Cadeler A/S (NYSE:CDLR) & Seanergy Maritime (NASDAQ:SHIP) Critical Review

Seanergy Maritime (NASDAQ:SHIP) and Cadeler A/S (NYSE:CDLR) are both small-cap transportation companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, dividends, earnings, profitability, risk and valuation.

Profitability

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

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Seanergy Maritime	28.37%	19.01%	9.30%
Cadeler A/S	N/A	N/A	N/A

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares Seanergy Maritime and Cadeler A/S”s revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Seanergy Maritime	$110.23 million	1.31	$2.28 million	$2.34	2.97
Cadeler A/S	$117.55 million	15.50	$12.44 million	N/A	N/A

Cadeler A/S has higher revenue and earnings than Seanergy Maritime.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of recent ratings for Seanergy Maritime and Cadeler A/S, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Seanergy Maritime	0	0	1	1	3.50
Cadeler A/S	0	0	1	0	3.00

Seanergy Maritime currently has a consensus price target of $12.50, indicating a potential upside of 79.60%. Cadeler A/S has a consensus price target of $37.00, indicating a potential upside of 78.14%. Given Seanergy Maritime’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Seanergy Maritime is more favorable than Cadeler A/S.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

29.4% of Seanergy Maritime shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 53.0% of Cadeler A/S shares are held by institutional investors. 4.7% of Seanergy Maritime shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Seanergy Maritime beats Cadeler A/S on 7 of the 11 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Seanergy Maritime

Seanergy Maritime Holdings Corp., a shipping company, provides seaborne transportation of dry bulk commodities worldwide. It operates a fleet of 16 Capesize dry bulk vessels and one Newcastlemax dry bulk vessel with a cargo-carrying capacity of approximately 3,054,820 dwt. The company was formerly known as Seanergy Merger Corp. and changed its name to Seanergy Maritime Holdings Corp. in July 2008. Seanergy Maritime Holdings Corp. was incorporated in 2008 and is based in Glyfada, Greece.

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.