Critical Survey: Okeanis Eco Tankers (NYSE:ECO) versus Cadeler A/S (NYSE:CDLR)

Cadeler A/S (NYSE:CDLR) and Okeanis Eco Tankers (NYSE:ECO) are both small-cap transportation companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, institutional ownership, risk, dividends, analyst recommendations, earnings and valuation.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of current ratings and target prices for Cadeler A/S and Okeanis Eco Tankers, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Cadeler A/S	0	0	1	0	3.00
Okeanis Eco Tankers	0	0	1	0	3.00

Cadeler A/S currently has a consensus target price of $37.00, indicating a potential upside of 100.81%. Okeanis Eco Tankers has a consensus target price of $40.00, indicating a potential upside of 85.71%. Given Cadeler A/S’s higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe Cadeler A/S is more favorable than Okeanis Eco Tankers.

Profitability

This table compares Cadeler A/S and Okeanis Eco Tankers’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Cadeler A/S	N/A	N/A	N/A
Okeanis Eco Tankers	27.68%	25.40%	9.58%

Insider and Institutional Ownership

53.0% of Cadeler A/S 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.

Earnings and Valuation

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

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Cadeler A/S	$180.22 million	8.97	$12.44 million	N/A	N/A
Okeanis Eco Tankers	$399.71 million	1.73	$145.25 million	$3.38	6.37

Okeanis Eco Tankers has higher revenue and earnings than Cadeler A/S.

Summary

Okeanis Eco Tankers beats Cadeler A/S on 5 of the 8 factors compared between the two stocks.

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.

About Okeanis Eco Tankers

Okeanis Eco Tankers Corp., a shipping company, owns and operates tanker vessels worldwide. It operates a fleet of 14 tanker vessels comprising six modern Suezmax tankers and eight modern VLCC tankers focusing on the transportation of crude oil. The company was incorporated in 2018 and is based in Neo Faliro, Greece.