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Cadeler A/SCADLR.OLCompetitor analysis, valuation and peers

Norway · NOK·Industrials›Trucks/Construction/Farm Machinery

One of the world's largest offshore wind turbine installation vessel operators, serving major offshore wind farm developers.

≈ One of the world's largest offshore wind turbine installation vessel operatorsMomentum neutral 49
Mkt cap
$2.41B
US dollars, full cap
Free float
59%
of shares outstanding
$/day
$3.63M
20-day average traded
Fwd P/E
9.4×
forward earnings
ROIC−WACC
+0.9 pp
WACC 5.6%
Hurdle
n/a
no reverse DCF
Next earnings
17 days
23 Nov 2026
Close · NOKNOK 58.05
1Dn/a
1W-1.0%
1M+10.4%
3M+3.4%
6M-13.9%
YTD+20.8%
1Y+23.5%
ATR %4.6%
52w lowhigh16.0% off high

What Cadeler A/S does

One of the world's largest offshore wind turbine installation vessel operators, serving major offshore wind farm developers.

Hires out each vessel on charter at a daily rate, often for a project lasting a year or more, so income follows how many vessels are contracted and for how long. The 2024 merger with Eneti added that company's vessels and a newbuild programme.

In one line: One of the world's largest offshore wind turbine installation vessel operators.

Products and services

  • Offshore wind turbine installation vessels
  • Foundation installation vessels
  • Offshore wind O&M support

Customers

  • Offshore wind farm developers/EPC contractors (Ors

Where it sits in the supply chain

  • Offshore wind services
  • Vessel ownership & operation
  • Turbine installation vessels

What could go right

  • Global offshore wind capacity buildout
  • Larger turbine sizes requiring bigger vessels

What could go wrong

  • Offshore wind project delays/permitting risk
  • High vessel capex/leverage

Moat: narrow (installed base, scale). Specialized, capital-intensive fleet of large jack-up installation vessels with long build lead times.

Headquarters: Copenhagen, Denmark · Founded: 2013 · Employees: 1,073

Named competitors

Cadeler A/S at a glance

Size Cadeler A/S (CADLR.OL) is a Norway Industrials company (Trucks/Construction/Farm Machinery) with a market value of $2.41B, the 39th largest of 115 Norway companies the cockpit tracks. Shares closed at NOK 58.05 on 6 Nov 2026.

Performance Over six months the shares fell 13.9%, against -10.8% for the median peer and +2.7% for the Norway market (cap-weighted) — 10th lowest of 21 in its peer set.

Growth Revenue grew 52.7% over the last twelve months (peer median +12.7%); the operating margin is 36.3% (peer median 6.5%).

Valuation It trades at 9.4× forward earnings against a peer median of 10.9× (5th cheapest of 19).

Capital Return on invested capital runs 0.9 points above its cost of capital (5.6% WACC).

Next results Next results expected around 23 Nov 2026 (exchange calendar; dates can move).

Relative performance

809010011 May 202611 Aug 20266 Nov 2026Peer median 88CADLR.OL 85
Six months, rebased to 100: Cadeler A/S against the median of its 20 peers (local-currency closes).

Cadeler A/S financials

Reported figures in NOK; fiscal year ends 2025-12-31. TTM = trailing twelve months.
TTMFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022
RevenueNOK 8.31BNOK 7.27BNOK 2.89BNOK 1.24BNOK 1.08B
Revenue growth—+151%+133%+15%—
Gross profitNOK 3.96BNOK 4.45BNOK 1.42BNOK 608MNOK 565M
EBITDANOK 4.72BNOK 4.88BNOK 1.44BNOK 484MNOK 646M
Net incomeNOK 2.29BNOK 3.28BNOK 757MNOK 131MNOK 359M
Free cash flow-NOK 4.29B-NOK 10.5B-NOK 6.31B-NOK 122M-NOK 2.04B
Capital expenditureNOK 8.43BNOK 14.8BNOK 7.17BNOK 765MNOK 2.28B
Total debtNOK 18.2BNOK 19.2BNOK 6.84BNOK 2.32BNOK 1.21B

Quarterly statements and history in the cockpit →

Cadeler A/S competitor charts

The default views of Competitor Analysis ▸ Charts, drawn from the same data. Open them in the cockpit to change the axes, pin companies and read every value.

Performance: 6-month against 1-month return

-40%-20%0%+20%-20%0%600528TRN000528002779GRSE64326007102672703010390631NFI000680CRAFTSMANCAF70036010386884853105CADLR.OL6-month return →1-month return →
Up and to the right = strong over both horizons. Cadeler A/S is the large dot.

Fundamentals: revenue growth against valuation

0%+50%+100%0×50×100×150×TRN000528002779GRSE6432267270301039CRAFTSMAN601038CADLR.OLRevenue growth (TTM) →Forward P/E →
Further right = faster growth; higher = more expensive. The dashed lines are the peer medians. Cadeler A/S is the large dot.

Cadeler A/S competitors and peer comparison

Head to head with its named competitors (CADLR.OL vs BONHR.OL)
CompanyMarket cap6M returnRevenue growthOp. marginForward P/EReq g
Cadeler A/S CADLR.OL$2.41B-14%+53%36%9.4×n/a
Bonheur BONHR.OL$1.20B+1%+4%7%10.0×3.1%

How Cadeler A/S compares with its peers

Peer set: Industry: the same industry and sector in any market, nearest in size. This is the same default set the interactive Competitor Analysis opens with.

Cadeler A/S against its 20 peers (data as of 6 Nov 2026)
MeasureCADLR.OLPeer medianRank in peer set
1-month return+10.4%+1.3%4th highest of 21
6-month return-13.9%-10.8%10th lowest of 21
Distance from 52-week high-16.0%-33.1%6th highest of 21
Revenue growth (TTM)+52.7%+12.7%2nd highest of 21
Operating margin36.3%6.5%highest of 21
Forward P/E9.4×10.9×5th cheapest of 19
ROIC minus cost of capital+0.9 pp+1.0 pp10th lowest of 20
EV / EBITDA8.1×7.4×4th most expensive of 10
Net debt / EBITDA3.4×0.8×3rd most indebted of 11

Peer table

Peer set: Industry: the same industry and sector in any market, nearest in size
CompanyMarketMarket cap6M returnRevenue growthOp. marginForward P/EReq gDelivered g
Cadeler A/S CADLR.OLNorway$2.41B-14%+53%36%9.4×n/an/a
China Railway Hi-tech Industry 600528.SSChina$2.37B-9%-8%5%n/a-4.0%+2.6%
Trinity Industries TRNUnited States$2.30B-20%-2%13%15.8×n/an/a
Guangxi Liugong Machinery 000528.SZChina$2.58B-13%+10%6%10.5×-3.5%+5.0%
ZHEJIANG ZHONGJIAN TECHNOLOGY 002779.SZChina$2.26B+2%+28%-17%150.7×n/an/a
Garden Reach Shipbuilders & Engineers GRSE.NSIndia$2.60B-31%+40%10%26.5×n/an/a
Takeuchi Mfg.Co 6432.TJapan$2.21B+4%+12%16%10.6×4.0%+14.9%
Sumec 600710.SSChina$2.18B-9%+14%4%9.8×-17.2%+3.6%
Hd Ce 267270.KSSouth Korea$2.80B-56%+115%8%8.6×-9.6%+9.6%
CIMC Vehicles (Group) 301039.SZChina$2.07B-18%+6%4%16.6×-4.3%-5.2%
Sany Heavy Equipment International 0631.HKHong Kong$2.82B-46%+19%6%8.9×1.4%+26.1%
NFI NFI.TOCanada$2.06B+13%+15%2%11.0×12.0%+9.3%
Anhui Heli 600761.SSChina$2.06B-14%+13%7%10.9×-6.7%+9.2%
Shantui Construction Machinery 000680.SZChina$2.06B-22%+14%10%9.8×-4.4%+15.6%
Craftsman Automation CRAFTSMAN.NSIndia$2.90B+21%+36%10%44.5×n/an/a
Construcciones y Auxiliar de Ferrocarriles CAF.MCSpain$2.92B+21%+12%6%13.5×1.0%+10.2%
Mitsui ES 7003.TJapan$1.98B-45%+12%11%8.7×16.0%-11.3%
First Tractor 601038.SSChina$1.95B+2%+12%6%17.5×-1.6%+7.5%
Modec 6269.TJapan$3.03B-46%+17%9%7.7×-21.3%+18.6%
Beijing Jiuzhouyigui Environmental Technology 688485.SSChina$1.91B+29%+9%2%n/an/an/a
Nisshinbo 3105.TJapan$1.87B-9%+2%7%11.5×3.6%+1.9%

Questions

Who are Cadeler A/S's main competitors?
Named competitors: Bonheur (Fred. Olsen Windcarrier) (BONHR.OL), Van Oord (private or unlisted), Jan De Nul (private or unlisted), Seajacks (private or unlisted), DEME Group (private or unlisted). The cockpit's measured peer set (industry) also includes China Railway Hi-tech Industry (600528.SS), Trinity Industries (TRN), Guangxi Liugong Machinery (000528.SZ), ZHEJIANG ZHONGJIAN TECHNOLOGY (002779.SZ), Garden Reach Shipbuilders & Engineers (GRSE.NS), Takeuchi Mfg.Co (6432.T).
Is Cadeler A/S expensive compared with its peers?
On forward p/e it trades at 9.4× against a peer median of 10.9×, 5th cheapest of 19 in its peer set.
How has Cadeler A/S stock performed?
Over six months to 6 Nov 2026 the shares returned -13.9% against -10.8% for the median peer; over one year +23.5%.

How these numbers are made. Returns are close-to-close in local currency. Revenue growth and margins are trailing twelve months. Req g is the revenue growth that today's enterprise value requires for seven years at the company's own cost of capital; Delivered g is what it actually grew; the gap is the hurdle (honest precision about ±8 points, so read the ranking more than the decimal). No fair values, price targets or analyst ratings are shown, by design. Method and validation.