Pangaea Logistics Solutions (PANL) Competitors

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

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, CCEC or PANL?

Capital Clean Energy Carriers has higher earnings, but lower revenue 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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Capital Clean Energy Carriers	$369.41M	3.57	$193.63M	$3.19	7.08
Pangaea Logistics Solutions	$536.54M	0.58	$28.90M	$0.22	21.50

Which has more risk and volatility, CCEC or PANL?

Capital Clean Energy Carriers has a beta of 0.56, meaning that its stock price is 44% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Pangaea Logistics Solutions has a beta of 0.72, meaning that its stock price is 28% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of CCEC or PANL?

60.2% of Pangaea Logistics Solutions shares are held by institutional investors. 17.2% of Pangaea Logistics Solutions shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Is CCEC or PANL more profitable?

Capital Clean Energy Carriers has a net margin of 55.58% compared to Pangaea Logistics Solutions' net margin of 1.52%. Capital Clean Energy Carriers' return on equity of 10.70% beat Pangaea Logistics Solutions' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Capital Clean Energy Carriers	55.58%	10.70%	3.53%
Pangaea Logistics Solutions	1.52%	3.38%	1.71%

Do analysts rate CCEC or PANL?

Capital Clean Energy Carriers presently has a consensus price target of $26.00, indicating a potential upside of 15.20%. Pangaea Logistics Solutions has a consensus price target of $9.00, indicating a potential upside of 90.27%. Given Pangaea Logistics Solutions' higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Pangaea Logistics Solutions is more favorable than Capital Clean Energy Carriers.

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
Pangaea Logistics Solutions	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50

Does the media refer more to CCEC or PANL?

In the previous week, Pangaea Logistics Solutions had 1 more articles in the media than Capital Clean Energy Carriers. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Pangaea Logistics Solutions and 3 mentions for Capital Clean Energy Carriers. Capital Clean Energy Carriers' average media sentiment score of 1.78 beat Pangaea Logistics Solutions' score of 1.14 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	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive
Pangaea Logistics Solutions	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is CCEC or PANL a better dividend stock?

Capital Clean Energy Carriers pays an annual dividend of $0.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.7%. Pangaea Logistics Solutions pays an annual dividend of $0.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.2%. Capital Clean Energy Carriers pays out 18.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Pangaea Logistics Solutions pays out 90.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

Summary

Capital Clean Energy Carriers beats Pangaea Logistics Solutions on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.