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$47.30 -1.45 (-2.98%)
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VIK vs. CP, CNI, CSX, MPLX, RYAAY, BIP, PAA, PAC, MMYT, and ZTO

Should you be buying Viking stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Viking include Canadian Pacific Kansas City (CP), Canadian National Railway (CNI), CSX (CSX), Mplx (MPLX), Ryanair (RYAAY), Brookfield Infrastructure Partners (BIP), Plains All American Pipeline (PAA), Grupo Aeroportuario del Pacífico (PAC), MakeMyTrip (MMYT), and ZTO Express (Cayman) (ZTO). These companies are all part of the "transportation" industry.

Viking vs. Its Competitors

Canadian Pacific Kansas City (NYSE:CP) and Viking (NYSE:VIK) are both large-cap transportation companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, risk, analyst recommendations, earnings, valuation, profitability, community ranking, media sentiment and dividends.

Canadian Pacific Kansas City currently has a consensus price target of $90.66, indicating a potential upside of 12.25%. Viking has a consensus price target of $49.00, indicating a potential upside of 3.60%. Given Canadian Pacific Kansas City's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Canadian Pacific Kansas City is more favorable than Viking.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Canadian Pacific Kansas City
1 Sell rating(s)
4 Hold rating(s)
11 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.63
Viking
0 Sell rating(s)
5 Hold rating(s)
11 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.69

In the previous week, Viking had 11 more articles in the media than Canadian Pacific Kansas City. MarketBeat recorded 19 mentions for Viking and 8 mentions for Canadian Pacific Kansas City. Canadian Pacific Kansas City's average media sentiment score of 0.83 beat Viking's score of 0.16 indicating that Canadian Pacific Kansas City is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Canadian Pacific Kansas City
6 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
1 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Viking
4 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
9 Neutral mention(s)
2 Negative mention(s)
1 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

Canadian Pacific Kansas City received 972 more outperform votes than Viking when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 69.02% of users gave Canadian Pacific Kansas City an outperform vote while only 67.35% of users gave Viking an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Canadian Pacific Kansas CityOutperform Votes
1005
69.02%
Underperform Votes
451
30.98%
VikingOutperform Votes
33
67.35%
Underperform Votes
16
32.65%

72.2% of Canadian Pacific Kansas City shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 98.8% of Viking shares are held by institutional investors. 0.0% of Canadian Pacific Kansas City shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Canadian Pacific Kansas City has higher revenue and earnings than Viking. Canadian Pacific Kansas City is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Viking, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Canadian Pacific Kansas City$14.82B5.07$2.71B$2.9627.29
Viking$5.51B3.70-$1.86B$1.2338.45

Canadian Pacific Kansas City has a net margin of 25.51% compared to Viking's net margin of -10.97%. Canadian Pacific Kansas City's return on equity of 8.86% beat Viking's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Canadian Pacific Kansas City25.51% 8.86% 4.80%
Viking -10.97%N/A -1.53%

Summary

Canadian Pacific Kansas City beats Viking on 12 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding VIK and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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VIK vs. The Competition

MetricVikingWater transportation IndustryTransportation SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$20.41B$8.27B$286.56B$19.80B
Dividend YieldN/A4.22%3.57%3.84%
P/E Ratio38.4567.5413.6635.67
Price / Sales3.704.52374.8046.74
Price / CashN/A5.6411.5417.52
Price / BookN/A3.031.964.84
Net Income-$1.86B$360.99M$515.10M$1.02B
7 Day Performance0.46%2.60%1.41%1.90%
1 Month Performance9.41%7.23%4.84%5.49%
1 Year Performance49.15%-7.40%-6.28%10.62%

Viking Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
VIK
Viking
2.8591 of 5 stars
$47.30
-3.0%
$49.00
+3.6%
+54.6%$20.41B$5.51B38.459,500Trending News
Short Interest ↓
CP
Canadian Pacific Kansas City
4.0318 of 5 stars
$81.67
-0.3%
$90.66
+11.0%
+5.9%$75.99B$14.82B28.1611,800Positive News
CNI
Canadian National Railway
4.4016 of 5 stars
$104.60
-0.3%
$120.36
+15.1%
-15.0%$65.74B$17.20B20.4324,000Positive News
Analyst Forecast
Short Interest ↑
CSX
CSX
4.199 of 5 stars
$31.98
-0.8%
$33.95
+6.2%
-1.0%$60.08B$14.28B17.8722,500Trending News
Options Volume
MPLX
Mplx
1.559 of 5 stars
$51.00
-0.6%
$55.50
+8.8%
+23.5%$52.06B$11.19B12.115,810Positive News
RYAAY
Ryanair
4.1939 of 5 stars
$57.60
+0.7%
$147.00
+155.2%
-51.6%$30.64B$13.95B17.6619,100Positive News
BIP
Brookfield Infrastructure Partners
4.3357 of 5 stars
$33.44
-0.2%
$41.67
+24.6%
+16.5%$15.53B$21.24B836.2144,000Positive News
Short Interest ↑
PAA
Plains All American Pipeline
3.1314 of 5 stars
$17.40
-0.2%
$20.36
+17.0%
+2.8%$12.24B$50.09B23.844,100
PAC
Grupo Aeroportuario del Pacífico
2.0378 of 5 stars
$237.66
-0.5%
$200.00
-15.8%
+43.1%$12.01B$36.17B23.621,740
MMYT
MakeMyTrip
3.7243 of 5 stars
$99.69
-0.8%
$127.50
+27.9%
+23.7%$10.94B$978.34M54.183,340
ZTO
ZTO Express (Cayman)
4.4873 of 5 stars
$17.79
+3.9%
$21.16
+18.9%
-25.7%$10.64B$45.21B12.2723,900

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This page (NYSE:VIK) was last updated on 6/11/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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