Head to Head Comparison: SEACOR Holdings (CKH) and Cypress Energy Partners, L.P. (CELP)

Cypress Energy Partners, L.P. (NYSE: CELP) and SEACOR Holdings (NYSE:CKH) are both small-cap oils/energy companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, analyst recommendations, profitability, dividends, institutional ownership, earnings and valuation.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of recent recommendations and price targets for Cypress Energy Partners, L.P. and SEACOR Holdings, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Cypress Energy Partners, L.P.	0	2	0	0	2.00
SEACOR Holdings	0	0	1	0	3.00

Cypress Energy Partners, L.P. presently has a consensus price target of $8.00, indicating a potential upside of 8.26%. SEACOR Holdings has a consensus price target of $40.00, indicating a potential upside of 11.76%. Given SEACOR Holdings’ stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe SEACOR Holdings is more favorable than Cypress Energy Partners, L.P..

Risk & Volatility

Cypress Energy Partners, L.P. has a beta of 1.39, indicating that its stock price is 39% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, SEACOR Holdings has a beta of 1, indicating that its stock price has a similar volatility profile to the S&P 500.

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares Cypress Energy Partners, L.P. and SEACOR Holdings’ gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	EBITDA	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Cypress Energy Partners, L.P.	$291.50 million	0.30	$15.78 million	$0.26	28.42
SEACOR Holdings	$860.49 million	0.74	$110.83 million	($9.54)	-3.75

SEACOR Holdings has higher revenue and earnings than Cypress Energy Partners, L.P.. SEACOR Holdings is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Cypress Energy Partners, L.P., indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Dividends

Cypress Energy Partners, L.P. pays an annual dividend of $0.84 per share and has a dividend yield of 11.4%. SEACOR Holdings does not pay a dividend. Cypress Energy Partners, L.P. pays out 323.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

Profitability

This table compares Cypress Energy Partners, L.P. and SEACOR Holdings’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Cypress Energy Partners, L.P.	0.76%	29.55%	2.75%
SEACOR Holdings	-22.34%	-12.20%	-5.07%

Insider and Institutional Ownership

0.7% of Cypress Energy Partners, L.P. shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 92.6% of SEACOR Holdings shares are held by institutional investors. 10.5% of SEACOR Holdings shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

SEACOR Holdings beats Cypress Energy Partners, L.P. on 9 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.

Cypress Energy Partners, L.P. Company Profile

Cypress Energy Partners, L.P. is a limited partnership company, which serves energy companies throughout North America. The Company provides independent pipeline inspection and integrity services to producers and pipeline companies and water and environmental services with salt water disposal (SWD) facilities to the United States onshore oil and natural gas producers and trucking companies. It operates through three segments: Pipeline Inspection Services (PIS), which provides independent inspection services to various energy, public utility and pipeline companies in both the United States and Canada; Integrity Services (IS), which provides hydrostatic testing services to natural gas and petroleum companies and pipeline construction companies of newly constructed and existing natural gas and petroleum pipelines, and Water and Environmental Services (W&ES), which provides SWD services to oil and natural gas producers and trucking companies.

SEACOR Holdings Company Profile

SEACOR Holdings Inc., is engaged in the business of transportation and logistics, alcohol manufacturing, merchandising, and risk management consultancy. The Company’s segments include, Inland River Services, Shipping Services and Illinois Corn Processing. Inland River Services segment operates river transportation equipment used for moving agricultural and industrial commodities and petroleum and chemical products. Shipping Services segment operates a fleet of United States flag marine transportation related assets. Illinois Corn Processing segment produces alcohol used in the food, beverage, industrial and petrochemical end-markets. The Company also offers emergency and crisis services, lending and leasing activities, and noncontrolling investments in various other businesses.