Capital Clean Energy Carriers (NASDAQ:CCEC) & Icon Energy (NASDAQ:ICON) Critical Review

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

Risk and Volatility

Capital Clean Energy Carriers has a beta of 0.61, meaning that its stock price is 39% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Icon Energy has a beta of 5.75, meaning that its stock price is 475% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Capital Clean Energy Carriers and Icon Energy”s gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Capital Clean Energy Carriers	$392.71 million	3.18	$170.76 million	$1.89	11.30
Icon Energy	$11.26 million	0.06	-$4.20 million	($23.65)	-0.04

Capital Clean Energy Carriers has higher revenue and earnings than Icon Energy. Icon Energy 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.

Profitability

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

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Capital Clean Energy Carriers	28.02%	6.73%	2.39%
Icon Energy	N/A	N/A	N/A

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of recent ratings and recommmendations for Capital Clean Energy Carriers and Icon Energy, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Capital Clean Energy Carriers	0	3	2	0	2.40
Icon Energy	0	0	0	0	0.00

Capital Clean Energy Carriers currently has a consensus target price of $24.75, suggesting a potential upside of 15.87%. Given Capital Clean Energy Carriers’ stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Capital Clean Energy Carriers is more favorable than Icon Energy.

Summary

Capital Clean Energy Carriers beats Icon Energy on 11 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 Icon Energy

Iconix Brand Group, Inc. is a brand management company. As of December 31, 2016, the Company owned a portfolio of over 30 global consumer brands across women’s, men’s, and home categories. The Company operates through segments: men’s, women’s, home and international. The Company’s brand portfolio includes brands, such as Candie’s, Bongo, Joe Boxer, Rampage, Mudd, London Fog, Mossimo, Ocean Pacific/OP, Danskin/Danskin Now, Rocawear/Roc Nation, Cannon, Royal Velvet, Fieldcrest, Charisma, Starter, Waverly, Ecko Unltd/Mark Ecko Cut & Sew, Zoo York, Umbro, Lee Cooper and Artful Dodger, and interests in Material Girl, Ed Hardy, Truth or Dare, Modern Amusement, Buffalo, Nick Graham Hydraulic and PONY brands. It operates in various geographic regions, including the United States, Japan and Other (which principally represent Latin America and Europe).