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$16.24 +0.21 (+1.28%)
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NCLH vs. RYAAY, VIK, BIP, PAA, ZTO, MMYT, PAC, ASR, TFII, and AAL

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), ZTO Express (Cayman) (ZTO), MakeMyTrip (MMYT), Grupo Aeroportuario del Pacífico (PAC), Grupo Aeroportuario del Sureste, S. A. B. de C. V. (ASR), TFI International (TFII), and American Airlines Group (AAL). 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 superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, profitability, analyst recommendations, community ranking, dividends, media sentiment, risk, valuation and institutional ownership.

Ryanair received 533 more outperform votes than Norwegian Cruise Line when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 69.57% of users gave Ryanair an outperform vote while only 34.74% of users gave Norwegian Cruise Line an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
RyanairOutperform Votes
599
69.57%
Underperform Votes
262
30.43%
Norwegian Cruise LineOutperform Votes
66
34.74%
Underperform Votes
124
65.26%

Ryanair presently has a consensus price target of $147.00, suggesting a potential upside of 204.66%. Norwegian Cruise Line has a consensus price target of $26.32, suggesting a potential upside of 62.09%. Given Ryanair's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly 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

Ryanair has a beta of 1.41, suggesting that its share price is 41% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Norwegian Cruise Line has a beta of 2.27, suggesting that its share price is 127% 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%

43.7% of Ryanair shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 69.6% of Norwegian Cruise Line shares are held by institutional investors. 0.5% of Norwegian Cruise Line shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

In the previous week, Norwegian Cruise Line had 34 more articles in the media than Ryanair. MarketBeat recorded 44 mentions for Norwegian Cruise Line and 10 mentions for Ryanair. Ryanair's average media sentiment score of 1.30 beat Norwegian Cruise Line's score of 0.38 indicating that Ryanair is being referred to more favorably in the media.

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

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$13.82B1.86$2.07B$3.2614.80
Norwegian Cruise Line$9.48B0.75$166.18M$1.868.73

Summary

Ryanair beats Norwegian Cruise Line on 12 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$7.14B$6.97B$7.49B$18.96B
Dividend YieldN/A5.10%3.39%4.01%
P/E Ratio14.8968.0816.3932.87
Price / Sales0.754.407.5428.03
Price / Cash10.285.6416.4217.52
Price / Book22.872.614.414.47
Net Income$166.18M$360.99M$260.40M$1.02B
7 Day Performance-5.34%4.06%1.45%0.73%
1 Month Performance-14.77%8.25%-2.00%-2.62%
1 Year Performance0.96%-10.47%-2.37%4.59%

Norwegian Cruise Line Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
NCLH
Norwegian Cruise Line
4.7937 of 5 stars
$16.24
+1.3%
$26.32
+62.1%
+1.0%$7.14B$9.48B14.8938,900Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
RYAAY
Ryanair
4.1599 of 5 stars
$44.53
-2.5%
$147.00
+230.1%
-64.7%$23.69B$13.82B13.6519,100Positive News
VIK
Viking
3.1758 of 5 stars
$37.10
-6.8%
$46.18
+24.5%
N/A$16.01B$5.33B142.699,500
BIP
Brookfield Infrastructure Partners
4.7271 of 5 stars
$27.66
-0.9%
$42.50
+53.7%
+9.4%$12.84B$21.04B691.6744,000Earnings Report
Dividend Announcement
Analyst Forecast
News Coverage
PAA
Plains All American Pipeline
1.4682 of 5 stars
$17.17
-3.2%
$20.36
+18.6%
-1.3%$12.08B$50.07B23.524,100Analyst Revision
News Coverage
Positive News
Gap Down
ZTO
ZTO Express (Cayman)
4.5151 of 5 stars
$18.65
-0.9%
$23.28
+24.8%
-12.3%$11.16B$44.28B12.8623,900
MMYT
MakeMyTrip
3.0614 of 5 stars
$99.87
-3.3%
$122.50
+22.7%
+59.3%$10.96B$935.76M54.283,340Short Interest ↓
Positive News
PAC
Grupo Aeroportuario del Pacífico
1.4914 of 5 stars
$191.81
-1.4%
$200.00
+4.3%
+12.4%$9.69B$33.61B19.071,740Earnings Report
Short Interest ↑
ASR
Grupo Aeroportuario del Sureste, S. A. B. de C. V.
1.372 of 5 stars
$286.89
-0.8%
$310.00
+8.1%
-8.2%$8.61B$31.33B10.811,780Dividend Increase
Short Interest ↑
News Coverage
TFII
TFI International
4.3343 of 5 stars
$76.05
-2.2%
$140.14
+84.3%
-38.3%$6.39B$8.40B15.2125,800Dividend Announcement
Analyst Forecast
AAL
American Airlines Group
4.7873 of 5 stars
$9.07
-4.1%
$16.95
+86.8%
-26.1%$5.96B$54.21B7.96129,700Earnings Report
Short Interest ↑
Analyst Revision

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