Critical Comparison: Cadeler A/S (NYSE:CDLR) versus Hafnia (NYSE:HAFN)

Hafnia (NYSE:HAFN) and Cadeler A/S (NYSE:CDLR) are both transportation companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, risk, earnings, profitability, analyst recommendations, dividends and valuation.

Risk and Volatility

Hafnia has a beta of 0.96, indicating that its share price is 4% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Cadeler A/S has a beta of 0.27, indicating that its share price is 73% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of recent ratings for Hafnia and Cadeler A/S, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Hafnia	0	1	0	1	3.00
Cadeler A/S	0	2	0	0	2.00

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Hafnia and Cadeler A/S”s revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Hafnia	$2.22 billion	1.21	$774.03 million	$0.61	8.70
Cadeler A/S	$269.19 million	6.27	$70.41 million	$3.42	5.63

Hafnia has higher revenue and earnings than Cadeler A/S. Cadeler A/S is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Hafnia, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Profitability

This table compares Hafnia and Cadeler A/S’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Hafnia	29.50%	13.50%	8.46%
Cadeler A/S	50.46%	20.80%	10.71%

Insider and Institutional Ownership

53.0% of Cadeler A/S shares are held by institutional investors. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

About Hafnia

Hafnia Limited owns and operates oil product tankers in Bermuda. It operates through Long Range II, Long Range I, Medium Range (MR), Handy size, and Specialized segments. The company transports clean and dirty, refined oil products, vegetable oil, and easy chemicals to national and international oil companies, and chemical companies, as well as trading and utility companies; and owns and operates 200 vessels. It provides ship owning, ship-management, investment, management, corporate support, and agency office services. In addition, the company provides integrated shipping platform, including technical management, commercial and chartering services, pool management, and large-scale bunker desk services. Hafnia Limited is based in Hamilton, Bermuda.

About Cadeler A/S

Cadeler A/S operates as an offshore wind farm transportation and installation contractor in Denmark. It also provides wind farm construction, maintenance, decommissioning, and other tasks within the offshore industry, as well as marine and engineering services. The company owns and operates four offshore jack-up windfarm installation vessels. Cadeler A/S was incorporated in 2008 and is headquartered in Copenhagen, Denmark.