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NCLH vs. RYAAY, VIK, BIP, PAA, PAC, ZTO, MMYT, ASR, DINO, 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), Grupo Aeroportuario Del Pacifico (PAC), ZTO Express (Cayman) (ZTO), MakeMyTrip (MMYT), Grupo Aeroportuario del Sureste (ASR), HF Sinclair (DINO), and TFI International (TFII). These companies are all part of the "transportation" industry.

Norwegian Cruise Line vs. Its Competitors

Ryanair (NASDAQ:RYAAY) and Norwegian Cruise Line (NYSE:NCLH) are both transportation companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, valuation, dividends, media sentiment, risk, profitability, earnings 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, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Ryanair has a beta of 1.38, meaning that its stock price is 38% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Norwegian Cruise Line has a beta of 2.13, meaning that its stock price is 113% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Ryanair has a net margin of 11.79% compared to Norwegian Cruise Line's net margin of 9.05%. Norwegian Cruise Line's return on equity of 66.78% beat Ryanair's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Ryanair11.79% 21.35% 9.63%
Norwegian Cruise Line 9.05%66.78%3.84%

In the previous week, Norwegian Cruise Line had 4 more articles in the media than Ryanair. MarketBeat recorded 14 mentions for Norwegian Cruise Line and 10 mentions for Ryanair. Ryanair's average media sentiment score of 1.21 beat Norwegian Cruise Line's score of 0.70 indicating that Ryanair is being referred to more favorably in the media.

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

Ryanair currently has a consensus price target of $147.00, suggesting a potential upside of 154.85%. Norwegian Cruise Line has a consensus price target of $24.84, suggesting a potential upside of 18.30%. Given Ryanair's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research 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)
5 Buy rating(s)
2 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00
Norwegian Cruise Line
0 Sell rating(s)
8 Hold rating(s)
11 Buy rating(s)
2 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.71

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$14.98B2.05$1.73B$3.2018.03
Norwegian Cruise Line$9.48B0.99$910.26M$1.7312.14

Summary

Ryanair beats Norwegian Cruise Line on 10 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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NCLH vs. The Competition

MetricNorwegian Cruise LineLEISURE&REC SVS IndustryDiscretionary SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$9.06B$8.49B$8.22B$20.43B
Dividend YieldN/A2.26%3.29%3.76%
P/E Ratio12.1447.3720.5727.62
Price / Sales0.992.093.3136.40
Price / Cash4.9013.4617.1921.79
Price / Book6.483.624.544.52
Net Income$910.26M$328.98M$212.83M$984.47M
7 Day Performance10.35%7.71%3.42%2.61%
1 Month Performance18.88%7.08%9.73%4.99%
1 Year Performance19.25%1.73%9.71%13.53%

Norwegian Cruise Line Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
NCLH
Norwegian Cruise Line
4.8062 of 5 stars
$21.00
+3.6%
$24.84
+18.3%
+18.8%$9.06B$9.48B12.1441,700Analyst Forecast
RYAAY
Ryanair
4.3417 of 5 stars
$55.05
+0.1%
$147.00
+167.1%
-49.4%$29.24B$14.98B17.2225,952Positive News
VIK
Viking
3.666 of 5 stars
$49.48
+0.0%
$49.00
-1.0%
+62.5%$21.89B$5.33B40.1612,000
BIP
Brookfield Infrastructure Partners
4.6684 of 5 stars
$32.83
+0.9%
$41.67
+26.9%
+23.6%$15.27B$21.04B-1,643.2361,000Positive News
PAA
Plains All American Pipeline
3.4589 of 5 stars
$18.26
-1.0%
$20.50
+12.3%
+0.3%$12.85B$50.09B25.024,100Positive News
PAC
Grupo Aeroportuario Del Pacifico
2.3238 of 5 stars
$217.92
+1.2%
$200.00
-8.2%
+49.8%$11.00B$36.17B22.953,275
ZTO
ZTO Express (Cayman)
4.2481 of 5 stars
$17.34
+0.7%
$21.16
+22.1%
-13.7%$10.37B$6.07B10.9724,471
MMYT
MakeMyTrip
3.4623 of 5 stars
$91.26
-0.4%
$127.50
+39.7%
+10.0%$10.15B$978.34M109.954,576
ASR
Grupo Aeroportuario del Sureste
0.9909 of 5 stars
$301.30
+0.1%
$310.00
+2.9%
+5.7%$9.04B$31.33B11.351,936High Trading Volume
DINO
HF Sinclair
3.142 of 5 stars
$40.94
-2.2%
$43.70
+6.8%
-21.1%$7.71B$28.58B-53.185,297Positive News
TFII
TFI International
4.2468 of 5 stars
$89.07
+1.2%
$121.50
+36.4%
-36.9%$7.44B$8.49B19.5127,205

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