CUK vs. NCLH, TGNA, ATAT, LEG, STRA, CMPR, MANU, SPB, CENTA, and CNK
Should you be buying Carnival Co. & stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Carnival Co. & include Norwegian Cruise Line (NCLH), TEGNA (TGNA), Atour Lifestyle (ATAT), Leggett & Platt (LEG), Strategic Education (STRA), Cimpress (CMPR), Manchester United (MANU), Spectrum Brands (SPB), Central Garden & Pet (CENTA), and Cinemark (CNK). These companies are all part of the "consumer discretionary" sector.
Norwegian Cruise Line (NYSE:NCLH) and Carnival Co. & (NYSE:CUK) are both mid-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, community ranking, media sentiment, earnings, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, risk, valuation and profitability.
In the previous week, Carnival Co. & had 4 more articles in the media than Norwegian Cruise Line. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for Carnival Co. & and 7 mentions for Norwegian Cruise Line. Carnival Co. &'s average media sentiment score of 0.93 beat Norwegian Cruise Line's score of 0.00 indicating that Norwegian Cruise Line is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Norwegian Cruise Line has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Carnival Co. &. Carnival Co. & is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Norwegian Cruise Line, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
69.6% of Norwegian Cruise Line shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 23.8% of Carnival Co. & shares are held by institutional investors. 0.9% of Norwegian Cruise Line shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of Carnival Co. & shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Carnival Co. & received 264 more outperform votes than Norwegian Cruise Line when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.66% of users gave Carnival Co. & an outperform vote while only 31.58% of users gave Norwegian Cruise Line an outperform vote.
Norwegian Cruise Line currently has a consensus price target of $20.87, indicating a potential upside of 9.77%. Given Carnival Co. &'s higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Norwegian Cruise Line is more favorable than Carnival Co. &.
Norwegian Cruise Line has a net margin of 1.94% compared to Norwegian Cruise Line's net margin of 1.79%. Carnival Co. &'s return on equity of 108.69% beat Norwegian Cruise Line's return on equity.
Norwegian Cruise Line has a beta of 2.6, meaning that its share price is 160% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Carnival Co. & has a beta of 2.59, meaning that its share price is 159% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Norwegian Cruise Line beats Carnival Co. & on 13 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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