RCL vs. ABNB, MAR, CCL, H, CHH, VAC, MCS, VIK, BIP, and NCLH
Should you be buying Royal Caribbean Cruises stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Royal Caribbean Cruises include Airbnb (ABNB), Marriott International (MAR), Carnival Co. & (CCL), Hyatt Hotels (H), Choice Hotels International (CHH), Marriott Vacations Worldwide (VAC), Marcus (MCS), Viking (VIK), Brookfield Infrastructure Partners (BIP), and Norwegian Cruise Line (NCLH).
Royal Caribbean Cruises (NYSE:RCL) and Airbnb (NASDAQ:ABNB) are both large-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, valuation, dividends, earnings, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, risk and community ranking.
In the previous week, Royal Caribbean Cruises had 24 more articles in the media than Airbnb. MarketBeat recorded 56 mentions for Royal Caribbean Cruises and 32 mentions for Airbnb. Royal Caribbean Cruises' average media sentiment score of 0.70 beat Airbnb's score of 0.70 indicating that Royal Caribbean Cruises is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Royal Caribbean Cruises presently has a consensus price target of $172.25, suggesting a potential upside of 12.17%. Airbnb has a consensus price target of $152.50, suggesting a potential upside of 8.85%. Given Royal Caribbean Cruises' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Royal Caribbean Cruises is more favorable than Airbnb.
87.5% of Royal Caribbean Cruises shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 80.8% of Airbnb shares are held by institutional investors. 8.0% of Royal Caribbean Cruises shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 27.8% of Airbnb shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Royal Caribbean Cruises received 797 more outperform votes than Airbnb when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 71.42% of users gave Royal Caribbean Cruises an outperform vote while only 38.76% of users gave Airbnb an outperform vote.
Airbnb has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Royal Caribbean Cruises. Airbnb 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.
Royal Caribbean Cruises has a beta of 2.62, indicating that its stock price is 162% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Airbnb has a beta of 1.18, indicating that its stock price is 18% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Airbnb has a net margin of 48.23% compared to Royal Caribbean Cruises' net margin of 14.28%. Royal Caribbean Cruises' return on equity of 51.54% beat Airbnb's return on equity.
Summary
Royal Caribbean Cruises beats Airbnb on 13 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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