CUK vs. KEX, NCLH, TDW, MATX, INSW, GOGL, GLNG, TNK, NAT, and CLCO
Should you be buying Carnival Co. & stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Carnival Co. & include Kirby (KEX), Norwegian Cruise Line (NCLH), Tidewater (TDW), Matson (MATX), International Seaways (INSW), Golden Ocean Group (GOGL), Golar LNG (GLNG), Teekay Tankers (TNK), Nordic American Tankers (NAT), and Cool (CLCO). These companies are all part of the "water transportation" industry.
Kirby (NYSE:KEX) and Carnival Co. & (NYSE:CUK) are both mid-cap transportation companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, risk, valuation, earnings, community ranking, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, profitability and media sentiment.
Kirby has a net margin of 8.01% compared to Kirby's net margin of 1.79%. Carnival Co. &'s return on equity of 7.96% beat Kirby's return on equity.
Kirby has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Carnival Co. &. Kirby is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Carnival Co. &, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Kirby received 232 more outperform votes than Carnival Co. & when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 64.66% of users gave Carnival Co. & an outperform vote while only 60.73% of users gave Kirby an outperform vote.
96.2% of Kirby shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 23.8% of Carnival Co. & shares are held by institutional investors. 1.5% of Kirby shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of Carnival Co. & shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Kirby presently has a consensus target price of $119.50, indicating a potential downside of 2.78%. Given Carnival Co. &'s higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe Kirby is more favorable than Carnival Co. &.
Kirby has a beta of 1.14, indicating that its stock price is 14% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Carnival Co. & has a beta of 2.58, indicating that its stock price is 158% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Kirby had 6 more articles in the media than Carnival Co. &. MarketBeat recorded 15 mentions for Kirby and 9 mentions for Carnival Co. &. Carnival Co. &'s average media sentiment score of 0.55 beat Kirby's score of 0.48 indicating that Kirby is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
Kirby beats Carnival Co. & on 13 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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