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CCL vs. AAL, UAL, DAL, DIS, NCLH, NKE, RCL, TNL, ABNB, and MAR

Should you be buying Carnival stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Carnival include American Airlines Group (AAL), United Airlines (UAL), Delta Air Lines (DAL), Walt Disney (DIS), Norwegian Cruise Line (NCLH), NIKE (NKE), Royal Caribbean Cruises (RCL), Travel + Leisure (TNL), Airbnb (ABNB), and Marriott International (MAR).

Carnival vs. Its Competitors

American Airlines Group (NASDAQ:AAL) and Carnival (NYSE:CCL) are related companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, risk, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, earnings, valuation, profitability and institutional ownership.

52.4% of American Airlines Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 67.2% of Carnival shares are held by institutional investors. 0.6% of American Airlines Group shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 7.6% of Carnival shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

In the previous week, Carnival had 33 more articles in the media than American Airlines Group. MarketBeat recorded 54 mentions for Carnival and 21 mentions for American Airlines Group. Carnival's average media sentiment score of 0.74 beat American Airlines Group's score of 0.66 indicating that Carnival is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
American Airlines Group
8 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
4 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Carnival
29 Very Positive mention(s)
8 Positive mention(s)
7 Neutral mention(s)
2 Negative mention(s)
3 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

American Airlines Group has a beta of 1.36, suggesting that its share price is 36% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Carnival has a beta of 2.61, suggesting that its share price is 161% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Carnival has a net margin of 9.72% compared to American Airlines Group's net margin of 1.26%. Carnival's return on equity of 27.88% beat American Airlines Group's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
American Airlines Group1.26% -26.59% 1.91%
Carnival 9.72%27.88%5.20%

American Airlines Group presently has a consensus price target of $15.68, suggesting a potential upside of 34.17%. Carnival has a consensus price target of $28.65, suggesting a potential downside of 4.38%. Given American Airlines Group's higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe American Airlines Group is more favorable than Carnival.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
American Airlines Group
1 Sell rating(s)
7 Hold rating(s)
9 Buy rating(s)
2 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.63
Carnival
0 Sell rating(s)
7 Hold rating(s)
13 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.65

Carnival has lower revenue, but higher earnings than American Airlines Group. American Airlines Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Carnival, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
American Airlines Group$54.21B0.14$846M$0.9012.99
Carnival$25.02B1.40$1.92B$1.8516.19

Summary

Carnival beats American Airlines Group on 14 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding CCL and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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CCL vs. The Competition

MetricCarnivalLEISURE&REC SVS IndustryDiscretionary SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$34.61B$8.93B$8.25B$20.55B
Dividend YieldN/A2.13%3.19%3.75%
P/E Ratio16.1948.2020.9928.05
Price / Sales1.402.183.3145.87
Price / Cash7.4613.8417.3722.31
Price / Book3.503.744.624.59
Net Income$1.92B$328.98M$212.83M$985.44M
7 Day Performance9.69%5.83%3.41%2.78%
1 Month Performance25.72%7.76%10.70%5.40%
1 Year Performance71.69%3.60%10.53%14.61%

Carnival Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
CCL
Carnival
4.7816 of 5 stars
$29.96
+1.0%
$28.65
-4.4%
+71.5%$34.61B$25.02B16.19100,000Trending News
AAL
American Airlines Group
4.4274 of 5 stars
$11.27
-0.1%
$15.68
+39.2%
+5.1%$7.43B$54.21B12.52133,300Analyst Forecast
UAL
United Airlines
4.7404 of 5 stars
$79.94
+1.0%
$104.64
+30.9%
+69.5%$26.11B$57.06B7.2992,800Positive News
DAL
Delta Air Lines
4.7636 of 5 stars
$49.37
-0.4%
$61.67
+24.9%
+7.6%$32.24B$61.64B8.7595,000Trending News
Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Revision
DIS
Walt Disney
4.5613 of 5 stars
$123.65
+1.1%
$125.79
+1.7%
+25.8%$222.29B$91.36B25.29233,000Trending News
NCLH
Norwegian Cruise Line
4.8477 of 5 stars
$20.19
+0.0%
$24.84
+23.0%
+25.1%$9.02B$9.48B11.6741,700Analyst Forecast
Options Volume
NKE
NIKE
4.7839 of 5 stars
$70.53
-2.1%
$77.00
+9.2%
+1.3%$104.32B$46.31B32.6579,400Trending News
Analyst Upgrade
RCL
Royal Caribbean Cruises
4.6669 of 5 stars
$310.64
+0.4%
$276.90
-10.9%
+115.0%$84.36B$16.48B25.80102,500Trending News
Analyst Forecast
TNL
Travel + Leisure
4.7576 of 5 stars
$51.69
-0.4%
$59.20
+14.5%
+29.5%$3.43B$3.86B8.6319,000Positive News
ABNB
Airbnb
3.3881 of 5 stars
$132.41
-1.6%
$141.23
+6.7%
-10.6%$82.94B$11.10B33.446,810Trending News
MAR
Marriott International
4.3165 of 5 stars
$272.55
-0.3%
$275.90
+1.2%
+16.6%$74.65B$25.10B31.04377,000Positive News

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This page (NYSE:CCL) was last updated on 7/4/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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