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 investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, profitability, earnings, valuation, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, risk, institutional ownership and dividends.

Do analysts prefer H or CCL?

Hyatt Hotels currently has a consensus target price of $151.17, suggesting a potential upside of 18.97%. Carnival Co. & has a consensus target price of $26.53, suggesting a potential upside of 19.09%. Given Carnival Co. &'s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly 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)	8 Hold rating(s)	14 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.64

Which has more risk and volatility, H or CCL?

Hyatt Hotels has a beta of 1.36, meaning that its share price is 36% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Carnival Co. & has a beta of 2.5, meaning that its share price is 150% more volatile than the S&P 500.

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 MarketBeat Community prefer H or CCL?

Carnival Co. & received 402 more outperform votes than Hyatt Hotels when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 62.84% of users gave Carnival Co. & an outperform vote while only 56.83% of users gave Hyatt Hotels an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Hyatt Hotels	Outperform Votes 628 56.83%	Underperform Votes 477 43.17%
Carnival Co. &	Outperform Votes 1030 62.84%	Underperform Votes 609 37.16%

Which has better valuation & earnings, H or CCL?

Carnival Co. & has higher revenue and earnings than Hyatt Hotels. Carnival Co. & is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Hyatt Hotels, 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	1.82	$1.30B	$7.70	16.50
Carnival Co. &	$25.42B	1.02	$1.92B	$1.50	14.85

Does the media prefer H or CCL?

In the previous week, Carnival Co. & had 5 more articles in the media than Hyatt Hotels. MarketBeat recorded 38 mentions for Carnival Co. & and 33 mentions for Hyatt Hotels. Carnival Co. &'s average media sentiment score of 1.24 beat Hyatt Hotels' score of 0.76 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	20 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	6 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Carnival Co. &	26 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	6 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

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

73.5% of Hyatt Hotels shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 67.2% of Carnival Co. & shares are owned by institutional investors. 23.7% of Hyatt Hotels shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 7.6% of Carnival Co. & shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

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 9.0%. Hyatt Hotels pays out 7.8% 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. Hyatt Hotels has raised its dividend for 1 consecutive years.

Summary

Carnival Co. & beats Hyatt Hotels on 14 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.