Cadeler A/S (NYSE:CDLR) vs. Pangaea Logistics Solutions (NASDAQ:PANL) Head-To-Head Comparison

Cadeler A/S (NYSE:CDLR) and Pangaea Logistics Solutions (NASDAQ:PANL) are both transportation companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, analyst recommendations, earnings, valuation, institutional ownership, dividends and profitability.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

53.0% of Cadeler A/S shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 60.2% of Pangaea Logistics Solutions shares are owned by institutional investors. 23.4% of Pangaea Logistics Solutions shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Cadeler A/S and Pangaea Logistics Solutions”s gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Cadeler A/S	$123.07 million	19.63	$12.44 million	N/A	N/A
Pangaea Logistics Solutions	$503.74 million	0.58	$26.32 million	$0.76	8.21

Pangaea Logistics Solutions has higher revenue and earnings than Cadeler A/S.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of recent recommendations and price targets for Cadeler A/S and Pangaea Logistics Solutions, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Cadeler A/S	0	0	1	0	3.00
Pangaea Logistics Solutions	0	0	1	0	3.00

Cadeler A/S presently has a consensus target price of $37.00, indicating a potential upside of 34.45%. Pangaea Logistics Solutions has a consensus target price of $10.25, indicating a potential upside of 64.26%. Given Pangaea Logistics Solutions’ higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Pangaea Logistics Solutions is more favorable than Cadeler A/S.

Profitability

This table compares Cadeler A/S and Pangaea Logistics Solutions’ 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
Pangaea Logistics Solutions	7.02%	8.76%	4.66%

Summary

Pangaea Logistics Solutions beats Cadeler A/S on 8 of the 9 factors compared between the two stocks.

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.

About Pangaea Logistics Solutions

Pangaea Logistics Solutions, Ltd., together with its subsidiaries, provides seaborne dry bulk logistics and transportation services to industrial customers worldwide. It offers various dry bulk cargoes, such as grains, coal, iron ore, pig iron, hot briquetted iron, bauxite, alumina, cement clinker, dolomite, and limestone. The company's ocean logistics services comprise cargo loading, cargo discharge, vessel chartering, voyage planning, and technical vessel management. It owns and operates a fleet of vessels. The company was founded in 1996 and is headquartered in Newport, Rhode Island.