Critical Analysis: Cadeler A/S (CDLR) and Its Competitors

Cadeler A/S (NYSE:CDLR) is one of 57 public companies in the “Deep sea foreign transportation of freight” industry, but how does it contrast to its peers? We will compare Cadeler A/S to similar companies based on the strength of its valuation, earnings, risk, dividends, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations and profitability.

Volatility & Risk

Cadeler A/S has a beta of 0.59, meaning that its share price is 41% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Cadeler A/S’s peers have a beta of 0.98, meaning that their average share price is 2% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Cadeler A/S and its peers revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Cadeler A/S	$248.74 million	$12.44 million	24.42
Cadeler A/S Competitors	$848.85 million	$123.28 million	2.30

Cadeler A/S’s peers have higher revenue and earnings than Cadeler A/S. Cadeler A/S is trading at a higher price-to-earnings ratio than its peers, indicating that it is currently more expensive than other companies in its industry.

Profitability

This table compares Cadeler A/S and its peers’ 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
Cadeler A/S Competitors	31.45%	15.50%	7.87%

Institutional and Insider Ownership

53.0% of Cadeler A/S shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 43.7% of shares of all “Deep sea foreign transportation of freight” companies are owned by institutional investors. 14.5% of shares of all “Deep sea foreign transportation of freight” companies are owned 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.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of current recommendations and price targets for Cadeler A/S and its peers, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Cadeler A/S	0	0	1	0	3.00
Cadeler A/S Competitors	300	1783	1904	110	2.45

Cadeler A/S currently has a consensus price target of $37.00, indicating a potential upside of 84.77%. As a group, “Deep sea foreign transportation of freight” companies have a potential upside of 145.43%. Given Cadeler A/S’s peers higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Cadeler A/S has less favorable growth aspects than its peers.

Summary

Cadeler A/S peers beat Cadeler A/S on 9 of the 13 factors compared.

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.