Comparing Capital Clean Energy Carriers (NASDAQ:CCEC) and OPAL Fuels (NASDAQ:OPAL)

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

Insider and Institutional Ownership

12.2% of OPAL Fuels shares are held by institutional investors. 85.7% of OPAL Fuels shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Profitability

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

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
OPAL Fuels	0.65%	15.54%	0.22%
Capital Clean Energy Carriers	27.73%	6.55%	2.30%

Valuation & Earnings

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

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
OPAL Fuels	$348.98 million	0.77	$14.75 million	($0.01)	-153.00
Capital Clean Energy Carriers	$392.71 million	3.01	$170.76 million	$1.86	10.87

Capital Clean Energy Carriers has higher revenue and earnings than OPAL Fuels. OPAL Fuels 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.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of current ratings and target prices for OPAL Fuels and Capital Clean Energy Carriers, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
OPAL Fuels	2	1	0	0	1.33
Capital Clean Energy Carriers	0	3	2	0	2.40

OPAL Fuels currently has a consensus target price of $2.40, indicating a potential upside of 56.86%. Capital Clean Energy Carriers has a consensus target price of $24.75, indicating a potential upside of 22.39%. Given OPAL Fuels’ higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe OPAL Fuels is more favorable than Capital Clean Energy Carriers.

Volatility and Risk

OPAL Fuels has a beta of 0.79, indicating that its stock price is 21% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Capital Clean Energy Carriers has a beta of 0.68, indicating that its stock price is 32% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Capital Clean Energy Carriers beats OPAL Fuels on 9 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.

About OPAL Fuels

OPAL Fuels Inc., together with its subsidiaries, engages in the production and distribution of renewable natural gas for use as a vehicle fuel for heavy and medium-duty trucking fleets. It also designs, develops, constructs, operates, and services fueling stations for trucking fleets that use natural gas to displace diesel as transportation fuel. In addition, it offers design, development, and construction services for hydrogen fueling stations. Further, the company engages in the generation and sale of renewable power to utilities. OPAL Fuels Inc. is based in White Plains, New York.

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.