RXO (RXO) Competitors

RXO (NYSE:RXO) and Norwegian Cruise Line (NYSE:NCLH) are both mid-cap transportation companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, media sentiment, community ranking, analyst recommendations, dividends, profitability, risk, institutional ownership and earnings.

Which has more risk & volatility, RXO or NCLH?

RXO has a beta of 1.6, suggesting that its share price is 60% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Norwegian Cruise Line has a beta of 2.27, suggesting that its share price is 127% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts rate RXO or NCLH?

RXO presently has a consensus target price of $22.40, suggesting a potential upside of 58.99%. Norwegian Cruise Line has a consensus target price of $26.37, suggesting a potential upside of 62.42%. Given Norwegian Cruise Line's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Norwegian Cruise Line is more favorable than RXO.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
RXO	2 Sell rating(s)	12 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.06
Norwegian Cruise Line	0 Sell rating(s)	7 Hold rating(s)	12 Buy rating(s)	2 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.76

Does the media favor RXO or NCLH?

In the previous week, Norwegian Cruise Line had 37 more articles in the media than RXO. MarketBeat recorded 44 mentions for Norwegian Cruise Line and 7 mentions for RXO. RXO's average media sentiment score of 0.70 beat Norwegian Cruise Line's score of 0.38 indicating that RXO is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
RXO	5 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Norwegian Cruise Line	15 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	12 Neutral mention(s)	6 Negative mention(s)	2 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Which has stronger valuation and earnings, RXO or NCLH?

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

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
RXO	$4.55B	0.51	-$285M	-$2.12	-6.65
Norwegian Cruise Line	$9.48B	0.75	$166.18M	$1.86	8.73

Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in RXO or NCLH?

92.7% of RXO shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 69.6% of Norwegian Cruise Line shares are held by institutional investors. 2.8% of RXO shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.5% 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 stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Is RXO or NCLH more profitable?

Norwegian Cruise Line has a net margin of 5.87% compared to RXO's net margin of -6.26%. Norwegian Cruise Line's return on equity of 99.31% beat RXO's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
RXO	-6.26%	1.53%	0.65%
Norwegian Cruise Line	5.87%	99.31%	3.12%

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in RXO or NCLH?

Norwegian Cruise Line received 46 more outperform votes than RXO when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 34.74% of users gave Norwegian Cruise Line an outperform vote while only 24.39% of users gave RXO an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
RXO	Outperform Votes 20 24.39%	Underperform Votes 62 75.61%
Norwegian Cruise Line	Outperform Votes 66 34.74%	Underperform Votes 124 65.26%

Summary

Norwegian Cruise Line beats RXO on 16 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.