LIND vs. CCL, NCLH, RCL, RXO, DKL, INSW, SBLK, TRMD, GEL, and DHT
Should you be buying Lindblad Expeditions stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Lindblad Expeditions include Carnival (CCL), Norwegian Cruise Line (NCLH), Royal Caribbean Cruises (RCL), RXO (RXO), Delek Logistics Partners (DKL), International Seaways (INSW), Star Bulk Carriers (SBLK), Torm (TRMD), Genesis Energy (GEL), and DHT (DHT).
Lindblad Expeditions vs. Its Competitors
Lindblad Expeditions (NASDAQ:LIND) and Carnival (NYSE:CCL) are both consumer discretionary companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, media sentiment, risk, dividends, profitability, analyst recommendations, earnings and valuation.
Lindblad Expeditions presently has a consensus price target of $17.00, suggesting a potential upside of 38.66%. Carnival has a consensus price target of $32.90, suggesting a potential upside of 14.76%. Given Lindblad Expeditions' higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Lindblad Expeditions is more favorable than Carnival.
Carnival has a net margin of 10.07% compared to Lindblad Expeditions' net margin of -1.19%. Carnival's return on equity of 27.86% beat Lindblad Expeditions' return on equity.
In the previous week, Carnival had 43 more articles in the media than Lindblad Expeditions. MarketBeat recorded 44 mentions for Carnival and 1 mentions for Lindblad Expeditions. Carnival's average media sentiment score of 0.61 beat Lindblad Expeditions' score of 0.34 indicating that Carnival is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Carnival has higher revenue and earnings than Lindblad Expeditions. Lindblad Expeditions is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Carnival, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
75.9% of Lindblad Expeditions shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 67.2% of Carnival shares are owned by institutional investors. 34.0% of Lindblad Expeditions shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 7.6% of Carnival shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Lindblad Expeditions has a beta of 2.58, meaning that its share price is 158% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Carnival has a beta of 2.68, meaning that its share price is 168% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Carnival beats Lindblad Expeditions on 13 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (NASDAQ:LIND) was last updated on 10/8/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
