Financial Survey: COSCO SHIPPING (OTCMKTS:CICOY) & Cool (NYSE:CLCO)

COSCO SHIPPING (OTCMKTS:CICOY) and Cool (NYSE:CLCO) are both transportation companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, risk, valuation, earnings and dividends.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of current ratings and recommmendations for COSCO SHIPPING and Cool, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
COSCO SHIPPING	1	2	0	0	1.67
Cool	0	3	0	0	2.00

Dividends

COSCO SHIPPING pays an annual dividend of $0.57 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.3%. Cool pays an annual dividend of $0.15 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.5%. Cool pays out 88.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

Profitability

This table compares COSCO SHIPPING and Cool’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
COSCO SHIPPING	N/A	N/A	N/A
Cool	N/A	N/A	N/A

Institutional & Insider Ownership

20.7% of Cool shares are held by institutional investors. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Risk and Volatility

COSCO SHIPPING has a beta of 1.4, suggesting that its stock price is 40% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Cool has a beta of 0.7, suggesting that its stock price is 30% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares COSCO SHIPPING and Cool”s revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
COSCO SHIPPING	$32.53 billion	0.89	$6.84 billion	N/A	N/A
Cool	$338.50 million	1.54	$98.14 million	$0.17	57.03

COSCO SHIPPING has higher revenue and earnings than Cool.

Summary

COSCO SHIPPING beats Cool on 5 of the 8 factors compared between the two stocks.

About COSCO SHIPPING

COSCO SHIPPING Holdings Co., Ltd., an investment holding company, engages in the container shipping, managing and operating container terminals, and other terminal related businesses in the United States, Europe, the Asia Pacific, Mainland China, and internationally. It operates through Container Shipping Business and Terminal Business segments. The company offers freight forwarding and transportation, vessel chartering, container transportation, marine, vessel management and manning, cargo and liner agency, logistics, document, shipping agency and other sea transport, container stack, cargo storage, and cargo transportation services. It is also involved in the design and manufacture of computer software, as well as provision of technology services and solutions; asset management business; and operation of terminals. The company was formerly known as China COSCO Holdings Company Limited and changed its name to COSCO SHIPPING Holdings Co., Ltd. in November 2016. COSCO SHIPPING Holdings Co., Ltd. was incorporated in 2005 and is based in Shanghai, the People’s Republic of China.

About Cool

Cool Company Ltd. engages in the acquisition, ownership, operation, and chartering of liquefied natural gas carriers (LNGCs). As of December 31, 2023, it owned a fleet of eleven LNGCs, including seven modern tri-fuel diesel electric vessels; two modern 2-stroke and two TFDE vessels; and managed 17 LNGCs and floating storage and regasification units for third parties. The company was founded in 1970 and is based in London, the United Kingdom.