Performance Shipping (NASDAQ:PSHG) & Capital Clean Energy Carriers (NASDAQ:CCEC) Head-To-Head Contrast

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

Profitability

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

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Capital Clean Energy Carriers	46.85%	9.76%	3.16%
Performance Shipping	49.49%	16.99%	13.89%

Risk & Volatility

Capital Clean Energy Carriers has a beta of 0.52, meaning that its stock price is 48% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Performance Shipping has a beta of -0.56, meaning that its stock price is 156% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of current recommendations and price targets for Capital Clean Energy Carriers and Performance Shipping, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Capital Clean Energy Carriers	0	1	2	0	2.67
Performance Shipping	0	0	1	0	3.00

Capital Clean Energy Carriers presently has a consensus price target of $24.00, suggesting a potential upside of 30.15%. Performance Shipping has a consensus price target of $6.50, suggesting a potential upside of 385.07%. Given Performance Shipping’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Performance Shipping is more favorable than Capital Clean Energy Carriers.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

19.9% of Performance Shipping shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.4% of Performance Shipping shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Dividends

Capital Clean Energy Carriers pays an annual dividend of $0.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.3%. Performance Shipping pays an annual dividend of $0.10 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.5%. Capital Clean Energy Carriers pays out 23.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Performance Shipping pays out 8.9% 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. Performance Shipping is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Valuation & Earnings

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

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Capital Clean Energy Carriers	$369.41 million	2.91	$193.63 million	$2.56	7.20
Performance Shipping	$87.45 million	0.19	$69.41 million	$1.12	1.20

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

Summary

Performance Shipping beats Capital Clean Energy Carriers on 9 of the 16 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 Performance Shipping

Performance Shipping Inc. provides shipping transportation services through its tanker vessels worldwide. As of December 31, 2023, its fleet consisted of seven Aframax tanker vessels with a combined carrying capacity of 735,910 DWT. The company was incorporated in 2010 and is based in Athens, Greece.