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Capital Clean Energy Carriers Corp.CCECCompetitor analysis, valuation and peers

United States · USD·Industrials›Marine Shipping

Greek-controlled owner of LNG, LPG and container vessels, transitioning its fleet toward cleaner-energy shipping.

≈ A clean-energy-focused shipping company, part of the Marinakis groupMomentum neutral 47
Mkt cap
$1.24B
US dollars, full cap
Free float
23%
of shares outstanding
$/day
$203,873
20-day average traded
Fwd P/E
8.1×
forward earnings
ROIC−WACC
-2.3 pp
WACC 6.2%
Hurdle
n/a
no reverse DCF
Next earnings
84 days
29 Jan 2027
Close · USD$20.59
1D-0.7%
1W-5.1%
1M+0.1%
3M-9.8%
6M+3.0%
YTD-1.3%
1Y-0.4%
ATR %3.5%
Beta0.20
52w lowhigh14.0% off high

What Capital Clean Energy Carriers does

Greek-controlled owner of LNG, LPG and container vessels, transitioning its fleet toward cleaner-energy shipping.

Charters ships to operators at agreed daily rates, usually under multi-year contracts, so income depends on fleet size, how long each charter runs and whether renewals come at higher rates. Controlled by the Marinakis family's Capital Maritime group, it has moved its fleet from container ships and tankers toward LNG carriers.

In one line: A clean-energy-focused shipping company, part of the Marinakis group.

Products and services

  • LNG carrier chartering
  • Container vessel chartering
  • LPG/CO2 carrier chartering (newbuilds)

Customers

  • LNG/LPG traders and producers
  • Container liner operators

Where it sits in the supply chain

  • Energy/shipping
  • Diversified clean-energy shipping
  • LNG/LPG/container vessel chartering

What could go right

  • LNG/LPG trade growth
  • Long-term charter cash-flow visibility

What could go wrong

  • Charter-rate cyclicality
  • Newbuild delivery/financing risk

Moat: narrow (scale). Diversifying fleet toward LNG/LPG and lower-carbon cargo under long-term charters with major counterparties.

Headquarters: Athens, Greece · Founded: 2007

Named competitors

Capital Clean Energy Carriers at a glance

Size Capital Clean Energy Carriers (CCEC) is a United States Industrials company (Marine Shipping) with a market value of $1.24B, the 2118th largest of 3,117 United States companies the cockpit tracks. Shares closed at $20.59 on 6 Nov 2026.

Performance Over six months the shares gained 3.0%, against +0.3% for the median peer and -1.1% for the United States market (cap-weighted) — 9th highest of 20 in its peer set.

Growth Revenue grew 5.1% over the last twelve months (peer median +5.5%); the operating margin is 49.9% (peer median 16.5%).

Valuation It trades at 8.1× forward earnings against a peer median of 9.1× (8th cheapest of 17).

Capital Return on invested capital runs 2.3 points below its cost of capital (6.2% WACC).

Short interest Short interest is 0.1% of the free float (15 Oct 2026).

Next results Next results expected around 29 Jan 2027 (exchange calendar; dates can move).

Relative performance

9010011011 May 202611 Aug 20266 Nov 2026CCEC 102Peer median 99
Six months, rebased to 100: Capital Clean Energy Carriers against the median of its 20 peers (local-currency closes).

Capital Clean Energy Carriers financials

Reported figures in USD; fiscal year ends 2025-12-31. TTM = trailing twelve months.
TTMFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022
Revenue$439M$393M$340M$242M$299M
Revenue growth—+16%+40%-19%—
Gross profit$235M$230M$194M$126M$146M
EBITDA$336M$324M$271M$163M$217M
Net income$122M$171M$192M$45.6M$120M
Free cash flow-$917M-$73.3M-$961M-$262M$27.0M
Capital expenditure$1.15B$315M$1.20B$452M$141M
Total debt$3.17B$2.35B$2.40B$1.68B$1.29B

Quarterly statements and history in the cockpit →

Capital Clean Energy Carriers 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

-20%0%+20%+40%-20%0%+20%MPCC600017DFDSGNKSOMA2020GSLDNORD9302000120CMRE9110ODF26062607CCEC6-month return →1-month return →
Up and to the right = strong over both horizons. Capital Clean Energy Carriers is the large dot.

Fundamentals: revenue growth against valuation

0%+100%+200%0×50×100×150×MPCC600017GNKSOMA2020DISGPPLCCECRevenue growth (TTM) →Forward P/E →
Further right = faster growth; higher = more expensive. The dashed lines are the peer medians. Capital Clean Energy Carriers is the large dot.

Capital Clean Energy Carriers competitors and peer comparison

Head to head with its named competitors (CCEC vs FLNG vs GLNG vs NMM)
CompanyMarket cap6M returnRevenue growthOp. marginForward P/EReq g
Capital Clean Energy Carriers CCEC$1.24B+3%+5%50%8.1×n/a
FLEX LNG FLNG$1.38B-20%+1%49%11.5×-0.5%
Golar LNG GLNG$4.40B-23%+95%46%n/an/a
Navios Maritime Partners LP NMM$2.42B+14%+19%39%3.9×n/a
Costamare CMRE$1.54B-28%-42%44%5.2×-6.9%

How Capital Clean Energy Carriers 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.

Capital Clean Energy Carriers against its 20 peers (data as of 6 Nov 2026)
MeasureCCECPeer medianRank in peer set
1-month return+0.1%-5.4%4th highest of 21
6-month return+3.0%+0.3%9th highest of 20
Distance from 52-week high-14.0%-17.2%8th highest of 21
Revenue growth (TTM)+5.1%+5.5%9th lowest of 20
Operating margin49.9%16.5%3rd highest of 20
Forward P/E8.1×9.1×8th cheapest of 17
ROIC minus cost of capital-2.3 pp+2.2 pp3rd lowest of 19
EV / EBITDA12.3×5.3×most expensive of 18
Net debt / EBITDA8.6×1.3×most indebted of 18

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
Capital Clean Energy Carriers CCECUnited States$1.24B+3%+5%50%8.1×n/an/a
MPC Container Ships MPCC.OLNorway$1.26B0%-15%37%7.8×-13.3%+27.1%
Rizhao Port 600017.SSChina$1.26B-7%+3%13%17.1×n/an/a
Volare Shipping VLCC.OLNorway$1.17Bn/an/an/an/an/an/a
Dfds A/s DFDS.CODenmark$1.33B+8%+3%3%17.0×4.6%+17.2%
Genco Shipping & Trading GNKUnited States$1.13B0%+26%17%10.2×n/an/a
Solstad Maritime SOMA.OLNorway$1.36B-6%+17%40%5.5×-2.5%+22.7%
2020 Bulkers 2020.OLNorway$1.10B+20%+256%92%170.2×9.2%+7.3%
Global Ship Lease GSLUnited States$1.41B-8%+6%48%4.1×-15.2%+22.1%
d'Amico International Shipping DIS.MIItaly$1.09B-3%-15%36%8.0×-7.3%+2.3%
Dampskibsselskabet NORDEN A/S DNORD.CODenmark$1.46B+15%+7%3%9.6×n/an/a
Iino Kaiun Kaisha,Ltd 9119.TJapan$1.04B-6%+1%11%11.6×n/an/a
MITSUI-SOKO 9302.TJapan$1.52B-22%+6%7%17.8×-1.6%+3.4%
Cj Logistics 000120.KSSouth Korea$1.01B-32%+5%4%7.8×-4.0%+2.6%
Costamare CMREUnited States$1.54B-28%-42%44%5.2×-6.9%+13.0%
NS United Kaiun Kaisha,Ltd 9110.TJapan$1.58B+39%+11%11%n/a-5.0%+10.7%
Ningbo Ocean Shipping 601022.SSChina$1.58B-7%+13%11%n/an/an/a
Odfjell ODF.OLNorway$960M+3%-10%18%6.9×-12.7%+5.6%
U-Ming Marine Transport 2606.TWTaiwan$1.70B+6%+13%29%8.7×-3.8%+12.8%
Evergreen International Storage & Transport 2607.TWTaiwan$897M+18%-15%11%n/an/an/a
Gujarat Pipavav Port GPPL.NSIndia$851M+4%+25%52%14.7×16.2%+9.6%

Questions

Who are Capital Clean Energy Carriers's main competitors?
Named competitors: Flex LNG (FLNG), Golar LNG (GLNG), Navios Maritime Partners (NMM), Costamare (CMRE). The cockpit's measured peer set (industry) also includes MPC Container Ships (MPCC.OL), Rizhao Port (600017.SS), Volare Shipping (VLCC.OL), Dfds A/s (DFDS.CO), Genco Shipping & Trading (GNK), Solstad Maritime (SOMA.OL).
Is Capital Clean Energy Carriers expensive compared with its peers?
On forward p/e it trades at 8.1× against a peer median of 9.1×, 8th cheapest of 17 in its peer set.
How has Capital Clean Energy Carriers stock performed?
Over six months to 6 Nov 2026 the shares returned +3.0% against +0.3% for the median peer; over one year -0.4%.

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.