Diana Shipping (NYSE:DSX – Get Free Report) and Capital Clean Energy Carriers (NASDAQ:CCEC – Get Free Report) are both small-cap transportation companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, valuation, earnings, profitability, institutional ownership, risk and dividends.
Risk & Volatility
Diana Shipping has a beta of 1.08, indicating that its stock price is 8% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Capital Clean Energy Carriers has a beta of 0.83, indicating that its stock price is 17% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Institutional and Insider Ownership
48.7% of Diana Shipping shares are held by institutional investors. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Valuation and Earnings
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| Diana Shipping | $262.10 million | 0.86 | $49.84 million | $0.03 | 60.19 |
| Capital Clean Energy Carriers | $360.59 million | 2.77 | $47.21 million | $1.30 | 13.85 |
Diana Shipping has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Capital Clean Energy Carriers. Capital Clean Energy Carriers is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Diana Shipping, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Analyst Recommendations
This is a breakdown of recent recommendations and price targets for Diana Shipping and Capital Clean Energy Carriers, as reported by MarketBeat.com.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| Diana Shipping | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2.00 |
| Capital Clean Energy Carriers | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3.50 |
Diana Shipping presently has a consensus price target of $3.00, suggesting a potential upside of 66.20%. Capital Clean Energy Carriers has a consensus price target of $22.00, suggesting a potential upside of 22.15%. Given Diana Shipping’s higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Diana Shipping is more favorable than Capital Clean Energy Carriers.
Profitability
This table compares Diana Shipping and Capital Clean Energy Carriers’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| Diana Shipping | 5.36% | 4.42% | 1.89% |
| Capital Clean Energy Carriers | 25.79% | 9.72% | 3.24% |
Dividends
Diana Shipping pays an annual dividend of $0.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.2%. Capital Clean Energy Carriers pays an annual dividend of $0.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.3%. Diana Shipping pays out 133.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Capital Clean Energy Carriers pays out 46.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Capital Clean Energy Carriers is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Summary
Capital Clean Energy Carriers beats Diana Shipping on 11 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
About Diana Shipping
Diana Shipping Inc. provides shipping transportation services. The company transports a range of dry bulk cargoes, including commodities, such as iron ore, coal, grain, and other materials in shipping routes worldwide. As of March 1, 2024, it operated a fleet of 38 dry bulk vessels, including 4 Newcastlemax, 8 Capesize, 5 Post-Panamax, 6 Kamsarmax, 9 Ultramax, and 6 Panamax. The company was formerly known as Diana Shipping Investments Corp. and changed its name to Diana Shipping Inc. in February 2005. Diana Shipping Inc. was incorporated in 1999 and is based in Athens, Greece.
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.
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