Cadeler A/S vs Viking Holdings Ltd, two Marine Shipping stocks. A side-by-side on valuation, growth, margins, returns, and what each price is betting.
Where CDLR and VIK diverge most: on fcf yield, CDLR reads -11.6% and VIK reads 5.8%; on p/b, CDLR reads 4.82 and VIK reads 39.20. The rest of the comparable metrics sit closer together. On valuation, today's CDLR price has a different growth bar priced in than VIK (+14.7% implied for CDLR vs +43.0% for VIK); the higher figure is the steeper assumption to clear, not a better or worse stock. What CDLR's price implies is a bet that sits within the historical range (whole-company basis). What VIK's price implies is a somewhat stretched bet versus history (whole-company basis). The bull and bear cases for each are in their full reports below.
| Metric | CDLR | VIK |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $22.46 | $99.11 |
| Market cap | $7.9B | $44.0B |
| Sector | Marine Shipping | Marine Shipping |
| Stage | Growth | Growth |
| Implied growth (priced in) | +14.7% | +43.0% |
| P/E | 25.8 | 38.3 |
| P/B | 4.82 | 39.20 |
| P/S | 11.67 | 6.76 |
| EV/EBITDA | 22.1 | 23.5 |
| Revenue growth | +88.8% | +22.6% |
| Gross margin | 61.8% | — |
| Operating margin | 51.2% | 20.9% |
| Net margin | 45.2% | 17.7% |
| Return on equity | 18.6% | 102.4% |
| Return on assets | 8.2% | 9.4% |
| Return on invested capital | 20.6% | 131.7% |
| FCF yield | -11.6% | 5.8% |
| Debt / equity | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Current ratio | 1.11 | 0.79 |
| Altman Z (solvency) | 2.91 | 6.03 |
| Piotroski F (quality) | 8 / 9 | 7 / 9 |
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