Reviewing Capital Clean Energy Carriers (NASDAQ:CCEC) and Euronav (NYSE:CMBT)

Capital Clean Energy Carriers (NASDAQ:CCEC) and Euronav (NYSE:CMBT) are both transportation companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, profitability, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, earnings, risk and valuation.

Risk & Volatility

Capital Clean Energy Carriers has a beta of 0.85, indicating that its share price is 15% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Euronav has a beta of -0.12, indicating that its share price is 112% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Capital Clean Energy Carriers and Euronav”s top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Capital Clean Energy Carriers	$360.59 million	2.86	$47.21 million	$1.30	14.31
Euronav	$1.24 billion	N/A	$858.03 million	$5.93	1.54

Euronav has higher revenue and earnings than Capital Clean Energy Carriers. Euronav 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.

Profitability

This table compares Capital Clean Energy Carriers and Euronav’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Capital Clean Energy Carriers	25.79%	9.72%	3.24%
Euronav	117.02%	22.29%	10.17%

Dividends

Capital Clean Energy Carriers pays an annual dividend of $0.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.2%. Euronav pays an annual dividend of $0.53 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.8%. Capital Clean Energy Carriers pays out 46.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Euronav pays out 8.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Euronav is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of recent ratings and recommmendations for Capital Clean Energy Carriers and Euronav, 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
Euronav	0	0	0	0	0.00

Capital Clean Energy Carriers currently has a consensus target price of $22.00, suggesting a potential upside of 18.28%. Given Capital Clean Energy Carriers’ stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Capital Clean Energy Carriers is more favorable than Euronav.

Summary

Euronav beats Capital Clean Energy Carriers on 8 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 Euronav

Euronav NV, together with its subsidiaries, engages in the transportation and storage of crude oil worldwide. The company offers floating, storage, and offloading (FSO) services. It also owns and operates a fleet of vessels. The company was incorporated in 2003 and is headquartered in Antwerp, Belgium. As of March 15, 2024, Euronav NV operates as subsidiary of CMB NV.