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 superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, dividends, risk, profitability, institutional ownership, earnings, analyst recommendations and valuation.

Do analysts recommend CCEC or SOBO?

Capital Clean Energy Carriers currently has a consensus target price of $24.00, indicating a potential downside of 2.44%. South Bow has a consensus target price of $28.60, indicating a potential upside of 7.00%. Given South Bow's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe South Bow 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
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 57.50% compared to South Bow's net margin of 0.00%. Capital Clean Energy Carriers' return on equity of 10.53% beat South Bow's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Capital Clean Energy Carriers	57.50%	10.53%	3.37%
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 2.4%. South Bow pays an annual dividend of $2.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.5%. 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 media favor CCEC or SOBO?

In the previous week, Capital Clean Energy Carriers had 1 more articles in the media than South Bow. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Capital Clean Energy Carriers and 2 mentions for South Bow. Capital Clean Energy Carriers' average media sentiment score of 1.83 beat South Bow's score of 0.45 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
South Bow	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, 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	$369.41M	3.89	$193.63M	$3.30	7.45
South Bow	$2.12B	2.63	$316M	$1.85	14.45

Summary

Capital Clean Energy Carriers beats South Bow on 10 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.