Games Workshop Group (GAW) Competitors

Games Workshop Group (LON:GAW) and Carnival Co. & (LON:CCL) are both mid-cap consumer cyclical companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, community ranking, profitability, earnings, dividends, institutional ownership, media sentiment, analyst recommendations and risk.

Do institutionals and insiders believe in GAW or CCL?

80.7% of Games Workshop Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 44.8% of Carnival Co. & shares are held by institutional investors. 0.6% of Games Workshop Group shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.3% 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 is poised for long-term growth.

Is GAW or CCL more profitable?

Games Workshop Group has a net margin of 28.74% compared to Carnival Co. &'s net margin of 6.39%. Games Workshop Group's return on equity of 62.12% beat Carnival Co. &'s return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Games Workshop Group	28.74%	62.12%	37.68%
Carnival Co. &	6.39%	20.12%	4.25%

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer GAW or CCL?

Carnival Co. & received 143 more outperform votes than Games Workshop Group when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 75.77% of users gave Games Workshop Group an outperform vote while only 64.14% of users gave Carnival Co. & an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Games Workshop Group	Outperform Votes 247 75.77%	Underperform Votes 79 24.23%
Carnival Co. &	Outperform Votes 390 64.14%	Underperform Votes 218 35.86%

Does the media refer more to GAW or CCL?

In the previous week, Games Workshop Group had 2 more articles in the media than Carnival Co. &. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Games Workshop Group and 4 mentions for Carnival Co. &. Games Workshop Group's average media sentiment score of 0.77 beat Carnival Co. &'s score of 0.50 indicating that Games Workshop Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Games Workshop Group	1 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Carnival Co. &	1 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Which has stronger earnings & valuation, GAW or CCL?

Carnival Co. & has higher revenue and earnings than Games Workshop Group. Carnival Co. & is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Games Workshop Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Games Workshop Group	£525.70M	8.64	£151.10M	£4.59	3,004.36
Carnival Co. &	£24.48B	0.11	£1.56B	£0.89	2,157.11

Do analysts recommend GAW or CCL?

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Games Workshop Group	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
Carnival Co. &	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00

Which has more risk & volatility, GAW or CCL?

Games Workshop Group has a beta of 1.25, meaning that its stock price is 25% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Carnival Co. & has a beta of 2.7, meaning that its stock price is 170% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is GAW or CCL a better dividend stock?

Games Workshop Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 375 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.7%. Carnival Co. & pays an annual dividend of GBX 156 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.1%. Games Workshop Group pays out 8,169.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Carnival Co. & pays out 17,528.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

Summary

Games Workshop Group beats Carnival Co. & on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.