CCL vs. MAR, RCL, H, CHH, VAC, MCS, ABNB, BIP, KEX, and NCLH
Should you be buying Carnival Co. & stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Carnival Co. & include Marriott International (MAR), Royal Caribbean Cruises (RCL), Hyatt Hotels (H), Choice Hotels International (CHH), Marriott Vacations Worldwide (VAC), Marcus (MCS), Airbnb (ABNB), Brookfield Infrastructure Partners (BIP), Kirby (KEX), and Norwegian Cruise Line (NCLH).
Marriott International (NASDAQ:MAR) and Carnival Co. & (NYSE:CCL) are both large-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, profitability, dividends, media sentiment, community ranking, risk, institutional ownership, earnings and analyst recommendations.
Marriott International has higher revenue and earnings than Carnival Co. &. Marriott International is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Carnival Co. &, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
70.7% of Marriott International shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 67.2% of Carnival Co. & shares are held by institutional investors. 12.3% of Marriott International shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 11.0% of Carnival Co. & shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Marriott International presently has a consensus target price of $241.33, indicating a potential upside of 4.40%. Carnival Co. & has a consensus target price of $21.53, indicating a potential upside of 42.75%. Given Marriott International's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Carnival Co. & is more favorable than Marriott International.
In the previous week, Marriott International had 2 more articles in the media than Carnival Co. &. MarketBeat recorded 17 mentions for Marriott International and 15 mentions for Carnival Co. &. Carnival Co. &'s average media sentiment score of 0.69 beat Marriott International's score of 0.38 indicating that Marriott International is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Marriott International has a net margin of 12.00% compared to Marriott International's net margin of 1.79%. Marriott International's return on equity of 7.75% beat Carnival Co. &'s return on equity.
Carnival Co. & received 165 more outperform votes than Marriott International when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 62.78% of users gave Carnival Co. & an outperform vote while only 60.94% of users gave Marriott International an outperform vote.
Marriott International has a beta of 1.61, indicating that its share price is 61% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Carnival Co. & has a beta of 2.53, indicating that its share price is 153% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Marriott International beats Carnival Co. & on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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