CUK vs. NCLH, KEX, TDW, MATX, INSW, GLNG, GOGL, TNK, NAT, and CLCO
Should you be buying Carnival Co. & stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Carnival Co. & include Norwegian Cruise Line (NCLH), Kirby (KEX), Tidewater (TDW), Matson (MATX), International Seaways (INSW), Golar LNG (GLNG), Golden Ocean Group (GOGL), Teekay Tankers (TNK), Nordic American Tankers (NAT), and Cool (CLCO). These companies are all part of the "water transportation" industry.
Carnival Co. & (NYSE:CUK) and Norwegian Cruise Line (NYSE:NCLH) are both mid-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, risk, media sentiment, community ranking, analyst recommendations, profitability, dividends, valuation and earnings.
In the previous week, Norwegian Cruise Line had 21 more articles in the media than Carnival Co. &. MarketBeat recorded 28 mentions for Norwegian Cruise Line and 7 mentions for Carnival Co. &. Norwegian Cruise Line's average media sentiment score of 0.72 beat Carnival Co. &'s score of 0.45 indicating that Norwegian Cruise Line is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Norwegian Cruise Line has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Carnival Co. &. Norwegian Cruise Line is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Carnival Co. &, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Norwegian Cruise Line has a net margin of 3.84% compared to Carnival Co. &'s net margin of 1.79%. Norwegian Cruise Line's return on equity of 136.20% beat Carnival Co. &'s return on equity.
Carnival Co. & has a beta of 2.62, meaning that its stock price is 162% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Norwegian Cruise Line has a beta of 2.62, meaning that its stock price is 162% more volatile than the S&P 500.
23.8% of Carnival Co. & shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 69.6% of Norwegian Cruise Line shares are held by institutional investors. 0.1% of Carnival Co. & shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.9% of Norwegian Cruise Line shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Carnival Co. & received 261 more outperform votes than Norwegian Cruise Line when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.66% of users gave Carnival Co. & an outperform vote while only 30.47% of users gave Norwegian Cruise Line an outperform vote.
Norwegian Cruise Line has a consensus price target of $21.25, indicating a potential upside of 19.45%. Given Norwegian Cruise Line's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Norwegian Cruise Line is more favorable than Carnival Co. &.
Summary
Norwegian Cruise Line beats Carnival Co. & on 13 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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