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$22.42 +0.38 (+1.72%)
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CCL vs. ABNB, MAR, RCL, H, CHH, VAC, MCS, VIK, BIP, and NCLH

Should you be buying Carnival Co. & stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Carnival Co. & include Airbnb (ABNB), Marriott International (MAR), Royal Caribbean Cruises (RCL), Hyatt Hotels (H), Choice Hotels International (CHH), Marriott Vacations Worldwide (VAC), Marcus (MCS), Viking (VIK), Brookfield Infrastructure Partners (BIP), and Norwegian Cruise Line (NCLH).

Carnival Co. & vs.

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

Carnival Co. & received 850 more outperform votes than Airbnb when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 62.84% of users gave Carnival Co. & an outperform vote while only 37.19% of users gave Airbnb an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Carnival Co. &Outperform Votes
1030
62.84%
Underperform Votes
609
37.16%
AirbnbOutperform Votes
180
37.19%
Underperform Votes
304
62.81%

Carnival Co. & presently has a consensus price target of $26.53, suggesting a potential upside of 18.93%. Airbnb has a consensus price target of $141.43, suggesting a potential upside of 11.37%. Given Carnival Co. &'s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Carnival Co. & is more favorable than Airbnb.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Carnival Co. &
0 Sell rating(s)
8 Hold rating(s)
14 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.64
Airbnb
4 Sell rating(s)
16 Hold rating(s)
13 Buy rating(s)
2 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.37

Carnival Co. & has a beta of 2.5, indicating that its stock price is 150% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Airbnb has a beta of 1.14, indicating that its stock price is 14% more volatile than the S&P 500.

67.2% of Carnival Co. & shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 80.8% of Airbnb shares are owned by institutional investors. 7.6% of Carnival Co. & shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 27.9% of Airbnb shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Airbnb has a net margin of 23.85% compared to Carnival Co. &'s net margin of 7.66%. Airbnb's return on equity of 32.29% beat Carnival Co. &'s return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Carnival Co. &7.66% 24.13% 3.82%
Airbnb 23.85%32.29%11.27%

Airbnb has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Carnival Co. &. Carnival Co. & 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
Carnival Co. &$25.42B1.02$1.92B$1.5014.87
Airbnb$11.23B7.08$2.65B$3.9632.07

In the previous week, Airbnb had 6 more articles in the media than Carnival Co. &. MarketBeat recorded 44 mentions for Airbnb and 38 mentions for Carnival Co. &. Carnival Co. &'s average media sentiment score of 1.24 beat Airbnb's score of 0.91 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. &
26 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
6 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Airbnb
27 Very Positive mention(s)
5 Positive mention(s)
7 Neutral mention(s)
3 Negative mention(s)
2 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Summary

Airbnb beats Carnival Co. & on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.

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CCL vs. The Competition

MetricCarnival Co. &Water transportation IndustryDiscretionary SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$26.01B$7.53B$7.89B$19.31B
Dividend YieldN/A5.20%3.24%3.83%
P/E Ratio16.0469.8415.1334.55
Price / Sales1.024.048.0234.91
Price / Cash6.185.6416.3717.51
Price / Book2.782.744.774.68
Net Income$1.92B$360.99M$257.85M$1.02B
7 Day Performance-2.98%-4.79%-0.88%-1.96%
1 Month Performance24.12%14.15%7.85%7.26%
1 Year Performance42.43%-12.16%-3.57%3.95%

Carnival Co. & Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
CCL
Carnival Co. &
4.7897 of 5 stars
$22.42
+1.7%
$26.53
+18.3%
+36.1%$26.16B$25.42B16.1340,000Positive News
Analyst Forecast
ABNB
Airbnb
4.2055 of 5 stars
$136.91
-0.8%
$141.43
+3.3%
-11.5%$85.76B$11.23B33.156,810
MAR
Marriott International
4.3632 of 5 stars
$272.81
-0.2%
$276.60
+1.4%
+9.4%$74.72B$25.39B32.79377,000Trending News
Dividend Increase
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
RCL
Royal Caribbean Cruises
4.9244 of 5 stars
$253.79
-0.6%
$271.45
+7.0%
+57.7%$68.92B$16.76B23.74102,500Positive News
Analyst Forecast
Insider Trade
H
Hyatt Hotels
4.6025 of 5 stars
$133.85
-0.9%
$151.17
+12.9%
-15.6%$12.78B$6.65B10.7650,000
CHH
Choice Hotels International
3.0237 of 5 stars
$132.02
+1.0%
$134.54
+1.9%
+8.6%$6.13B$1.59B21.191,500Analyst Forecast
Insider Trade
VAC
Marriott Vacations Worldwide
4.9403 of 5 stars
$70.41
-1.8%
$92.25
+31.0%
-30.0%$2.43B$4.97B13.4121,400Gap Down
MCS
Marcus
4.6697 of 5 stars
$16.82
-1.6%
$24.67
+46.7%
+52.5%$534.02M$745.78M-49.477,500Gap Up
VIK
Viking
2.6463 of 5 stars
$47.45
-1.6%
$46.89
-1.2%
+47.0%$20.47B$5.33B182.509,500Trending News
Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
BIP
Brookfield Infrastructure Partners
4.6422 of 5 stars
$32.95
+0.2%
$41.67
+26.5%
+6.7%$15.30B$21.24B823.9644,000Positive News
NCLH
Norwegian Cruise Line
4.702 of 5 stars
$18.88
-2.0%
$25.63
+35.8%
+2.0%$8.44B$9.42B17.3238,900Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision

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