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Norwegian Cruise Line (NCLH) Competitors

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NCLH vs. RYAAY, VIK, BIP, PAA, MMYT, ZTO, PAC, ASR, AAL, and TFII

Should you be buying Norwegian Cruise Line stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Norwegian Cruise Line include Ryanair (RYAAY), Viking (VIK), Brookfield Infrastructure Partners (BIP), Plains All American Pipeline (PAA), MakeMyTrip (MMYT), ZTO Express (Cayman) (ZTO), Grupo Aeroportuario del Pacífico (PAC), Grupo Aeroportuario del Sureste, S. A. B. de C. V. (ASR), American Airlines Group (AAL), and TFI International (TFII). These companies are all part of the "transportation" industry.

Norwegian Cruise Line vs.

Ryanair (NASDAQ:RYAAY) and Norwegian Cruise Line (NYSE:NCLH) are both transportation companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, risk, profitability, earnings, dividends, analyst recommendations, community ranking, valuation and institutional ownership.

43.7% of Ryanair shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 69.6% of Norwegian Cruise Line shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.4% of Norwegian Cruise Line shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Ryanair has higher revenue and earnings than Norwegian Cruise Line. Norwegian Cruise Line is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Ryanair, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Ryanair$13.82B2.12$2.07B$3.2616.89
Norwegian Cruise Line$9.42B0.82$166.18M$1.739.98

Ryanair received 532 more outperform votes than Norwegian Cruise Line when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 69.61% of users gave Ryanair an outperform vote while only 35.05% of users gave Norwegian Cruise Line an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
RyanairOutperform Votes
600
69.61%
Underperform Votes
262
30.39%
Norwegian Cruise LineOutperform Votes
68
35.05%
Underperform Votes
126
64.95%

In the previous week, Norwegian Cruise Line had 1 more articles in the media than Ryanair. MarketBeat recorded 26 mentions for Norwegian Cruise Line and 25 mentions for Ryanair. Ryanair's average media sentiment score of 0.83 beat Norwegian Cruise Line's score of 0.66 indicating that Ryanair is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Ryanair
9 Very Positive mention(s)
7 Positive mention(s)
5 Neutral mention(s)
3 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Norwegian Cruise Line
12 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
4 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Ryanair has a beta of 1.37, meaning that its stock price is 37% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Norwegian Cruise Line has a beta of 2.09, meaning that its stock price is 109% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Ryanair has a net margin of 12.14% compared to Norwegian Cruise Line's net margin of 5.87%. Norwegian Cruise Line's return on equity of 99.31% beat Ryanair's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Ryanair12.14% 21.46% 9.91%
Norwegian Cruise Line 5.87%99.31%3.12%

Ryanair currently has a consensus price target of $147.00, suggesting a potential upside of 167.03%. Norwegian Cruise Line has a consensus price target of $25.63, suggesting a potential upside of 48.48%. Given Ryanair's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Ryanair is more favorable than Norwegian Cruise Line.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Ryanair
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
3 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.13
Norwegian Cruise Line
0 Sell rating(s)
7 Hold rating(s)
12 Buy rating(s)
2 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.76

Summary

Ryanair beats Norwegian Cruise Line on 13 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.

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NCLH vs. The Competition

MetricNorwegian Cruise LineWater transportation IndustryDiscretionary SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$7.71B$7.55B$7.91B$19.42B
Dividend YieldN/A5.20%3.24%3.83%
P/E Ratio15.8470.2315.0934.23
Price / Sales0.824.147.7734.85
Price / Cash10.285.6416.3717.51
Price / Book24.312.764.734.69
Net Income$166.18M$360.99M$257.85M$1.02B
7 Day Performance-9.57%-3.38%-1.06%-1.74%
1 Month Performance3.81%15.89%7.59%7.46%
1 Year Performance6.10%-11.29%-3.47%3.96%

Norwegian Cruise Line Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
NCLH
Norwegian Cruise Line
4.7005 of 5 stars
$17.21
-0.1%
$25.63
+49.0%
+2.0%$7.70B$9.42B15.8038,900Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
RYAAY
Ryanair
4.2602 of 5 stars
$49.66
-0.3%
$147.00
+196.0%
-54.8%$26.38B$13.82B15.2119,100Analyst Upgrade
VIK
Viking
3.4174 of 5 stars
$45.30
+4.7%
$46.89
+3.5%
+47.0%$19.54B$5.33B174.239,500Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
Gap Up
BIP
Brookfield Infrastructure Partners
4.6373 of 5 stars
$31.81
-0.2%
$41.67
+31.0%
+6.7%$14.78B$21.24B795.9544,000Positive News
PAA
Plains All American Pipeline
2.8221 of 5 stars
$17.09
+4.0%
$20.67
+20.9%
-5.3%$12.03B$50.07B23.424,100Analyst Upgrade
MMYT
MakeMyTrip
3.4124 of 5 stars
$103.58
+5.8%
$122.50
+18.3%
+23.1%$11.37B$935.76M56.303,340
ZTO
ZTO Express (Cayman)
4.0623 of 5 stars
$19.00
+1.5%
$23.28
+22.5%
-31.1%$11.37B$44.28B13.1023,900News Coverage
Analyst Downgrade
PAC
Grupo Aeroportuario del Pacífico
2.5076 of 5 stars
$215.61
-0.6%
$200.00
-7.2%
+17.2%$10.89B$36.17B21.431,740Positive News
Dividend Increase
Analyst Upgrade
ASR
Grupo Aeroportuario del Sureste, S. A. B. de C. V.
1.4989 of 5 stars
$327.89
+1.2%
$310.00
-5.5%
-0.3%$9.82B$31.33B12.331,780Analyst Downgrade
AAL
American Airlines Group
4.7776 of 5 stars
$11.66
+4.9%
$16.25
+39.4%
-19.9%$7.67B$54.19B10.20129,700Analyst Revision
TFII
TFI International
4.4381 of 5 stars
$90.00
+9.0%
$124.00
+37.8%
-33.6%$7.51B$8.49B18.0025,800Analyst Forecast
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