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VIK vs. ENB, CP, CSX, CNI, MPLX, RYAAY, BIP, PAA, LTM, and PAC

Should you be buying Viking stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Viking include Enbridge (ENB), Canadian Pacific Kansas City (CP), CSX (CSX), Canadian National Railway (CNI), MPLX (MPLX), Ryanair (RYAAY), Brookfield Infrastructure Partners (BIP), Plains All American Pipeline (PAA), LATAM Airlines Group (LTM), and Grupo Aeroportuario Del Pacifico (PAC). These companies are all part of the "transportation" industry.

Viking vs. Its Competitors

Viking (NYSE:VIK) and Enbridge (NYSE:ENB) are both large-cap transportation companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, earnings, profitability, media sentiment, institutional ownership, dividends, valuation and risk.

98.8% of Viking shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 54.6% of Enbridge shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.4% of Enbridge shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Viking has a beta of 2.38, indicating that its stock price is 138% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Enbridge has a beta of 0.79, indicating that its stock price is 21% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Viking currently has a consensus target price of $53.33, indicating a potential downside of 7.51%. Enbridge has a consensus target price of $67.00, indicating a potential upside of 47.25%. Given Enbridge's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Enbridge is more favorable than Viking.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Viking
0 Sell rating(s)
5 Hold rating(s)
10 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.67
Enbridge
0 Sell rating(s)
4 Hold rating(s)
5 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.56

Enbridge has a net margin of 10.16% compared to Viking's net margin of 9.60%. Enbridge's return on equity of 10.41% beat Viking's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Viking9.60% -128.44% 7.99%
Enbridge 10.16%10.41%3.10%

In the previous week, Enbridge had 15 more articles in the media than Viking. MarketBeat recorded 33 mentions for Enbridge and 18 mentions for Viking. Enbridge's average media sentiment score of 1.17 beat Viking's score of 0.12 indicating that Enbridge is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Viking
4 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
7 Neutral mention(s)
2 Negative mention(s)
1 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
Enbridge
22 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
1 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Enbridge has higher revenue and earnings than Viking. Enbridge 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
Viking$5.33B4.79$152.33M$1.2346.88
Enbridge$38.22B2.60$3.97B$1.9423.45

Summary

Enbridge beats Viking on 9 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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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

MetricVikingLEISURE&REC SVS IndustryDiscretionary SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$25.82B$9.25B$8.41B$21.14B
Dividend YieldN/A2.01%3.08%3.58%
P/E Ratio46.8846.3621.2727.76
Price / Sales4.792.383.2658.38
Price / Cash23.4914.4616.9323.00
Price / Book-113.073.854.854.67
Net Income$152.33M$328.98M$215.28M$993.85M
7 Day Performance-1.19%6.54%2.13%1.48%
1 Month Performance12.34%16.62%42.52%5.79%
1 Year Performance68.71%4.36%16.57%11.41%

Viking Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
VIK
Viking
3.6376 of 5 stars
$57.67
-1.0%
$53.33
-7.5%
+67.0%$25.82B$5.33B46.8812,000Analyst Forecast
ENB
Enbridge
3.5625 of 5 stars
$44.58
-1.1%
$67.00
+50.3%
+24.4%$98.31B$38.22B22.9814,500Trending News
Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Upgrade
Options Volume
Analyst Revision
CP
Canadian Pacific Kansas City
4.302 of 5 stars
$77.51
0.0%
$91.95
+18.6%
-6.1%$71.16B$10.62B26.1819,797Upcoming Earnings
CSX
CSX
4.5754 of 5 stars
$34.36
-0.1%
$35.59
+3.6%
+5.4%$64.60B$14.54B20.5723,500Trending News
Earnings Report
Analyst Upgrade
Gap Up
CNI
Canadian National Railway
4.2439 of 5 stars
$99.63
+0.1%
$120.86
+21.3%
-17.6%$62.33B$12.44B19.4225,428Trending News
Earnings Report
Dividend Increase
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
MPLX
MPLX
2.2622 of 5 stars
$50.30
-1.0%
$55.63
+10.6%
+20.4%$51.86B$11.93B11.625,560Positive News
RYAAY
Ryanair
4.8832 of 5 stars
$59.86
+6.6%
$108.50
+81.3%
-34.1%$29.80B$14.98B17.5725,952Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
BIP
Brookfield Infrastructure Partners
4.81 of 5 stars
$32.33
-0.2%
$41.67
+28.9%
+4.0%$15.05B$21.04B-1,615.8461,000Upcoming Earnings
PAA
Plains All American Pipeline
2.7937 of 5 stars
$18.55
-1.9%
$20.75
+11.9%
+3.1%$13.05B$50.09B25.414,100Positive News
LTM
LATAM Airlines Group
3.2303 of 5 stars
$41.17
-0.2%
$38.00
-7.7%
+1,202.1%$12.47B$12.83B11.5638,664Upcoming Earnings
PAC
Grupo Aeroportuario Del Pacifico
2.5826 of 5 stars
$228.49
+0.7%
$200.00
-12.5%
+36.7%$11.46B$1.84B23.913,275News Coverage
Earnings Report
Upcoming Earnings

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This page (NYSE:VIK) was last updated on 7/25/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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