Contrasting Capital Clean Energy Carriers (NASDAQ:CCEC) and Paragon Shipping (OTCMKTS:PRGNF)

Capital Clean Energy Carriers (NASDAQ:CCEC) and Paragon Shipping (OTCMKTS:PRGNF) are both transportation companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, valuation, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, risk, profitability and earnings.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of current ratings for Capital Clean Energy Carriers and Paragon Shipping, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Capital Clean Energy Carriers	0	0	1	1	3.50
Paragon Shipping	0	0	0	0	0.00

Capital Clean Energy Carriers currently has a consensus price target of $22.00, indicating a potential upside of 20.61%. Given Capital Clean Energy Carriers’ stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe Capital Clean Energy Carriers is more favorable than Paragon Shipping.

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares Capital Clean Energy Carriers and Paragon Shipping”s revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Capital Clean Energy Carriers	$447.31 million	2.26	$47.21 million	$1.30	14.03
Paragon Shipping	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

Capital Clean Energy Carriers has higher revenue and earnings than Paragon Shipping.

Profitability

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

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Capital Clean Energy Carriers	25.79%	9.72%	3.24%
Paragon Shipping	N/A	N/A	N/A

Volatility & Risk

Capital Clean Energy Carriers has a beta of 0.83, indicating that its share price is 17% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Paragon Shipping has a beta of 1.01, indicating that its share price is 1% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Capital Clean Energy Carriers beats Paragon Shipping on 8 of the 9 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 Paragon Shipping

Paragon Shipping Inc. provides shipping transportation services worldwide. It engages in the ocean transportation of drybulk cargoes, including commodities, such as iron ore, coal, grain, and other materials. Paragon Shipping Inc. was founded in 2006 and is based in Voula, Greece.