Capital Clean Energy Carriers (CCEC) Competitors

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

Do analysts recommend CCEC or SOBO?

Capital Clean Energy Carriers presently has a consensus target price of $24.00, suggesting a potential upside of 11.73%. South Bow has a consensus target price of $28.60, suggesting a potential upside of 4.92%. Given Capital Clean Energy Carriers' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Capital Clean Energy Carriers is more favorable than South Bow.

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
South Bow	2 Sell rating(s)	8 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	2 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.23

Is CCEC or SOBO 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
Capital Clean Energy Carriers	46.85%	9.76%	3.16%
South Bow	N/A	N/A	N/A

Is CCEC or SOBO a better dividend stock?

Capital Clean Energy Carriers pays an annual dividend of $0.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.8%. South Bow pays an annual dividend of $2.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.3%. Capital Clean Energy Carriers pays out 18.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. 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.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in CCEC or SOBO?

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

Does the media refer more to CCEC or SOBO?

In the previous week, Capital Clean Energy Carriers had 3 more articles in the media than South Bow. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Capital Clean Energy Carriers and 2 mentions for South Bow. Capital Clean Energy Carriers' average media sentiment score of 1.25 beat South Bow's score of 1.21 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	3 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
South Bow	1 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has higher earnings and valuation, CCEC or SOBO?

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
Capital Clean Energy Carriers	$402.63M	3.11	$193.63M	$3.30	6.51
South Bow	$2.07B	2.74	$385.21M	$1.85	14.74

Summary

Capital Clean Energy Carriers beats South Bow on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.