Carnival Co. & (CCL) Competitors

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

Do analysts recommend CCL or ABNB?

Carnival Co. & currently has a consensus target price of $26.53, indicating a potential upside of 42.43%. Airbnb has a consensus target price of $145.59, indicating a potential upside of 17.40%. Given Carnival Co. &'s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly 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)	6 Hold rating(s)	15 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.71
Airbnb	4 Sell rating(s)	17 Hold rating(s)	14 Buy rating(s)	2 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.38

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer CCL or ABNB?

Carnival Co. & received 851 more outperform votes than Airbnb when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 62.95% of users gave Carnival Co. & an outperform vote while only 37.74% of users gave Airbnb an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Carnival Co. &	Outperform Votes 1028 62.95%	Underperform Votes 605 37.05%
Airbnb	Outperform Votes 177 37.74%	Underperform Votes 292 62.26%

Is CCL or ABNB more profitable?

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%

Does the media refer more to CCL or ABNB?

In the previous week, Airbnb had 51 more articles in the media than Carnival Co. &. MarketBeat recorded 80 mentions for Airbnb and 29 mentions for Carnival Co. &. Carnival Co. &'s average media sentiment score of 0.98 beat Airbnb's score of 0.72 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. &	19 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	6 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Airbnb	34 Very Positive mention(s)	6 Positive mention(s)	17 Neutral mention(s)	10 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in CCL or ABNB?

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, 27.8% of Airbnb shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Which has stronger valuation & earnings, CCL or ABNB?

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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Carnival Co. &	$25.42B	0.85	$1.92B	$1.50	12.42
Airbnb	$11.10B	7.04	$2.65B	$4.13	30.03

Which has more volatility & risk, CCL or ABNB?

Carnival Co. & has a beta of 2.42, indicating that its stock price is 142% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Airbnb has a beta of 1.15, indicating that its stock price is 15% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

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