Head to Head Contrast: Capital Clean Energy Carriers (NASDAQ:CCEC) and Pacific Basin Shipping (OTCMKTS:PCFBY)

Capital Clean Energy Carriers (NASDAQ:CCEC) and Pacific Basin Shipping (OTCMKTS:PCFBY) are both small-cap transportation companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their risk, analyst recommendations, dividends, earnings, profitability, valuation and institutional ownership.

Profitability

This table compares Capital Clean Energy Carriers and Pacific Basin Shipping’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Capital Clean Energy Carriers	46.85%	9.76%	3.16%
Pacific Basin Shipping	N/A	N/A	N/A

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Capital Clean Energy Carriers and Pacific Basin Shipping”s top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Capital Clean Energy Carriers	$369.41 million	3.10	$193.63 million	$2.56	7.66
Pacific Basin Shipping	$2.30 billion	0.51	$109.38 million	N/A	N/A

Capital Clean Energy Carriers has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Pacific Basin Shipping.

Volatility and Risk

Capital Clean Energy Carriers has a beta of 0.77, suggesting that its share price is 23% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Pacific Basin Shipping has a beta of 0.72, suggesting that its share price is 28% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Dividends

Capital Clean Energy Carriers pays an annual dividend of $0.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.1%. Pacific Basin Shipping pays an annual dividend of $0.16 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.6%. Capital Clean Energy Carriers pays out 23.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of current recommendations and price targets for Capital Clean Energy Carriers and Pacific Basin Shipping, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Capital Clean Energy Carriers	0	1	2	0	2.67
Pacific Basin Shipping	0	0	0	0	0.00

Capital Clean Energy Carriers currently has a consensus price target of $24.00, suggesting a potential upside of 22.45%. Given Capital Clean Energy Carriers’ stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe Capital Clean Energy Carriers is more favorable than Pacific Basin Shipping.

Summary

Capital Clean Energy Carriers beats Pacific Basin Shipping on 9 of the 12 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Capital Clean Energy Carriers

Capital Clean Energy Carriers Corp., a shipping company, provides marine transportation services in Greece. The company’s vessels provide a range of cargoes, including liquefied natural gas, containerized goods, and cargo under short-term voyage charters, and medium to long-term time charters. It owns vessels, including Neo-Panamax container vessels, Panamax container vessels, cape-size bulk carrier, and LNG carriers. In addition, the company produces and distributes oil and natural gas, including biofuels, motor oil, lubricants, petrol, crudes, liquefied natural gas, marine fuels, natural gas liquids, and petrochemicals. It serves as the general partner of the company. The company was formerly known as Capital Product Partners L.P. and changed its name to Capital Clean Energy Carriers Corp. in August 2024. Capital Clean Energy Carriers Corp. was incorporated in 2007 and is headquartered in Piraeus, Greece. Capital Clean Energy Carriers Corp. operates as a subsidiary of Capital Maritime & Trading Corp.

About Pacific Basin Shipping

Pacific Basin Shipping Limited, an investment holding company, engages in the provision of dry bulk shipping services worldwide. The company offers its shipping services that mainly carry major and minor bulks, including grains, ores, logs/forest products, bauxite, sugar, concentrates, cement and clinkers, coal/coke, fertilizers, alumina, steel, pet-coke, salt, sand and gypsum, and scrap. It also offers shipping consulting, crewing, secretarial, and ship agency and management services. In addition, the company is involved in the vessel owning and chartering, and convertible bonds issuing activities. It has a fleet of 266 owned and chartered vessels, including 121 Handysize, 1 Capesize, and 144 Supramax/Ultramax vessels. The company was founded in 1987 and is headquartered in Wong Chuk Hang, Hong Kong.