Capital Clean Energy Carriers (CCEC) Competitors

South Bow (NYSE:SOBO) and Capital Clean Energy Carriers (NASDAQ:CCEC) are both energy companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, earnings, profitability, risk, community ranking, dividends, media sentiment, institutional ownership and valuation.

Which has stronger earnings and valuation, SOBO or CCEC?

South Bow has higher revenue and earnings than Capital Clean Energy Carriers. Capital Clean Energy Carriers is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than South Bow, 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
South Bow	$2.12B	2.53	$385.21M	$1.85	13.94
Capital Clean Energy Carriers	$402.63M	3.39	$193.63M	$3.30	7.08

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in SOBO or CCEC?

South Bow received 2 more outperform votes than Capital Clean Energy Carriers when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 75.00% of users gave Capital Clean Energy Carriers an outperform vote while only 29.41% of users gave South Bow an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
South Bow	Outperform Votes 5 29.41%	Underperform Votes 12 70.59%
Capital Clean Energy Carriers	Outperform Votes 3 75.00%	Underperform Votes 1 25.00%

Do analysts prefer SOBO or CCEC?

South Bow currently has a consensus price target of $28.60, suggesting a potential upside of 10.91%. Capital Clean Energy Carriers has a consensus price target of $24.00, suggesting a potential upside of 2.67%. Given South Bow's higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe South Bow is more favorable than Capital Clean Energy Carriers.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
South Bow	2 Sell rating(s)	8 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	2 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.23
Capital Clean Energy Carriers	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.67

Does the media refer more to SOBO or CCEC?

In the previous week, South Bow had 24 more articles in the media than Capital Clean Energy Carriers. MarketBeat recorded 27 mentions for South Bow and 3 mentions for Capital Clean Energy Carriers. Capital Clean Energy Carriers' average media sentiment score of 1.53 beat South Bow's score of 1.00 indicating that Capital Clean Energy Carriers is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
South Bow	6 Very Positive mention(s)	3 Positive mention(s)	9 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Capital Clean Energy Carriers	3 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive

Is SOBO or CCEC more profitable?

Capital Clean Energy Carriers has a net margin of 46.85% compared to South Bow's net margin of 0.00%. Capital Clean Energy Carriers' return on equity of 9.76% beat South Bow's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
South Bow	N/A	N/A	N/A
Capital Clean Energy Carriers	46.85%	9.76%	3.16%

Is SOBO or CCEC a better dividend stock?

South Bow pays an annual dividend of $2.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.8%. Capital Clean Energy Carriers pays an annual dividend of $0.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.6%. South Bow pays out 108.1% 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 18.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

Summary

Capital Clean Energy Carriers beats South Bow on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.