Carnival (CCL) Competitors

Carnival (NYSE:CCL) and American Airlines Group (NASDAQ:AAL) are related companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, risk, analyst recommendations, dividends, institutional ownership, valuation, earnings and profitability.

Is CCL or AAL more profitable?

Carnival has a net margin of 9.72% compared to American Airlines Group's net margin of 1.05%. Carnival's return on equity of 27.88% beat American Airlines Group's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Carnival	9.72%	27.88%	5.20%
American Airlines Group	1.05%	-24.55%	1.68%

Do analysts recommend CCL or AAL?

Carnival presently has a consensus target price of $30.71, suggesting a potential upside of 1.46%. American Airlines Group has a consensus target price of $16.76, suggesting a potential upside of 30.77%. Given American Airlines Group's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe American Airlines Group 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
American Airlines Group	1 Sell rating(s)	7 Hold rating(s)	9 Buy rating(s)	2 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.63

Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of CCL or AAL?

67.2% of Carnival shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 52.4% of American Airlines Group shares are held by institutional investors. 7.6% of Carnival shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.6% of American Airlines Group 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.

Which has more volatility and risk, CCL or AAL?

Carnival has a beta of 2.7, suggesting that its share price is 170% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, American Airlines Group has a beta of 1.43, suggesting that its share price is 43% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media prefer CCL or AAL?

In the previous week, Carnival had 16 more articles in the media than American Airlines Group. MarketBeat recorded 33 mentions for Carnival and 17 mentions for American Airlines Group. Carnival's average media sentiment score of 1.30 beat American Airlines Group's score of 1.05 indicating that Carnival is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Carnival	27 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
American Airlines Group	9 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has stronger earnings & valuation, CCL or AAL?

Carnival has higher earnings, but lower revenue than American Airlines Group. American Airlines Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Carnival, 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	$25.02B	1.41	$1.92B	$1.85	16.36
American Airlines Group	$54.21B	0.16	$846M	$0.80	16.03

Summary

Carnival beats American Airlines Group on 14 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.