Cool (CLCO) Competitors

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

Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in CCEC or CLCO?

20.7% of Cool shares are held by institutional investors. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Which has higher earnings & valuation, CCEC or CLCO?

Capital Clean Energy Carriers has higher revenue and earnings than Cool. Capital Clean Energy Carriers is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Cool, 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	3.36	$193.63M	$3.30	7.03
Cool	$338.50M	1.11	$98.14M	$0.68	10.29

Is CCEC or CLCO more profitable?

Capital Clean Energy Carriers has a net margin of 57.50% compared to Cool's net margin of 0.00%. Capital Clean Energy Carriers' return on equity of 10.53% beat Cool's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Capital Clean Energy Carriers	57.50%	10.53%	3.37%
Cool	N/A	N/A	N/A

Does the media prefer CCEC or CLCO?

In the previous week, Capital Clean Energy Carriers and Capital Clean Energy Carriers both had 1 articles in the media. Capital Clean Energy Carriers' average media sentiment score of 1.47 beat Cool's score of 0.00 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	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Cool	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Do analysts rate CCEC or CLCO?

Capital Clean Energy Carriers currently has a consensus price target of $24.00, indicating a potential upside of 3.52%. Given Capital Clean Energy Carriers' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Capital Clean Energy Carriers is more favorable than Cool.

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
Cool	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00

Which has more risk and volatility, CCEC or CLCO?

Capital Clean Energy Carriers has a beta of 0.41, suggesting that its share price is 59% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Cool has a beta of 0.59, suggesting that its share price is 41% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is CCEC or CLCO a better dividend stock?

Capital Clean Energy Carriers pays an annual dividend of $0.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.6%. Cool pays an annual dividend of $0.56 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.0%. Capital Clean Energy Carriers pays out 18.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Cool pays out 82.4% 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 Cool on 12 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.