Cool (CLCO) Competitors

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

Is CLCO or CCEC more profitable?

Capital Clean Energy Carriers has a net margin of 55.58% compared to Cool's net margin of 0.00%. Capital Clean Energy Carriers' return on equity of 10.70% beat Cool's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Cool	N/A	N/A	N/A
Capital Clean Energy Carriers	55.58%	10.70%	3.53%

Does the media refer more to CLCO or CCEC?

In the previous week, Cool had 1 more articles in the media than Capital Clean Energy Carriers. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Cool and 0 mentions for Capital Clean Energy Carriers. Capital Clean Energy Carriers' average media sentiment score of 1.74 beat Cool's score of 0.59 indicating that Capital Clean Energy Carriers is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Cool	Positive
Capital Clean Energy Carriers	Very Positive

Do analysts rate CLCO or CCEC?

Capital Clean Energy Carriers has a consensus target price of $24.00, suggesting a potential upside of 8.79%. Given Capital Clean Energy Carriers' stronger consensus rating and higher probable 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
Cool	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00
Capital Clean Energy Carriers	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.67

Which has more risk & volatility, CLCO or CCEC?

Cool has a beta of 0.61, meaning that its share price is 39% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Capital Clean Energy Carriers has a beta of 0.53, meaning that its share price is 47% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has stronger valuation & earnings, CLCO or CCEC?

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
Cool	$338.50M	1.22	$98.14M	$0.68	11.34
Capital Clean Energy Carriers	$369.41M	3.49	$193.63M	$3.19	6.92

Is CLCO or CCEC a better dividend stock?

Cool pays an annual dividend of $0.56 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.3%. Capital Clean Energy Carriers pays an annual dividend of $0.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.7%. 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. Capital Clean Energy Carriers pays out 18.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of CLCO or CCEC?

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

Summary

Capital Clean Energy Carriers beats Cool on 12 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.