CCL vs. MAR, RCL, H, CHH, VAC, MCS, ABNB, BIP, NCLH, and KEX
Should you be buying Carnival Co. & stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Carnival Co. & include Marriott International (MAR), Royal Caribbean Cruises (RCL), Hyatt Hotels (H), Choice Hotels International (CHH), Marriott Vacations Worldwide (VAC), Marcus (MCS), Airbnb (ABNB), Brookfield Infrastructure Partners (BIP), Norwegian Cruise Line (NCLH), and Kirby (KEX).
Marriott International (NASDAQ:MAR) and Carnival Co. & (NYSE:CCL) are both large-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, profitability, media sentiment, risk, valuation, community ranking, dividends and earnings.
Carnival Co. & received 165 more outperform votes than Marriott International when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 62.78% of users gave Carnival Co. & an outperform vote while only 60.94% of users gave Marriott International an outperform vote.
Marriott International has a net margin of 12.00% compared to Marriott International's net margin of 1.79%. Marriott International's return on equity of 7.75% beat Carnival Co. &'s return on equity.
Marriott International has a beta of 1.6, meaning that its stock price is 60% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Carnival Co. & has a beta of 2.57, meaning that its stock price is 157% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Marriott International has higher revenue and earnings than Carnival Co. &. Marriott International is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Carnival Co. &, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
70.7% of Marriott International shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 67.2% of Carnival Co. & shares are held by institutional investors. 12.3% of Marriott International shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 11.0% of Carnival Co. & shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Marriott International currently has a consensus target price of $241.33, suggesting a potential upside of 4.43%. Carnival Co. & has a consensus target price of $21.53, suggesting a potential upside of 28.90%. Given Marriott International's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Carnival Co. & is more favorable than Marriott International.
In the previous week, Carnival Co. & had 6 more articles in the media than Marriott International. MarketBeat recorded 18 mentions for Carnival Co. & and 12 mentions for Marriott International. Carnival Co. &'s average media sentiment score of 1.10 beat Marriott International's score of 0.73 indicating that Marriott International is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
Marriott International and Carnival Co. & tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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