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ABNB vs. RCL, MAR, CCL, H, CHH, VAC, MCS, TCOM, VIK, and PLNT

Should you be buying Airbnb stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Airbnb include Royal Caribbean Cruises (RCL), Marriott International (MAR), Carnival (CCL), Hyatt Hotels (H), Choice Hotels International (CHH), Marriott Vacations Worldwide (VAC), Marcus (MCS), Trip.com Group (TCOM), Viking (VIK), and Planet Fitness (PLNT). These companies are all part of the "consumer discretionary" sector.

Airbnb vs. Its Competitors

Airbnb (NASDAQ:ABNB) and Royal Caribbean Cruises (NYSE:RCL) are both large-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, dividends, valuation, risk, institutional ownership and earnings.

Airbnb has a beta of 1.13, meaning that its share price is 13% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Royal Caribbean Cruises has a beta of 2.17, meaning that its share price is 117% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Airbnb currently has a consensus price target of $141.23, suggesting a potential upside of 4.45%. Royal Caribbean Cruises has a consensus price target of $280.40, suggesting a potential downside of 13.96%. Given Airbnb's higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe Airbnb is more favorable than Royal Caribbean Cruises.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Airbnb
5 Sell rating(s)
16 Hold rating(s)
13 Buy rating(s)
2 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.33
Royal Caribbean Cruises
0 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
17 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.90

80.8% of Airbnb shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 87.5% of Royal Caribbean Cruises shares are held by institutional investors. 27.8% of Airbnb shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 7.0% of Royal Caribbean Cruises shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

In the previous week, Royal Caribbean Cruises had 2 more articles in the media than Airbnb. MarketBeat recorded 36 mentions for Royal Caribbean Cruises and 34 mentions for Airbnb. Airbnb's average media sentiment score of 1.33 beat Royal Caribbean Cruises' score of 1.09 indicating that Airbnb is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Airbnb
29 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Royal Caribbean Cruises
23 Very Positive mention(s)
6 Positive mention(s)
4 Neutral mention(s)
2 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Airbnb has a net margin of 22.60% compared to Royal Caribbean Cruises' net margin of 19.38%. Royal Caribbean Cruises' return on equity of 47.89% beat Airbnb's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Airbnb22.60% 30.91% 10.74%
Royal Caribbean Cruises 19.38%47.89%9.44%

Royal Caribbean Cruises has higher revenue and earnings than Airbnb. Royal Caribbean Cruises is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Airbnb, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Airbnb$11.10B7.63$2.65B$3.9634.15
Royal Caribbean Cruises$16.48B5.37$2.88B$12.0427.07

Summary

Royal Caribbean Cruises beats Airbnb on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding ABNB and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NASDAQ and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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ABNB vs. The Competition

MetricAirbnbLEISURE&REC SVS IndustryDiscretionary SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$84.68B$8.53B$8.22B$8.93B
Dividend YieldN/A2.26%3.29%4.12%
P/E Ratio34.1448.0020.8419.86
Price / Sales7.632.113.29113.78
Price / Cash31.1213.4617.1957.06
Price / Book10.253.664.585.38
Net Income$2.65B$328.98M$212.83M$248.50M
7 Day Performance4.28%7.96%4.18%2.78%
1 Month Performance4.32%7.53%10.66%5.84%
1 Year Performance-12.39%2.57%10.50%20.06%

Airbnb Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
ABNB
Airbnb
3.3486 of 5 stars
$135.22
-0.1%
$141.23
+4.4%
-10.7%$84.68B$11.10B34.147,300Positive News
RCL
Royal Caribbean Cruises
4.7655 of 5 stars
$272.90
+0.2%
$276.90
+1.5%
+101.4%$74.16B$16.48B22.68106,000Positive News
Analyst Forecast
MAR
Marriott International
4.2922 of 5 stars
$263.80
+1.4%
$275.90
+4.6%
+16.1%$72.25B$25.10B30.05418,000Positive News
CCL
Carnival
4.7304 of 5 stars
$23.92
+0.6%
$26.79
+12.0%
+61.8%$27.91B$25.02B15.95100,000Trending News
H
Hyatt Hotels
4.5509 of 5 stars
$132.80
+0.8%
$149.72
+12.7%
-2.4%$12.69B$6.65B17.26227,000Trending News
Analyst Forecast
CHH
Choice Hotels International
3.524 of 5 stars
$123.13
+0.2%
$131.31
+6.6%
+9.3%$5.72B$1.58B18.811,700News Coverage
Positive News
Insider Trade
VAC
Marriott Vacations Worldwide
3.981 of 5 stars
$70.04
+2.4%
$92.25
+31.7%
-9.3%$2.42B$4.97B11.9522,300Positive News
MCS
Marcus
4.7923 of 5 stars
$17.10
-0.6%
$24.67
+44.3%
+50.4%$534.92M$735.56M-40.698,550
TCOM
Trip.com Group
4.896 of 5 stars
$57.57
+3.1%
$77.25
+34.2%
+24.0%$37.61B$7.30B16.6941,073
VIK
Viking
3.6635 of 5 stars
$49.49
+0.0%
$49.00
-1.0%
+62.5%$21.93B$5.33B40.2312,000
PLNT
Planet Fitness
4.2949 of 5 stars
$108.60
+1.3%
$105.76
-2.6%
+47.8%$9.14B$1.21B51.203,806Positive News

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This page (NASDAQ:ABNB) was last updated on 7/2/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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