Hyatt Hotels (H) Competitors

Hyatt Hotels (NYSE:H) 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 community ranking, risk, valuation, profitability, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, earnings, institutional ownership and dividends.

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of H or CCL?

73.5% of Hyatt Hotels shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 67.2% of Carnival Co. & shares are held by institutional investors. 23.7% of Hyatt Hotels 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 large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Do analysts rate H or CCL?

Hyatt Hotels presently has a consensus target price of $151.83, indicating a potential upside of 27.56%. Carnival Co. & has a consensus target price of $26.53, indicating a potential upside of 42.43%. Given Carnival Co. &'s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Carnival Co. & is more favorable than Hyatt Hotels.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Hyatt Hotels	1 Sell rating(s)	9 Hold rating(s)	8 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.47
Carnival Co. &	0 Sell rating(s)	6 Hold rating(s)	15 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.71

Does the MarketBeat Community favor H or CCL?

Carnival Co. & received 402 more outperform votes than Hyatt Hotels when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 62.95% of users gave Carnival Co. & an outperform vote while only 56.86% of users gave Hyatt Hotels an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Hyatt Hotels	Outperform Votes 626 56.86%	Underperform Votes 475 43.14%
Carnival Co. &	Outperform Votes 1028 62.95%	Underperform Votes 605 37.05%

Which has higher valuation & earnings, H or CCL?

Carnival Co. & has higher revenue and earnings than Hyatt Hotels. Hyatt Hotels is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Carnival Co. &, 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
Hyatt Hotels	$6.65B	1.72	$1.30B	$12.44	9.57
Carnival Co. &	$25.42B	0.85	$1.92B	$1.50	12.42

Is H or CCL a better dividend stock?

Hyatt Hotels pays an annual dividend of $0.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.5%. Carnival Co. & pays an annual dividend of $2.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 10.7%. Hyatt Hotels pays out 4.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Carnival Co. & pays out 133.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

Is H or CCL more profitable?

Hyatt Hotels has a net margin of 19.50% compared to Carnival Co. &'s net margin of 7.66%. Carnival Co. &'s return on equity of 24.13% beat Hyatt Hotels' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Hyatt Hotels	19.50%	9.81%	2.97%
Carnival Co. &	7.66%	24.13%	3.82%

Does the media refer more to H or CCL?

In the previous week, Carnival Co. & had 2 more articles in the media than Hyatt Hotels. MarketBeat recorded 29 mentions for Carnival Co. & and 27 mentions for Hyatt Hotels. Carnival Co. &'s average media sentiment score of 0.98 beat Hyatt Hotels' score of 0.82 indicating that Carnival Co. & is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Hyatt Hotels	14 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	10 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Carnival Co. &	19 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	6 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has more volatility and risk, H or CCL?

Hyatt Hotels has a beta of 1.35, indicating that its stock price is 35% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Carnival Co. & has a beta of 2.42, indicating that its stock price is 142% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Carnival Co. & beats Hyatt Hotels on 14 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.