MAR vs. ABNB, RCL, CCL, H, MGM, WYNN, CHH, VAC, MCS, and HLT
Should you be buying Marriott International stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Marriott International include Airbnb (ABNB), Royal Caribbean Cruises (RCL), Carnival Co. & (CCL), Hyatt Hotels (H), MGM Resorts International (MGM), Wynn Resorts (WYNN), Choice Hotels International (CHH), Marriott Vacations Worldwide (VAC), Marcus (MCS), and Hilton Worldwide (HLT).
Marriott International (NASDAQ:MAR) and Airbnb (NASDAQ:ABNB) are both large-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, media sentiment, risk, earnings, analyst recommendations, dividends, community ranking, institutional ownership and profitability.
In the previous week, Airbnb had 14 more articles in the media than Marriott International. MarketBeat recorded 32 mentions for Airbnb and 18 mentions for Marriott International. Airbnb's average media sentiment score of 0.70 beat Marriott International's score of 0.49 indicating that Airbnb is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Marriott International has a beta of 1.6, meaning that its share price is 60% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Airbnb has a beta of 1.18, meaning that its share price is 18% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Marriott International presently has a consensus price target of $243.59, indicating a potential upside of 2.95%. Airbnb has a consensus price target of $152.50, indicating a potential upside of 8.85%. Given Airbnb's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Airbnb is more favorable than Marriott International.
Marriott International received 680 more outperform votes than Airbnb when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 60.81% of users gave Marriott International an outperform vote while only 38.76% of users gave Airbnb an outperform vote.
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.
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 company insiders. Comparatively, 27.8% of Airbnb shares are held 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.
Airbnb has a net margin of 48.23% compared to Marriott International's net margin of 12.00%. Airbnb's return on equity of 39.37% beat Marriott International's return on equity.
Summary
Airbnb beats Marriott International on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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