Frontier Group (ULCC) Competitors

Carnival Co. & (NYSE:CUK) and Frontier Group (NASDAQ:ULCC) are both consumer discretionary companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, media sentiment, risk, institutional ownership, valuation, dividends, earnings, community ranking and analyst recommendations.

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in CUK or ULCC?

23.8% of Carnival Co. & shares are held by institutional investors. 0.1% of Carnival Co. & shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 48.0% of Frontier Group shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Do analysts rate CUK or ULCC?

Frontier Group has a consensus target price of $6.00, suggesting a potential upside of 58.94%. Given Frontier Group's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Frontier Group is more favorable than Carnival Co. &.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Carnival Co. &	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
Frontier Group	1 Sell rating(s)	9 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00

Is CUK or ULCC more profitable?

Carnival Co. & has a net margin of 7.66% compared to Frontier Group's net margin of 2.25%. Carnival Co. &'s return on equity of 24.13% beat Frontier Group's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Carnival Co. &	7.66%	24.13%	3.82%
Frontier Group	2.25%	9.83%	0.93%

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer CUK or ULCC?

Carnival Co. & received 253 more outperform votes than Frontier Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.66% of users gave Carnival Co. & an outperform vote while only 35.07% of users gave Frontier Group an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Carnival Co. &	Outperform Votes 300 64.66%	Underperform Votes 164 35.34%
Frontier Group	Outperform Votes 47 35.07%	Underperform Votes 87 64.93%

Which has better earnings and valuation, CUK or ULCC?

Carnival Co. & has higher revenue and earnings than Frontier Group. Frontier 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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Carnival Co. &	$25.42B	0.15	$1.92B	$1.50	13.34
Frontier Group	$3.82B	0.22	$85M	$0.29	13.02

Does the media refer more to CUK or ULCC?

In the previous week, Frontier Group had 3 more articles in the media than Carnival Co. &. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Frontier Group and 4 mentions for Carnival Co. &. Carnival Co. &'s average media sentiment score of 1.30 beat Frontier Group's score of 0.75 indicating that Carnival Co. & is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Carnival Co. &	4 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Frontier Group	3 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has more risk & volatility, CUK or ULCC?

Carnival Co. & has a beta of 2.59, meaning that its stock price is 159% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Frontier Group has a beta of 2.55, meaning that its stock price is 155% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Carnival Co. & beats Frontier Group on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.