy Carriers has a consensus target price of $22.00, indicating a potential upside of 19.60%. Given Pangaea Logistics Solutions’ higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe Pangaea Logistics Solutions is more favorable than Capital Clean Energy Carriers.
Insider & Institutional Ownership
60.2% of Pangaea Logistics Solutions shares are held by institutional investors. 23.4% of Pangaea Logistics Solutions shares are held 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.
Summary
Capital Clean Energy Carriers beats Pangaea Logistics Solutions on 9 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
About Pangaea Logistics Solutions
Pangaea Logistics Solutions, Ltd., together with its subsidiaries, provides seaborne dry bulk logistics and transportation services to industrial customers worldwide. It offers various dry bulk cargoes, such as grains, coal, iron ore, pig iron, hot briquetted iron, bauxite, alumina, cement clinker, dolomite, and limestone. The company's ocean logistics services comprise cargo loading, cargo discharge, vessel chartering, voyage planning, and technical vessel management. It owns and operates a fleet of vessels. The company was founded in 1996 and is headquartered in Newport, Rhode Island.
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.
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