CCL vs. BOWL, GAW, SSPG, SMWH, MAB, TRN, PETS, COA, DOM, and AML
Should you be buying Carnival Co. & stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Carnival Co. & include Hollywood Bowl Group (BOWL), Games Workshop Group (GAW), SSP Group (SSPG), WH Smith (SMWH), Mitchells & Butlers (MAB), Trainline (TRN), Pets at Home Group (PETS), Coats Group (COA), Domino's Pizza Group (DOM), and Aston Martin Lagonda Global (AML). These companies are all part of the "consumer cyclical" sector.
Carnival Co. & (LON:CCL) and Hollywood Bowl Group (LON:BOWL) are both small-cap consumer cyclical companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, risk, dividends, profitability, earnings, institutional ownership, media sentiment, valuation and community ranking.
Hollywood Bowl Group has a net margin of 15.88% compared to Carnival Co. &'s net margin of 1.80%. Hollywood Bowl Group's return on equity of 23.85% beat Carnival Co. &'s return on equity.
Carnival Co. & has a beta of 2.55, suggesting that its stock price is 155% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Hollywood Bowl Group has a beta of 1.22, suggesting that its stock price is 22% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Hollywood Bowl Group had 5 more articles in the media than Carnival Co. &. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Hollywood Bowl Group and 1 mentions for Carnival Co. &. Carnival Co. &'s average media sentiment score of 0.33 beat Hollywood Bowl Group's score of 0.17 indicating that Carnival Co. & is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Carnival Co. & has higher revenue and earnings than Hollywood Bowl Group. Hollywood Bowl Group 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. & received 120 more outperform votes than Hollywood Bowl Group when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 82.57% of users gave Hollywood Bowl Group an outperform vote while only 64.14% of users gave Carnival Co. & an outperform vote.
Hollywood Bowl Group has a consensus target price of GBX 410, indicating a potential upside of 20.23%. Given Hollywood Bowl Group's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Hollywood Bowl Group is more favorable than Carnival Co. &.
48.4% of Carnival Co. & shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 81.8% of Hollywood Bowl Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.5% of Carnival Co. & shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 4.4% of Hollywood Bowl Group shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Carnival Co. & pays an annual dividend of GBX 156 per share and has a dividend yield of 15.0%. Hollywood Bowl Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 12 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.5%. Carnival Co. & pays out 62,400.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Hollywood Bowl Group pays out 6,000.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
Summary
Hollywood Bowl Group beats Carnival Co. & on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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