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Carnival (CUK) Competitors

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CUK vs. LTM, BIP, PAC, PAA, NCLH, ZTO, MMYT, ASR, DINO, and AAL

Should you be buying Carnival stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Carnival include LATAM Airlines Group (LTM), Brookfield Infrastructure Partners (BIP), Grupo Aeroportuario Del Pacifico (PAC), Plains All American Pipeline (PAA), Norwegian Cruise Line (NCLH), ZTO Express (Cayman) (ZTO), MakeMyTrip (MMYT), Grupo Aeroportuario del Sureste (ASR), HF Sinclair (DINO), and American Airlines Group (AAL). These companies are all part of the "transportation" industry.

Carnival vs. Its Competitors

Carnival (NYSE:CUK) and LATAM Airlines Group (NYSE:LTM) are both transportation companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, valuation, profitability, media sentiment, risk, dividends, earnings and institutional ownership.

23.8% of Carnival shares are held by institutional investors. 0.1% of Carnival shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 7.8% of LATAM Airlines Group shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

LATAM Airlines Group has a consensus target price of $39.00, indicating a potential downside of 18.08%. Given LATAM Airlines Group's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe LATAM Airlines Group is more favorable than Carnival.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Carnival
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00
LATAM Airlines Group
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.33

Carnival has a net margin of 9.72% compared to LATAM Airlines Group's net margin of 8.79%. LATAM Airlines Group's return on equity of 143.14% beat Carnival's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Carnival9.72% 27.88% 5.20%
LATAM Airlines Group 8.79%143.14%7.44%

Carnival has a beta of 2.76, indicating that its share price is 176% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, LATAM Airlines Group has a beta of 3.59, indicating that its share price is 259% more volatile than the S&P 500.

In the previous week, Carnival had 7 more articles in the media than LATAM Airlines Group. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for Carnival and 2 mentions for LATAM Airlines Group. LATAM Airlines Group's average media sentiment score of 0.55 beat Carnival's score of 0.54 indicating that LATAM Airlines Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Carnival
3 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
6 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
LATAM Airlines Group
0 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Carnival has higher revenue and earnings than LATAM Airlines Group. LATAM 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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Carnival$25.02B0.21$1.92B$1.8515.41
LATAM Airlines Group$12.83B1.12$976.97M$3.8912.24

Summary

LATAM Airlines Group beats Carnival on 11 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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CUK vs. The Competition

MetricCarnivalLEISURE&REC SVS IndustryDiscretionary SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$5.32B$8.66B$8.45B$21.59B
Dividend YieldN/A2.19%2.98%3.50%
P/E Ratio15.4117.3718.6530.17
Price / Sales0.217.815.8554.11
Price / Cash0.9111.3517.0724.68
Price / Book0.443.905.074.59
Net Income$1.92B$330.50M$256.79M$1.00B
7 Day Performance-3.52%-2.15%1.36%0.88%
1 Month Performance3.41%0.38%19.33%5.45%
1 Year Performance72.06%0.91%52.11%15.94%

Carnival Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
CUK
Carnival
1.73 of 5 stars
$28.51
+1.0%
N/A+73.7%$5.32B$25.02B15.41115,000
LTM
LATAM Airlines Group
3.4551 of 5 stars
$48.06
-0.7%
$39.00
-18.9%
+86.3%$14.62B$12.83B12.3538,664
BIP
Brookfield Infrastructure Partners
4.576 of 5 stars
$30.83
+0.5%
$41.00
+33.0%
-6.8%$14.21B$21.54B616.6461,000Short Interest ↑
PAC
Grupo Aeroportuario Del Pacifico
2.0717 of 5 stars
$250.55
-1.6%
$197.50
-21.2%
+37.1%$12.87B$1.84B25.993,275
PAA
Plains All American Pipeline
3.5143 of 5 stars
$17.29
-1.0%
$20.58
+19.0%
-2.1%$12.16B$47.80B23.684,100Positive News
Analyst Forecast
NCLH
Norwegian Cruise Line
4.1874 of 5 stars
$26.02
-2.4%
$27.60
+6.1%
+28.4%$12.04B$9.48B17.9441,700Trending News
Analyst Upgrade
Analyst Revision
ZTO
ZTO Express (Cayman)
3.9802 of 5 stars
$19.28
+1.1%
$22.36
+16.0%
-14.5%$11.40B$6.07B13.0224,471Positive News
MMYT
MakeMyTrip
3.5892 of 5 stars
$98.00
+0.2%
$120.00
+22.4%
-7.0%$10.88B$978.34M113.955,122High Trading Volume
ASR
Grupo Aeroportuario del Sureste
0.9117 of 5 stars
$341.51
-1.4%
$310.00
-9.2%
+15.9%$10.39B$1.72B16.461,936Short Interest ↑
DINO
HF Sinclair
3.4989 of 5 stars
$51.60
+1.0%
$52.55
+1.8%
+13.1%$9.56B$28.58B-112.175,297Positive News
Analyst Forecast
AAL
American Airlines Group
4.106 of 5 stars
$12.53
-2.9%
$16.59
+32.4%
+11.7%$8.52B$54.21B15.66133,300

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This page (NYSE:CUK) was last updated on 9/18/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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