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NYSE:NCLH

Norwegian Cruise Line (NCLH) Competitors

$15.39
+0.21 (+1.38%)
(As of 09/26/2023 ET)
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Today's Range
$15.06
$15.56
50-Day Range
$15.18
$22.07
52-Week Range
$10.83
$22.75
Volume
12.88 million shs
Average Volume
13.94 million shs
Market Capitalization
$6.55 billion
P/E Ratio
N/A
Dividend Yield
N/A
Price Target
$19.50

NCLH vs. CUK, CCL, RCL, LNW, VFC, TKO, HRB, CHH, BYD, and LBTYA

Should you be buying Norwegian Cruise Line stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Norwegian Cruise Line include Carnival Co. & (CUK), Carnival Co. & (CCL), Royal Caribbean Cruises (RCL), Light & Wonder (LNW), V.F. (VFC), TKO Group (TKO), H&R Block (HRB), Choice Hotels International (CHH), Boyd Gaming (BYD), and Liberty Global (LBTYA). These companies are all part of the "consumer discretionary" sector.

Norwegian Cruise Line vs.

Carnival Co. & (NYSE:CUK) and Norwegian Cruise Line (NYSE:NCLH) are both mid-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, community ranking, profitability, valuation, institutional ownership, risk, dividends, earnings and analyst recommendations.

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Carnival Co. &$12.17B0.19-$6.09B-$2.79-4.46
Norwegian Cruise Line$4.84B1.35-$2.27B-$2.02-7.62

16.8% of Carnival Co. & shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 60.5% of Norwegian Cruise Line shares are held by institutional investors. 0.1% of Carnival Co. & shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.9% 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 will outperform the market over the long term.

Norwegian Cruise Line has a net margin of -11.88% compared to Norwegian Cruise Line's net margin of -19.83%. Norwegian Cruise Line's return on equity of -41.35% beat Carnival Co. &'s return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Carnival Co. &-19.83% -41.35% -5.48%
Norwegian Cruise Line -11.88%-863.25%-4.45%

Norwegian Cruise Line has a consensus price target of $19.50, indicating a potential upside of 26.71%. Given Carnival Co. &'s higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Norwegian Cruise Line is more favorable than Carnival Co. &.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Carnival Co. &
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
N/A
Norwegian Cruise Line
2 Sell rating(s)
7 Hold rating(s)
4 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.29

Carnival Co. & received 267 more outperform votes than Norwegian Cruise Line when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.66% of users gave Carnival Co. & an outperform vote while only 35.87% of users gave Norwegian Cruise Line an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Carnival Co. &Outperform Votes
300
64.66%
Underperform Votes
164
35.34%
Norwegian Cruise LineOutperform Votes
33
35.87%
Underperform Votes
59
64.13%

Carnival Co. & has a beta of 2.45, indicating that its share price is 145% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Norwegian Cruise Line has a beta of 2.61, indicating that its share price is 161% more volatile than the S&P 500.

In the previous week, Norwegian Cruise Line had 8 more articles in the media than Carnival Co. &. MarketBeat recorded 15 mentions for Norwegian Cruise Line and 7 mentions for Carnival Co. &. Carnival Co. &'s average media sentiment score of 0.89 beat Norwegian Cruise Line's score of 0.16 indicating that Norwegian Cruise Line is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Carnival Co. &
1 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
2 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
Norwegian Cruise Line
7 Very Positive mention(s)
3 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
2 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Summary

Norwegian Cruise Line beats Carnival Co. & on 13 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.


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NCLH vs. The Competition

MetricNorwegian Cruise LineWater transportation IndustryDiscretionary SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$6.55B$4.31B$6.37B$15.15B
Dividend YieldN/A6.19%2.79%3.69%
P/E Ratio-7.6216.0216.3022.29
Price / Sales1.355.456.698.87
Price / CashN/A6.2914.5415.08
Price / Book96.196.525.136.70
Net Income-$2.27B-$639.67M$191.81M$901.48M
7 Day Performance-10.37%-0.99%-2.74%-3.05%
1 Month Performance-8.77%0.23%-4.05%-4.07%
1 Year Performance10.24%31.64%10.93%9.08%

Norwegian Cruise Line Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
CUK
Carnival Co. &
0 of 5 stars
$12.45
-1.0%
N/A+60.2%$2.33B$12.17B-4.4687,000Upcoming Earnings
News Coverage
CCL
Carnival Co. &
2.4322 of 5 stars
$13.77
-0.9%
$17.61
+27.9%
+54.7%$15.41B$12.17B-4.9475,000Upcoming Earnings
RCL
Royal Caribbean Cruises
2.5475 of 5 stars
$90.46
-0.6%
$112.38
+24.2%
+105.4%$23.17B$8.84B-282.68102,500
LNW
Light & Wonder
2.1088 of 5 stars
$70.48
-1.2%
$74.73
+6.0%
+71.3%$6.44B$2.73B17.806,100
VFC
V.F.
2.7964 of 5 stars
$17.08
-0.8%
$25.74
+50.7%
-51.2%$6.70B$11.44B56.9433,000
TKO
TKO Group
3.1293 of 5 stars
$81.04
-1.4%
$127.00
+56.7%
N/A$6.74B$1.29B39.73N/A
HRB
H&R Block
2.413 of 5 stars
$41.89
-1.6%
$38.00
-9.3%
-1.0%$6.26B$3.47B11.734,000
CHH
Choice Hotels International
2.4651 of 5 stars
$119.97
-1.1%
$132.00
+10.0%
+15.1%$6.04B$1.40B21.581,789Analyst Report
Positive News
BYD
Boyd Gaming
2.714 of 5 stars
$60.24
-0.3%
$77.00
+27.8%
+30.3%$6.02B$3.56B8.7215,771Positive News
LBTYA
Liberty Global
2.6603 of 5 stars
$16.74
-1.4%
$26.77
+59.9%
+4.8%$7.10B$7.20B0.0010,100

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