Cadeler A/S (NYSE:CDLR) and Ardmore Shipping (NYSE:ASC) Head-To-Head Comparison

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

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of current recommendations and price targets for Ardmore Shipping and Cadeler A/S, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Ardmore Shipping	0	3	2	1	2.67
Cadeler A/S	0	2	0	0	2.00

Ardmore Shipping presently has a consensus target price of $13.67, suggesting a potential upside of 27.61%. Given Ardmore Shipping’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe Ardmore Shipping is more favorable than Cadeler A/S.

Profitability

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

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Ardmore Shipping	11.50%	6.69%	5.69%
Cadeler A/S	50.46%	20.80%	10.71%

Insider & Institutional Ownership

62.2% of Ardmore Shipping shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 53.0% of Cadeler A/S shares are owned by institutional investors. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Ardmore Shipping and Cadeler A/S”s top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Ardmore Shipping	$405.78 million	1.07	$133.01 million	$0.78	13.73
Cadeler A/S	$269.19 million	6.27	$70.41 million	$3.42	5.63

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

Volatility & Risk

Ardmore Shipping has a beta of -0.11, indicating that its stock price is 111% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Cadeler A/S has a beta of 0.27, indicating that its stock price is 73% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Ardmore Shipping beats Cadeler A/S on 8 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Ardmore Shipping

Ardmore Shipping Corporation engages in the seaborne transportation of petroleum products and chemicals worldwide. The company's fleet consists of 22 owned vessels including 21 Eco-design and 1 Eco-mod vessel, and four chartered-in vessels. It serves oil majors, oil companies, oil and chemical traders, chemical companies, and pooling service providers. Ardmore Shipping Corporation was founded in 2010 and is headquartered in Pembroke, 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.