Capital Clean Energy Carriers (CCEC) Competitors

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

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in CCEC or CUK?

23.8% of Carnival shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.1% of Carnival shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Is CCEC or CUK more profitable?

Capital Clean Energy Carriers has a net margin of 57.50% compared to Carnival's net margin of 9.72%. Carnival's return on equity of 27.88% beat Capital Clean Energy Carriers' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Capital Clean Energy Carriers	57.50%	10.53%	3.37%
Carnival	9.72%	27.88%	5.20%

Which has more volatility & risk, CCEC or CUK?

Capital Clean Energy Carriers has a beta of 0.41, suggesting that its stock price is 59% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Carnival has a beta of 2.7, suggesting that its stock price is 170% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts prefer CCEC or CUK?

Capital Clean Energy Carriers presently has a consensus price target of $24.00, suggesting a potential downside of 0.21%. Given Capital Clean Energy Carriers' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe Capital Clean Energy Carriers is more favorable than Carnival.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Capital Clean Energy Carriers	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.67
Carnival	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Does the media favor CCEC or CUK?

In the previous week, Capital Clean Energy Carriers and Capital Clean Energy Carriers both had 6 articles in the media. Capital Clean Energy Carriers' average media sentiment score of 1.59 beat Carnival's score of 0.37 indicating that Capital Clean Energy Carriers is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Capital Clean Energy Carriers	4 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive
Carnival	1 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Which has preferable earnings and valuation, CCEC or CUK?

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

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Capital Clean Energy Carriers	$369.41M	3.80	$193.63M	$3.30	7.29
Carnival	$25.02B	0.20	$1.92B	$1.85	14.67

Summary

Carnival beats Capital Clean Energy Carriers on 8 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.