Airbnb (ABNB) Competitors

Airbnb (NASDAQ:ABNB) and Marriott International (NASDAQ:MAR) are both large-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, earnings, community ranking, risk, profitability, analyst recommendations, dividends, media sentiment and valuation.

Which has better valuation and earnings, ABNB or MAR?

Airbnb has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Marriott International. Marriott International is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Airbnb, 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
Airbnb	$9.92B	8.48	$4.79B	$2.85	46.54
Marriott International	$24.77B	3.13	$3.08B	$9.56	29.16

Does the media favor ABNB or MAR?

In the previous week, Airbnb had 17 more articles in the media than Marriott International. MarketBeat recorded 48 mentions for Airbnb and 31 mentions for Marriott International. Marriott International's average media sentiment score of 1.11 beat Airbnb's score of 0.87 indicating that Marriott International is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Airbnb	28 Very Positive mention(s)	7 Positive mention(s)	5 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Marriott International	17 Very Positive mention(s)	3 Positive mention(s)	10 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do analysts recommend ABNB or MAR?

Airbnb presently has a consensus price target of $139.63, suggesting a potential upside of 5.26%. Marriott International has a consensus price target of $272.15, suggesting a potential downside of 2.39%. Given Airbnb's higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe Airbnb is more favorable than Marriott International.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Airbnb	6 Sell rating(s)	20 Hold rating(s)	8 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.06
Marriott International	0 Sell rating(s)	14 Hold rating(s)	6 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.30

Which has more risk & volatility, ABNB or MAR?

Airbnb has a beta of 1.13, indicating that its share price is 13% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Marriott International has a beta of 1.57, indicating that its share price is 57% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer ABNB or MAR?

Marriott International received 675 more outperform votes than Airbnb when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 60.16% of users gave Marriott International an outperform vote while only 37.30% of users gave Airbnb an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Airbnb	Outperform Votes 163 37.30%	Underperform Votes 274 62.70%
Marriott International	Outperform Votes 838 60.16%	Underperform Votes 555 39.84%

Is ABNB or MAR more profitable?

Airbnb has a net margin of 16.96% compared to Marriott International's net margin of 11.18%. Airbnb's return on equity of 32.88% beat Marriott International's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Airbnb	16.96%	32.88%	11.43%
Marriott International	11.18%	-177.91%	11.72%

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in ABNB or MAR?

80.8% of Airbnb shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 70.7% of Marriott International shares are owned by institutional investors. 27.8% of Airbnb shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 12.3% of Marriott International shares are owned 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.

Summary

Airbnb beats Marriott International on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.