MAR vs. ABNB, RCL, CCL, H, CHH, VAC, MCS, HLT, LVS, and IHG
Should you be buying Marriott International stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Marriott International include Airbnb (ABNB), Royal Caribbean Cruises (RCL), Carnival Co. & (CCL), Hyatt Hotels (H), Choice Hotels International (CHH), Marriott Vacations Worldwide (VAC), Marcus (MCS), Hilton Worldwide (HLT), Las Vegas Sands (LVS), and InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG). These companies are all part of the "consumer discretionary" sector.
Marriott International vs.
Marriott International (NASDAQ:MAR) and Airbnb (NASDAQ:ABNB) are both large-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, valuation, media sentiment, risk, analyst recommendations, community ranking, earnings, dividends and profitability.
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.
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.
Airbnb has lower revenue, but higher earnings 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.
Marriott International currently has a consensus price target of $272.15, suggesting a potential downside of 1.81%. Airbnb has a consensus price target of $139.63, suggesting a potential upside of 3.33%. Given Airbnb's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Airbnb is more favorable than Marriott International.
In the previous week, Airbnb had 26 more articles in the media than Marriott International. MarketBeat recorded 54 mentions for Airbnb and 28 mentions for Marriott International. Marriott International's average media sentiment score of 0.94 beat Airbnb's score of 0.87 indicating that Marriott International is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Marriott International has a beta of 1.57, meaning that its stock price is 57% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Airbnb has a beta of 1.13, meaning that its stock price is 13% more volatile than the S&P 500.
70.7% of Marriott International shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 80.8% of Airbnb shares are held by institutional investors. 10.1% of Marriott International shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 27.8% of Airbnb shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers 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.
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This page (NASDAQ:MAR) was last updated on 1/20/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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