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LIND vs. CCL, NCLH, RCL, DKL, GEL, SBLK, ZIM, INSW, CMBT, 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), Delek Logistics Partners (DKL), Genesis Energy (GEL), Star Bulk Carriers (SBLK), ZIM Integrated Shipping Services (ZIM), International Seaways (INSW), CMB.TECH (CMBT), and DHT (DHT).

Lindblad Expeditions vs. Its Competitors

Carnival (NYSE:CCL) and Lindblad Expeditions (NASDAQ:LIND) are both consumer discretionary companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, earnings, analyst recommendations, dividends, risk, institutional ownership, profitability and valuation.

Carnival currently has a consensus price target of $28.65, indicating a potential downside of 4.38%. Lindblad Expeditions has a consensus price target of $15.67, indicating a potential upside of 22.49%. Given Lindblad Expeditions' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Lindblad Expeditions is more favorable than Carnival.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Carnival
0 Sell rating(s)
7 Hold rating(s)
13 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.65
Lindblad Expeditions
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

Carnival has a beta of 2.61, meaning that its stock price is 161% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Lindblad Expeditions has a beta of 2.65, meaning that its stock price is 165% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Carnival has a net margin of 9.72% compared to Lindblad Expeditions' net margin of -3.88%. Carnival's return on equity of 27.88% beat Lindblad Expeditions' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Carnival9.72% 27.88% 5.20%
Lindblad Expeditions -3.88%N/A -2.95%

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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Carnival$25.02B1.40$1.92B$1.8516.19
Lindblad Expeditions$644.73M1.09-$31.18M-$0.60-21.32

In the previous week, Carnival had 27 more articles in the media than Lindblad Expeditions. MarketBeat recorded 29 mentions for Carnival and 2 mentions for Lindblad Expeditions. Carnival's average media sentiment score of 0.68 beat Lindblad Expeditions' score of 0.39 indicating that Carnival is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Carnival
15 Very Positive mention(s)
7 Positive mention(s)
6 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
1 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Lindblad Expeditions
1 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

67.2% of Carnival shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 75.9% of Lindblad Expeditions shares are owned by institutional investors. 7.6% of Carnival shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 34.0% of Lindblad Expeditions shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Carnival beats Lindblad Expeditions on 11 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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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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LIND vs. The Competition

MetricLindblad ExpeditionsLEISURE&REC SVS IndustryDiscretionary SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$699.72M$8.84B$8.32B$9.05B
Dividend YieldN/A2.11%3.17%3.99%
P/E Ratio-21.3248.2021.1620.23
Price / Sales1.092.143.34119.26
Price / Cash26.8414.0014.8228.59
Price / Book-2.763.784.615.65
Net Income-$31.18M$328.98M$213.41M$249.15M
7 Day Performance10.35%5.83%3.48%3.28%
1 Month Performance16.48%6.31%10.05%3.95%
1 Year Performance38.72%3.86%10.89%20.98%

Lindblad Expeditions Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
LIND
Lindblad Expeditions
3.5267 of 5 stars
$12.79
+1.2%
$15.67
+22.5%
+38.7%$699.72M$644.73M-21.321,300
CCL
Carnival
4.7364 of 5 stars
$28.15
+3.3%
$28.53
+1.3%
+74.1%$31.82B$25.02B15.22100,000
NCLH
Norwegian Cruise Line
4.8303 of 5 stars
$20.31
+0.6%
$24.84
+22.3%
+25.6%$9.02B$9.48B11.7441,700News Coverage
Options Volume
Analyst Revision
RCL
Royal Caribbean Cruises
4.6494 of 5 stars
$313.20
+1.2%
$276.90
-11.6%
+113.1%$84.05B$16.48B26.01106,000Analyst Forecast
DKL
Delek Logistics Partners
1.224 of 5 stars
$42.95
-0.3%
$44.25
+3.0%
+9.0%$2.30B$940.64M14.362,020News Coverage
GEL
Genesis Energy
1.0944 of 5 stars
$17.22
-0.8%
$16.50
-4.2%
+21.2%$2.13B$2.97B-3.312,075News Coverage
Positive News
Analyst Upgrade
SBLK
Star Bulk Carriers
4.199 of 5 stars
$17.25
+0.8%
$22.05
+27.8%
-25.5%$2.01B$1.27B8.71180
ZIM
ZIM Integrated Shipping Services
2.0531 of 5 stars
$16.08
-2.7%
$14.82
-7.8%
-28.6%$1.99B$8.43B0.824,850Positive News
INSW
International Seaways
4.3089 of 5 stars
$36.57
-1.2%
$51.33
+40.4%
-33.4%$1.83B$951.61M5.652,824
CMBT
CMB.TECH
N/A$9.04
-1.8%
N/AN/A$1.79B$940.25M4.202,752
DHT
DHT
4.1371 of 5 stars
$10.81
-2.1%
$12.94
+19.7%
+1.8%$1.77B$571.77M9.8320

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This page (NASDAQ:LIND) was last updated on 7/6/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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