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$23.08 -0.32 (-1.35%)
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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.

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.

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
Airbnb23.85% 32.29% 11.27%
Carnival Co. & 7.66%24.13%3.82%

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

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.

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

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

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.

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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Airbnb$11.23B7.62$2.65B$3.9634.49
Carnival Co. &$25.42B1.07$1.92B$1.5015.59

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$27.28B$8.01B$8.01B$19.75B
Dividend YieldN/A5.21%3.24%3.84%
P/E Ratio16.8272.5915.3035.28
Price / Sales1.074.367.8734.26
Price / Cash6.185.6416.3717.51
Price / Book2.922.964.834.77
Net Income$1.92B$360.99M$258.49M$1.02B
7 Day Performance2.77%0.43%-0.09%0.22%
1 Month Performance30.30%18.02%10.32%10.45%
1 Year Performance45.31%-8.48%-3.09%5.21%

Carnival Co. & Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
CCL
Carnival Co. &
4.8209 of 5 stars
$23.08
-1.3%
$26.53
+15.0%
+55.9%$26.90B$25.42B16.5940,000Positive News
Analyst Forecast
ABNB
Airbnb
3.6742 of 5 stars
$133.41
+5.0%
$141.43
+6.0%
-6.2%$84.31B$11.23B32.376,810Gap Down
MAR
Marriott International
4.4342 of 5 stars
$271.42
+5.2%
$276.60
+1.9%
+14.9%$74.40B$25.39B32.65377,000Positive News
Dividend Increase
RCL
Royal Caribbean Cruises
4.7218 of 5 stars
$240.77
+3.2%
$271.30
+12.7%
+79.0%$65.54B$16.76B22.58102,500Positive News
Analyst Forecast
H
Hyatt Hotels
4.6459 of 5 stars
$134.84
+6.1%
$151.17
+12.1%
-10.3%$12.99B$6.65B10.8650,000
CHH
Choice Hotels International
3.2186 of 5 stars
$125.20
+1.2%
$135.69
+8.4%
+12.2%$5.85B$1.58B20.111,500Dividend Announcement
Analyst Forecast
Insider Trade
Gap Up
VAC
Marriott Vacations Worldwide
4.9402 of 5 stars
$70.20
+8.6%
$92.25
+31.4%
-28.2%$2.43B$4.97B13.3921,400Gap Up
MCS
Marcus
4.6328 of 5 stars
$17.07
+0.8%
$23.33
+36.7%
+54.8%$542.37M$745.78M-50.247,500
VIK
Viking
2.7353 of 5 stars
$45.26
+4.6%
$46.89
+3.6%
+64.6%$19.54B$5.33B174.179,500Trending News
Earnings Report
Gap Down
BIP
Brookfield Infrastructure Partners
4.6388 of 5 stars
$31.72
-0.5%
$41.67
+31.4%
+7.7%$14.71B$21.24B792.4044,000News Coverage
Positive News
NCLH
Norwegian Cruise Line
4.7996 of 5 stars
$19.10
+7.9%
$26.05
+36.4%
+19.9%$8.56B$9.42B17.5738,900Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
Gap Down

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