Grindrod Shipping (NASDAQ:GRIN) versus Cadeler A/S (NYSE:CDLR) Critical Survey

Grindrod Shipping (NASDAQ:GRIN) and Cadeler A/S (NYSE:CDLR) 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, valuation, institutional ownership, earnings, profitability and dividends.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

53.0% of Cadeler A/S shares are owned by institutional investors. 9.8% of Grindrod Shipping shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Profitability

This table compares Grindrod Shipping and Cadeler A/S’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Grindrod Shipping	-2.49%	-2.89%	-1.63%
Cadeler A/S	N/A	N/A	N/A

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of current recommendations and price targets for Grindrod Shipping and Cadeler A/S, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Grindrod Shipping	0	1	0	0	2.00
Cadeler A/S	0	0	1	0	3.00

Grindrod Shipping presently has a consensus target price of $12.50, indicating a potential downside of 8.96%. Cadeler A/S has a consensus target price of $35.00, indicating a potential upside of 47.93%. Given Cadeler A/S’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Cadeler A/S is more favorable than Grindrod Shipping.

Valuation & Earnings

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

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Grindrod Shipping	$387.10 million	N/A	-$9.62 million	($0.50)	-27.46
Cadeler A/S	$117.55 million	17.66	$12.44 million	N/A	N/A

Cadeler A/S has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Grindrod Shipping.

Summary

Cadeler A/S beats Grindrod Shipping on 8 of the 10 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Grindrod Shipping

Grindrod Shipping Holdings Ltd., an international shipping company, engages in owning, chartering, and operating a fleet of dry bulk carriers worldwide. It operates through three segments: Handysize, Supramax/Ultramax, and Others. The company operates a fleet of vessels comprising handysize and supramax/ultramax dry bulk carriers transporting various bulk and breakbulk commodities, including ores, coal, grains, forestry products, steel products, and fertilizers; and engages in the ship management activities. Its customers include shipping companies, mining companies, commodity trading houses, industrial manufacturing companies, and oil companies, as well as traders of grains, steel, and forestry products. The company was founded in 1910 and is based in Singapore. Grindrod Shipping Holdings Ltd. operates as a subsidiary of Good Falkirk (MI) Limited.

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.