Critical Comparison: Cadeler A/S (CDLR) versus Its Peers

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

Insider and Institutional 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 large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Profitability

This table compares Cadeler A/S and its competitors’ 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%

Risk and Volatility

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

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares Cadeler A/S and its competitors revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Cadeler A/S	$248.74 million	$12.44 million	24.37
Cadeler A/S Competitors	$847.12 million	$123.28 million	1.67

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

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of current recommendations for Cadeler A/S and its competitors, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Cadeler A/S	0	0	1	0	3.00
Cadeler A/S Competitors	302	1789	1904	111	2.44

Cadeler A/S presently has a consensus target price of $37.00, suggesting a potential upside of 85.19%. As a group, “Deep sea foreign transportation of freight” companies have a potential upside of 151.36%. Given Cadeler A/S’s competitors higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Cadeler A/S has less favorable growth aspects than its competitors.

Summary

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

Cadeler A/S Company Profile

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.