Head-To-Head Comparison: Pangaea Logistics Solutions (NASDAQ:PANL) versus Capital Clean Energy Carriers (NASDAQ:CCEC)

Pangaea Logistics Solutions (NASDAQ:PANL) and Capital Clean Energy Carriers (NASDAQ:CCEC) are both small-cap transportation companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, valuation, risk, profitability, analyst recommendations, earnings and institutional ownership.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of current ratings and recommmendations for Pangaea Logistics Solutions and Capital Clean Energy Carriers, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	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 currently has a consensus price target of $10.25, indicating a potential upside of 65.86%. Capital Clean Energy Carriers has a consensus price target of $22.00, indicating a potential upside of 19.18%. Given Pangaea Logistics Solutions’ higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Pangaea Logistics Solutions is more favorable than Capital Clean Energy Carriers.

Risk and Volatility

Pangaea Logistics Solutions has a beta of 0.87, suggesting that its stock price is 13% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Capital Clean Energy Carriers has a beta of 0.86, suggesting that its stock price is 14% less volatile than the S&P 500.

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	7.02%	8.76%	4.66%
Capital Clean Energy Carriers	24.89%	6.83%	2.26%

Earnings & Valuation

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

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Pangaea Logistics Solutions	$499.27 million	0.58	$26.32 million	$0.78	7.92
Capital Clean Energy Carriers	$360.59 million	2.84	$47.21 million	$2.55	7.24

Capital Clean Energy Carriers has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Pangaea Logistics Solutions. Capital Clean Energy Carriers is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Pangaea Logistics Solutions, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Insider and Institutional Ownership

60.2% of Pangaea Logistics Solutions shares are owned by institutional investors. 23.4% of Pangaea Logistics Solutions shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Dividends

Pangaea Logistics Solutions pays an annual dividend of $0.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.5%. 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 51.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Capital Clean Energy Carriers pays out 23.5% 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.

Summary

Pangaea Logistics Solutions beats Capital Clean Energy Carriers 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.