CHH vs. CCL, H, VAC, MCS, ABNB, MAR, RCL, IHG, MGM, and HTHT
Should you be buying Choice Hotels International stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Choice Hotels International include Carnival Co. & (CCL), Hyatt Hotels (H), Marriott Vacations Worldwide (VAC), Marcus (MCS), Airbnb (ABNB), Marriott International (MAR), Royal Caribbean Cruises (RCL), InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG), MGM Resorts International (MGM), and H World Group (HTHT).
Carnival Co. & (NYSE:CCL) and Choice Hotels International (NYSE:CHH) are both consumer discretionary companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, media sentiment, dividends, valuation, risk, institutional ownership, community ranking, analyst recommendations and earnings.
Carnival Co. & has a beta of 2.57, indicating that its share price is 157% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Choice Hotels International has a beta of 1.22, indicating that its share price is 22% more volatile than the S&P 500.
67.2% of Carnival Co. & shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 65.6% of Choice Hotels International shares are held by institutional investors. 11.0% of Carnival Co. & shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 24.0% of Choice Hotels International shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, Carnival Co. & had 11 more articles in the media than Choice Hotels International. MarketBeat recorded 22 mentions for Carnival Co. & and 11 mentions for Choice Hotels International. Carnival Co. &'s average media sentiment score of 0.81 beat Choice Hotels International's score of 0.76 indicating that Choice Hotels International is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Carnival Co. & received 718 more outperform votes than Choice Hotels International when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 62.78% of users gave Carnival Co. & an outperform vote while only 40.98% of users gave Choice Hotels International an outperform vote.
Choice Hotels International has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Carnival Co. &. Choice Hotels 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.
Carnival Co. & presently has a consensus target price of $21.53, suggesting a potential upside of 28.90%. Choice Hotels International has a consensus target price of $129.50, suggesting a potential upside of 13.50%. Given Choice Hotels International's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe Carnival Co. & is more favorable than Choice Hotels International.
Choice Hotels International has a net margin of 15.34% compared to Choice Hotels International's net margin of 1.79%. Carnival Co. &'s return on equity of 748.46% beat Choice Hotels International's return on equity.
Summary
Carnival Co. & beats Choice Hotels International on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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