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RCL vs. CROX, GIII, LULU, OSW, STRA, CCL, HLT, LYV, NCLH, and RL

Should you be buying Royal Caribbean Cruises stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Royal Caribbean Cruises include Crocs (CROX), G-III Apparel Group (GIII), lululemon athletica (LULU), OneSpaWorld (OSW), Strategic Education (STRA), Carnival (CCL), Hilton Worldwide (HLT), Live Nation Entertainment (LYV), Norwegian Cruise Line (NCLH), and Ralph Lauren (RL). These companies are all part of the "consumer discretionary" sector.

Royal Caribbean Cruises vs. Its Competitors

Royal Caribbean Cruises (NYSE:RCL) and Crocs (NASDAQ:CROX) are both consumer discretionary companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, earnings, risk, profitability, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership and valuation.

Royal Caribbean Cruises has a beta of 2.08, meaning that its stock price is 108% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Crocs has a beta of 1.43, meaning that its stock price is 43% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Royal Caribbean Cruises currently has a consensus target price of $326.95, indicating a potential upside of 5.05%. Crocs has a consensus target price of $102.00, indicating a potential upside of 23.11%. Given Crocs' higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Crocs is more favorable than Royal Caribbean Cruises.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Royal Caribbean Cruises
0 Sell rating(s)
4 Hold rating(s)
19 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.88
Crocs
2 Sell rating(s)
6 Hold rating(s)
7 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.33

Royal Caribbean Cruises has higher revenue and earnings than Crocs. Crocs is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Royal Caribbean Cruises, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Royal Caribbean Cruises$16.48B5.13$2.88B$13.3423.33
Crocs$4.10B1.10$950.07M$3.7322.21

Royal Caribbean Cruises has a net margin of 20.97% compared to Crocs' net margin of 5.72%. Royal Caribbean Cruises' return on equity of 47.15% beat Crocs' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Royal Caribbean Cruises20.97% 47.15% 10.19%
Crocs 5.72%44.15%16.12%

87.5% of Royal Caribbean Cruises shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 93.4% of Crocs shares are owned by institutional investors. 7.0% of Royal Caribbean Cruises shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 3.0% of Crocs shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

In the previous week, Royal Caribbean Cruises had 19 more articles in the media than Crocs. MarketBeat recorded 23 mentions for Royal Caribbean Cruises and 4 mentions for Crocs. Royal Caribbean Cruises' average media sentiment score of 1.23 beat Crocs' score of 0.26 indicating that Royal Caribbean Cruises is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Royal Caribbean Cruises
20 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Crocs
0 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

Summary

Royal Caribbean Cruises beats Crocs on 14 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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RCL vs. The Competition

MetricRoyal Caribbean CruisesLEISURE&REC SVS IndustryDiscretionary SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$85.25B$8.40B$8.40B$21.90B
Dividend Yield1.27%2.33%3.12%3.62%
P/E Ratio23.3317.1218.2030.12
Price / Sales5.1312.646.52108.76
Price / Cash17.1010.4616.2824.26
Price / Book10.823.585.014.70
Net Income$2.88B$319.90M$256.64M$1.01B
7 Day Performance1.45%1.08%-0.30%0.49%
1 Month Performance-3.16%-4.91%-3.03%1.61%
1 Year Performance54.30%-10.45%34.18%13.30%

Royal Caribbean Cruises Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
RCL
Royal Caribbean Cruises
4.7505 of 5 stars
$311.25
-0.8%
$326.95
+5.0%
+53.8%$85.25B$16.48B23.33106,000Positive News
CROX
Crocs
3.6186 of 5 stars
$80.58
-5.1%
$102.00
+26.6%
-41.0%$4.40B$4.10B21.617,910
GIII
G-III Apparel Group
3.0193 of 5 stars
$27.23
-0.9%
$29.60
+8.7%
-12.8%$1.15B$3.12B6.754,600Analyst Forecast
LULU
lululemon athletica
4.2446 of 5 stars
$174.28
-0.7%
$232.29
+33.3%
-41.9%$20.62B$10.59B11.8239,000
OSW
OneSpaWorld
4.7941 of 5 stars
$20.89
-0.2%
$22.67
+8.5%
+21.2%$2.15B$895.02M30.765,191
STRA
Strategic Education
4.8913 of 5 stars
$83.77
-1.9%
$99.33
+18.6%
-10.2%$2.00B$1.22B17.443,801
CCL
Carnival
4.9419 of 5 stars
$29.04
+1.6%
$32.90
+13.3%
+34.0%$33.84B$25.02B15.10100,000Trending News
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
HLT
Hilton Worldwide
4.2854 of 5 stars
$260.12
+0.7%
$265.69
+2.1%
+11.9%$61.25B$11.17B40.00181,000Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Forecast
LYV
Live Nation Entertainment
4.1753 of 5 stars
$156.00
-0.2%
$171.42
+9.9%
+34.7%$36.51B$23.16B67.4032,200Positive News
NCLH
Norwegian Cruise Line
4.3805 of 5 stars
$24.10
-0.9%
$27.80
+15.4%
-2.9%$10.90B$9.48B16.6341,700
RL
Ralph Lauren
4.5382 of 5 stars
$321.58
-0.1%
$320.53
-0.3%
+58.1%$19.48B$7.29B25.6923,400Positive News
Analyst Forecast

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