Reviewing Capital Clean Energy Carriers (NASDAQ:CCEC) & EQT (NYSE:EQT)

EQT (NYSE:EQT) and Capital Clean Energy Carriers (NASDAQ:CCEC) are both energy companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, institutional ownership, profitability, earnings, analyst recommendations, valuation and risk.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

90.8% of EQT shares are held by institutional investors. 0.7% of EQT shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Dividends

EQT pays an annual dividend of $0.66 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.2%. Capital Clean Energy Carriers pays an annual dividend of $0.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.6%. EQT pays out 15.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Capital Clean Energy Carriers pays out 32.3% 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. EQT has raised its dividend for 3 consecutive years.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of current ratings and recommmendations for EQT and Capital Clean Energy Carriers, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
EQT	0	7	18	2	2.81
Capital Clean Energy Carriers	0	1	3	1	3.00

EQT presently has a consensus price target of $68.10, suggesting a potential upside of 22.05%. Capital Clean Energy Carriers has a consensus price target of $24.75, suggesting a potential upside of 9.27%. Given EQT’s higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe EQT is more favorable than Capital Clean Energy Carriers.

Risk and Volatility

EQT has a beta of 0.58, suggesting that its stock price is 42% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Capital Clean Energy Carriers has a beta of 0.63, suggesting that its stock price is 37% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares EQT and Capital Clean Energy Carriers”s gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
EQT	$9.48 billion	3.68	$2.04 billion	$4.31	12.95
Capital Clean Energy Carriers	$396.86 million	3.33	$170.76 million	$1.86	12.18

EQT has higher revenue and earnings than Capital Clean Energy Carriers. Capital Clean Energy Carriers is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than EQT, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Profitability

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

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
EQT	28.44%	9.31%	6.27%
Capital Clean Energy Carriers	27.73%	6.55%	2.30%

Summary

EQT beats Capital Clean Energy Carriers on 15 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.

About EQT

EQT Corporation operates as a natural gas production company in the United States. The company sells natural gas and natural gas liquids to marketers, utilities, and industrial customers through pipelines located in the Appalachian Basin. It also offers marketing services and contractual pipeline capacity management services. The company was formerly known as Equitable Resources Inc. and changed its name to EQT Corporation in February 2009. EQT Corporation was founded in 1878 and is headquartered in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

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.