RCL vs. ABNB, MAR, CCL, H, CHH, VAC, MCS, BIP, KEX, and NCLH
Should you be buying Royal Caribbean Cruises stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Royal Caribbean Cruises include Airbnb (ABNB), Marriott International (MAR), Carnival Co. & (CCL), Hyatt Hotels (H), Choice Hotels International (CHH), Marriott Vacations Worldwide (VAC), Marcus (MCS), Brookfield Infrastructure Partners (BIP), Kirby (KEX), and Norwegian Cruise Line (NCLH).
Royal Caribbean Cruises (NYSE:RCL) and Airbnb (NASDAQ:ABNB) are both large-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, risk, profitability, earnings, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, community ranking, institutional ownership and valuation.
In the previous week, Airbnb had 18 more articles in the media than Royal Caribbean Cruises. MarketBeat recorded 42 mentions for Airbnb and 24 mentions for Royal Caribbean Cruises. Airbnb's average media sentiment score of 0.91 beat Royal Caribbean Cruises' score of 0.79 indicating that Airbnb is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Royal Caribbean Cruises presently has a consensus price target of $151.81, indicating a potential upside of 2.80%. Airbnb has a consensus price target of $152.38, indicating a potential upside of 5.14%. Given Airbnb's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Airbnb is more favorable than Royal Caribbean Cruises.
Airbnb has a net margin of 48.23% compared to Royal Caribbean Cruises' net margin of 14.28%. Royal Caribbean Cruises' return on equity of 51.54% beat Airbnb's return on equity.
Royal Caribbean Cruises received 790 more outperform votes than Airbnb when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 71.30% of users gave Royal Caribbean Cruises an outperform vote while only 38.80% of users gave Airbnb an outperform vote.
Royal Caribbean Cruises has a beta of 2.49, indicating that its stock price is 149% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Airbnb has a beta of 1.24, indicating that its stock price is 24% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Airbnb has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Royal Caribbean Cruises. Royal Caribbean Cruises is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Airbnb, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
87.5% of Royal Caribbean Cruises shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 80.8% of Airbnb shares are held by institutional investors. 8.0% of Royal Caribbean Cruises shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 27.8% of Airbnb shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
Royal Caribbean Cruises and Airbnb tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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