CCL vs. MAR, RCL, H, CHH, VAC, MCS, ABNB, VIK, BIP, and NCLH
Should you be buying Carnival Co. & stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Carnival Co. & include Marriott International (MAR), Royal Caribbean Cruises (RCL), Hyatt Hotels (H), Choice Hotels International (CHH), Marriott Vacations Worldwide (VAC), Marcus (MCS), Airbnb (ABNB), Viking (VIK), Brookfield Infrastructure Partners (BIP), and Norwegian Cruise Line (NCLH).
Carnival Co. & (NYSE:CCL) and Marriott International (NASDAQ:MAR) are both large-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, valuation, dividends, media sentiment, institutional ownership, profitability, community ranking, earnings and risk.
Carnival Co. & received 170 more outperform votes than Marriott International when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 62.81% of users gave Carnival Co. & an outperform vote while only 60.81% of users gave Marriott International an outperform vote.
Carnival Co. & has a beta of 2.68, suggesting that its stock price is 168% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Marriott International has a beta of 1.6, suggesting that its stock price is 60% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Marriott International has a net margin of 12.00% compared to Carnival Co. &'s net margin of 3.86%. Carnival Co. &'s return on equity of 15.22% beat Marriott International's return on equity.
Marriott International has higher revenue and earnings than Carnival Co. &. Marriott International is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Carnival Co. &, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Carnival Co. & currently has a consensus target price of $22.11, indicating a potential upside of 28.03%. Marriott International has a consensus target price of $243.59, indicating a potential upside of 2.95%. Given Carnival Co. &'s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Carnival Co. & is more favorable than Marriott International.
67.2% of Carnival Co. & shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 70.7% of Marriott International shares are owned by institutional investors. 11.0% of Carnival Co. & shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 12.3% of Marriott International shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, Carnival Co. & and Carnival Co. & both had 18 articles in the media. Carnival Co. &'s average media sentiment score of 0.60 beat Marriott International's score of 0.49 indicating that Carnival Co. & is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
Carnival Co. & beats Marriott International on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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