RCL vs. CCL, NCLH, TTWO, TCOM, RCI, DKNG, RBLX, MTN, LYV, and ONON
Should you be buying Royal Caribbean Cruises stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Royal Caribbean Cruises include Carnival Co. & (CCL), Norwegian Cruise Line (NCLH), Take-Two Interactive Software (TTWO), Trip.com Group (TCOM), Rogers Communications (RCI), DraftKings (DKNG), Roblox (RBLX), Vail Resorts (MTN), Live Nation Entertainment (LYV), and ON (ONON). These companies are all part of the "consumer discretionary" sector.
Royal Caribbean Cruises vs.
Carnival Co. & (NYSE:CCL) and Royal Caribbean Cruises (NYSE:RCL) are both large-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, risk, analyst recommendations, earnings, dividends, institutional ownership, community ranking, media sentiment and profitability.
Carnival Co. & received 53 more outperform votes than Royal Caribbean Cruises when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 71.87% of users gave Royal Caribbean Cruises an outperform vote while only 63.15% of users gave Carnival Co. & an outperform vote.
Royal Caribbean Cruises has a net margin of -9.72% compared to Carnival Co. &'s net margin of -32.68%. Royal Caribbean Cruises' return on equity of -25.86% beat Carnival Co. &'s return on equity.
Carnival Co. & has a beta of 2.21, suggesting that its stock price is 121% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Royal Caribbean Cruises has a beta of 2.43, suggesting that its stock price is 143% more volatile than the S&P 500.
49.9% of Carnival Co. & shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 74.3% of Royal Caribbean Cruises shares are owned by institutional investors. 11.1% of Carnival Co. & shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 8.7% of Royal Caribbean Cruises shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, Royal Caribbean Cruises had 9 more articles in the media than Carnival Co. &. MarketBeat recorded 16 mentions for Royal Caribbean Cruises and 7 mentions for Carnival Co. &. Carnival Co. &'s average media sentiment score of 0.81 beat Royal Caribbean Cruises' score of 0.54 indicating that Carnival Co. & is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Royal Caribbean Cruises has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Carnival Co. &. Royal Caribbean Cruises is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Carnival Co. &, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Carnival Co. & currently has a consensus target price of $11.58, indicating a potential downside of 11.54%. Royal Caribbean Cruises has a consensus target price of $85.93, indicating a potential downside of 5.82%. Given Royal Caribbean Cruises' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Royal Caribbean Cruises is more favorable than Carnival Co. &.
Summary
Royal Caribbean Cruises beats Carnival Co. & on 13 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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