Carnival Co. & (CCL) Competitors

Airbnb (NASDAQ:ABNB) and Carnival Co. & (NYSE:CCL) 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 media sentiment, risk, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, dividends, community ranking, valuation, earnings and profitability.

Is ABNB or CCL 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
Airbnb	23.85%	32.29%	11.27%
Carnival Co. &	7.66%	24.13%	3.82%

Do analysts rate ABNB or CCL?

Airbnb currently has a consensus target price of $141.43, indicating a potential upside of 3.54%. Carnival Co. & has a consensus target price of $26.53, indicating a potential upside of 13.46%. Given Carnival Co. &'s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Carnival Co. & is more favorable than Airbnb.

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

Which has more risk and volatility, ABNB or CCL?

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

Does the media refer more to ABNB or CCL?

In the previous week, Airbnb had 21 more articles in the media than Carnival Co. &. MarketBeat recorded 57 mentions for Airbnb and 36 mentions for Carnival Co. &. Carnival Co. &'s average media sentiment score of 1.00 beat Airbnb's score of 0.96 indicating that Carnival Co. & is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Airbnb	31 Very Positive mention(s)	9 Positive mention(s)	11 Neutral mention(s)	3 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Carnival Co. &	24 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	3 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Does the MarketBeat Community favor ABNB or CCL?

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.

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

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

80.8% of Airbnb shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 67.2% of Carnival Co. & shares are held by institutional investors. 27.9% of Airbnb shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 7.6% of Carnival Co. & shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has better valuation & earnings, ABNB or CCL?

Airbnb has higher earnings, but lower revenue 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
Airbnb	$11.23B	7.62	$2.65B	$3.96	34.49
Carnival Co. &	$25.42B	1.07	$1.92B	$1.50	15.59

Summary

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