ABNB vs. MAR, RCL, CCL, H, CHH, VAC, MCS, ROL, APG, and ABM
Should you be buying Airbnb stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Airbnb include Marriott International (MAR), Royal Caribbean Cruises (RCL), Carnival Co. & (CCL), Hyatt Hotels (H), Choice Hotels International (CHH), Marriott Vacations Worldwide (VAC), Marcus (MCS), Rollins (ROL), APi Group (APG), and ABM Industries (ABM).
Marriott International (NASDAQ:MAR) and Airbnb (NASDAQ:ABNB) are both large-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, risk, earnings, media sentiment, dividends, valuation, profitability and community ranking.
Marriott International received 681 more outperform votes than Airbnb when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 60.94% of users gave Marriott International an outperform vote while only 38.80% of users gave Airbnb an outperform vote.
Marriott International presently has a consensus target price of $241.33, indicating a potential upside of 4.43%. Airbnb has a consensus target price of $152.38, indicating a potential upside of 3.90%. Given Airbnb's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Marriott International is more favorable than Airbnb.
In the previous week, Airbnb had 8 more articles in the media than Marriott International. MarketBeat recorded 21 mentions for Airbnb and 13 mentions for Marriott International. Airbnb's average media sentiment score of 1.10 beat Marriott International's score of 0.85 indicating that Marriott International is being referred to more favorably in the media.
70.7% of Marriott International shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 80.8% of Airbnb shares are held by institutional investors. 12.3% of Marriott International shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 27.8% of Airbnb 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.
Marriott International has a beta of 1.6, suggesting that its stock price is 60% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Airbnb has a beta of 1.18, suggesting that its stock price is 18% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Airbnb has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Marriott International. Airbnb is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Marriott International, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Airbnb has a net margin of 48.23% compared to Airbnb's net margin of 12.00%. Marriott International's return on equity of 39.37% beat Airbnb's return on equity.
Summary
Marriott International and Airbnb tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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