Comparing TORM (NASDAQ:TRMD) & Cadeler A/S (NYSE:CDLR)

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

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares Cadeler A/S and TORM’s gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Cadeler A/S	$117.55 million	14.63	$12.44 million	N/A	N/A
TORM	$1.52 billion	1.92	$648.27 million	$7.46	4.80

TORM has higher revenue and earnings than Cadeler A/S.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of current recommendations for Cadeler A/S and TORM, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Cadeler A/S	0	0	1	0	3.00
TORM	0	0	0	0	N/A

Cadeler A/S currently has a consensus target price of $35.00, suggesting a potential upside of 78.57%. Given Cadeler A/S’s higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Cadeler A/S is more favorable than TORM.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

53.0% of Cadeler A/S shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 73.9% of TORM shares are held by institutional investors. 0.4% of TORM shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Profitability

This table compares Cadeler A/S and TORM’s 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
TORM	42.64%	36.99%	20.95%

Summary

TORM beats Cadeler A/S on 7 of the 10 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 maintenance, construction, 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 TORM

TORM plc, a shipping company, owns and operates a fleet of product tankers in the United Kingdom. It operates in two operating segments, Tanker and Marine Exhaust. The Tanker segment transports refined oil products, such as gasoline, jet fuel, kerosene, naphtha, and gas oil, as well as dirty petroleum products, including fuel oil. The Marine Exhaust segment engages in developing and producing advanced and green marine equipment. TORM plc was founded in 1889 and is based in London, the United Kingdom.