Contrasting Navios Maritime Partners (NYSE:NMM) & Capital Clean Energy Carriers (NASDAQ:CCEC)

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

Profitability

This table compares Navios Maritime Partners and Capital Clean Energy Carriers’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Navios Maritime Partners	30.48%	13.66%	7.43%
Capital Clean Energy Carriers	25.79%	9.72%	3.24%

Risk and Volatility

Navios Maritime Partners has a beta of 1.97, meaning that its stock price is 97% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Capital Clean Energy Carriers has a beta of 0.83, meaning that its stock price is 17% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Institutional & Insider Ownership

62.7% of Navios Maritime Partners shares are owned by institutional investors. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares Navios Maritime Partners and Capital Clean Energy Carriers”s top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Navios Maritime Partners	$1.31 billion	0.97	$433.64 million	$13.18	3.22
Capital Clean Energy Carriers	$447.31 million	2.32	$47.21 million	$1.30	14.42

Navios Maritime Partners has higher revenue and earnings than Capital Clean Energy Carriers. Navios Maritime Partners 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.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of current ratings and target prices for Navios Maritime Partners and Capital Clean Energy Carriers, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Navios Maritime Partners	0	0	1	0	3.00
Capital Clean Energy Carriers	0	0	1	1	3.50

Navios Maritime Partners presently has a consensus price target of $80.00, suggesting a potential upside of 88.64%. Capital Clean Energy Carriers has a consensus price target of $22.00, suggesting a potential upside of 17.33%. Given Navios Maritime Partners’ higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Navios Maritime Partners is more favorable than Capital Clean Energy Carriers.

Dividends

Navios Maritime Partners pays an annual dividend of $0.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.5%. Capital Clean Energy Carriers pays an annual dividend of $0.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.2%. Navios Maritime Partners pays out 1.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Capital Clean Energy Carriers pays out 46.2% 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.

Summary

Navios Maritime Partners beats Capital Clean Energy Carriers on 10 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Navios Maritime Partners

Navios Maritime Partners L.P. owns and operates dry cargo vessels in Asia, Europe, North America, and Australia. The company offers seaborne transportation services for a range of liquid and dry cargo commodities, including crude oil, refined petroleum, chemicals, iron ore, coal, grain, fertilizer, and containers, as well as charters its vessels under short, medium, and longer-term charters. Navios Maritime Partners L.P. was founded in 2007 and is based in Monaco.

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.