SPB vs. CUK, MODG, MANU, CENTA, STRA, UA, LAUR, UAA, PENN, and ATGE
Should you be buying Spectrum Brands stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Spectrum Brands include Carnival Co. & (CUK), Topgolf Callaway Brands (MODG), Manchester United (MANU), Central Garden & Pet (CENTA), Strategic Education (STRA), Under Armour (UA), Laureate Education (LAUR), Under Armour (UAA), PENN Entertainment (PENN), and Adtalem Global Education (ATGE). These companies are all part of the "consumer discretionary" sector.
Spectrum Brands (NYSE:SPB) and Carnival Co. & (NYSE:CUK) are both mid-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, risk, institutional ownership, media sentiment, profitability, dividends, community ranking, analyst recommendations and valuation.
Spectrum Brands received 261 more outperform votes than Carnival Co. & when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 70.83% of users gave Spectrum Brands an outperform vote while only 64.66% of users gave Carnival Co. & an outperform vote.
Spectrum Brands presently has a consensus target price of $99.86, suggesting a potential upside of 10.52%. Given Spectrum Brands' higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe Spectrum Brands is more favorable than Carnival Co. &.
23.8% of Carnival Co. & shares are held by institutional investors. 2.6% of Spectrum Brands shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of Carnival Co. & shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Spectrum Brands has a beta of 1.2, meaning that its stock price is 20% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Carnival Co. & has a beta of 2.58, meaning that its stock price is 158% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Spectrum Brands has a net margin of 68.11% compared to Carnival Co. &'s net margin of 1.79%. Carnival Co. &'s return on equity of 7.75% beat Spectrum Brands' return on equity.
Spectrum Brands has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Carnival Co. &. Spectrum Brands is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Carnival Co. &, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Spectrum Brands had 2 more articles in the media than Carnival Co. &. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for Spectrum Brands and 6 mentions for Carnival Co. &. Spectrum Brands' average media sentiment score of 0.91 beat Carnival Co. &'s score of 0.19 indicating that Spectrum Brands is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
Spectrum Brands beats Carnival Co. & on 12 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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