Capital Clean Energy Carriers (CCEC) Competitors

Capital Clean Energy Carriers (NASDAQ:CCEC) and Scorpio Tankers (NYSE:STNG) are both transportation companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, analyst recommendations, risk, media sentiment, institutional ownership, dividends, valuation, earnings and community ranking.

Which has higher valuation and earnings, CCEC or STNG?

Scorpio Tankers has higher revenue and earnings than Capital Clean Energy Carriers. Scorpio Tankers is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Capital Clean Energy Carriers, 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	$360.59M	2.84	$47.21M	$2.55	7.24
Scorpio Tankers	$1.38B	2.14	$546.90M	$13.95	4.19

Do analysts prefer CCEC or STNG?

Capital Clean Energy Carriers currently has a consensus price target of $22.00, suggesting a potential upside of 19.18%. Scorpio Tankers has a consensus price target of $78.40, suggesting a potential upside of 34.27%. Given Scorpio Tankers' higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Scorpio Tankers 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)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.50
Scorpio Tankers	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50

Does the MarketBeat Community favor CCEC or STNG?

Scorpio Tankers received 550 more outperform votes than Capital Clean Energy Carriers when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 100.00% of users gave Capital Clean Energy Carriers an outperform vote while only 66.27% of users gave Scorpio Tankers an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Capital Clean Energy Carriers	Outperform Votes 2 100.00%	Underperform Votes No Votes
Scorpio Tankers	Outperform Votes 552 66.27%	Underperform Votes 281 33.73%

Which has more risk and volatility, CCEC or STNG?

Capital Clean Energy Carriers has a beta of 0.87, meaning that its stock price is 13% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Scorpio Tankers has a beta of 0.15, meaning that its stock price is 85% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is CCEC or STNG a better dividend stock?

Capital Clean Energy Carriers pays an annual dividend of $0.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.3%. Scorpio Tankers pays an annual dividend of $1.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.7%. Capital Clean Energy Carriers pays out 23.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Scorpio Tankers pays out 11.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years.

Does the media prefer CCEC or STNG?

In the previous week, Scorpio Tankers had 26 more articles in the media than Capital Clean Energy Carriers. MarketBeat recorded 33 mentions for Scorpio Tankers and 7 mentions for Capital Clean Energy Carriers. Capital Clean Energy Carriers' average media sentiment score of 1.09 beat Scorpio Tankers' score of 0.30 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	5 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Scorpio Tankers	8 Very Positive mention(s)	4 Positive mention(s)	8 Neutral mention(s)	3 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Is CCEC or STNG more profitable?

Scorpio Tankers has a net margin of 52.40% compared to Capital Clean Energy Carriers' net margin of 24.89%. Scorpio Tankers' return on equity of 22.56% beat Capital Clean Energy Carriers' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Capital Clean Energy Carriers	24.89%	6.83%	2.26%
Scorpio Tankers	52.40%	22.56%	15.35%

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

54.6% of Scorpio Tankers shares are owned by institutional investors. 7.3% of Scorpio Tankers shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Scorpio Tankers beats Capital Clean Energy Carriers on 13 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.