Analyzing Capital Clean Energy Carriers (NASDAQ:CCEC) & Nippon Yusen Kabushiki Kaisha (OTCMKTS:NPNYY)

Capital Clean Energy Carriers (NASDAQ:CCEC) and Nippon Yusen Kabushiki Kaisha (OTCMKTS:NPNYY) are both transportation companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, risk, dividends, valuation, earnings, analyst recommendations and profitability.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of recent recommendations for Capital Clean Energy Carriers and Nippon Yusen Kabushiki Kaisha, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Capital Clean Energy Carriers	0	3	2	0	2.40
Nippon Yusen Kabushiki Kaisha	0	1	0	0	2.00

Capital Clean Energy Carriers presently has a consensus target price of $24.75, suggesting a potential upside of 19.51%. Given Capital Clean Energy Carriers’ stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe Capital Clean Energy Carriers is more favorable than Nippon Yusen Kabushiki Kaisha.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Capital Clean Energy Carriers and Nippon Yusen Kabushiki Kaisha”s 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	3.08	$170.76 million	$1.89	10.96
Nippon Yusen Kabushiki Kaisha	$16.10 billion	0.82	$1.40 billion	$0.67	9.67

Nippon Yusen Kabushiki Kaisha has higher revenue and earnings than Capital Clean Energy Carriers. Nippon Yusen Kabushiki Kaisha 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.

Dividends

Capital Clean Energy Carriers pays an annual dividend of $0.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.9%. Nippon Yusen Kabushiki Kaisha pays an annual dividend of $0.19 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.9%. Capital Clean Energy Carriers pays out 31.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Nippon Yusen Kabushiki Kaisha pays out 28.4% 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. Nippon Yusen Kabushiki Kaisha is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Volatility and Risk

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, Nippon Yusen Kabushiki Kaisha has a beta of 0.76, meaning that its stock price is 24% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Profitability

This table compares Capital Clean Energy Carriers and Nippon Yusen Kabushiki Kaisha’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%
Nippon Yusen Kabushiki Kaisha	8.73%	5.60%	3.51%

Summary

Capital Clean Energy Carriers beats Nippon Yusen Kabushiki Kaisha on 8 of the 14 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 Nippon Yusen Kabushiki Kaisha

Nippon Yusen Kabushiki Kaisha provides various logistics services worldwide. It operates through Liner & Logistics Business, Bulk Shipping Business, and Other Business segments. The company offers liner trading services, such as container shipping, and terminal and stevedoring services for containerships, car carriers, and cruise ships; and air cargo transportation services. It also provides bulk shipping services comprising transport services for finished automobiles, heavy construction machines, and used cars; transportation services for bulk freight, including iron ore, coal, and wood chips; and transportation services for crude oil, petroleum products, chemicals, liquefied petroleum gas, liquefied natural gas, and coal. In addition, the company is involved in the upstream areas of the supply chain for oil and natural gas. Further, it operates Asuka II, a luxury cruise ship; and manages commercial and residential buildings. Nippon Yusen Kabushiki Kaisha was incorporated in 1885 and is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.