Capital Clean Energy Carriers (CCEC) Competitors

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

Do institutionals and insiders have more ownership in PAGP or CCEC?

88.3% of Plains GP shares are owned by institutional investors. 9.9% of Plains GP shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Do analysts recommend PAGP or CCEC?

Plains GP currently has a consensus price target of $21.00, indicating a potential upside of 17.52%. Capital Clean Energy Carriers has a consensus price target of $24.00, indicating a potential upside of 39.58%. Given Capital Clean Energy Carriers' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Capital Clean Energy Carriers is more favorable than Plains GP.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Plains GP	1 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.43
Capital Clean Energy Carriers	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.67

Is PAGP or CCEC more profitable?

Capital Clean Energy Carriers has a net margin of 46.85% compared to Plains GP's net margin of 0.21%. Capital Clean Energy Carriers' return on equity of 9.76% beat Plains GP's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Plains GP	0.21%	0.70%	0.36%
Capital Clean Energy Carriers	46.85%	9.76%	3.16%

Does the MarketBeat Community favor PAGP or CCEC?

Plains GP received 434 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 57.20% of users gave Plains GP an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Plains GP	Outperform Votes 437 57.20%	Underperform Votes 327 42.80%
Capital Clean Energy Carriers	Outperform Votes 3 75.00%	Underperform Votes 1 25.00%

Which has stronger earnings & valuation, PAGP or CCEC?

Capital Clean Energy Carriers has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Plains GP. Capital Clean Energy Carriers is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Plains GP, 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
Plains GP	$50.07B	0.07	$103M	$0.53	33.72
Capital Clean Energy Carriers	$369.41M	2.72	$193.63M	$2.56	6.72

Is PAGP or CCEC a better dividend stock?

Plains GP pays an annual dividend of $1.52 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.5%. Capital Clean Energy Carriers pays an annual dividend of $0.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.5%. Plains GP pays out 286.8% 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 23.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

Does the media prefer PAGP or CCEC?

In the previous week, Plains GP had 4 more articles in the media than Capital Clean Energy Carriers. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Plains GP and 3 mentions for Capital Clean Energy Carriers. Capital Clean Energy Carriers' average media sentiment score of 1.56 beat Plains GP's score of 0.86 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
Plains GP	3 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
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

Which has more volatility & risk, PAGP or CCEC?

Plains GP has a beta of 1.11, suggesting that its share price is 11% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Capital Clean Energy Carriers has a beta of 0.52, suggesting that its share price is 48% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Capital Clean Energy Carriers beats Plains GP on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.