Carnival Co. & (CCL) Competitors

Airbnb (NASDAQ:ABNB) and Carnival Co. & (NYSE:CCL) are both large-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, media sentiment, valuation, risk, earnings, profitability, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations and community ranking.

Is ABNB or CCL more profitable?

Airbnb has a net margin of 23.85% compared to Carnival Co. &'s net margin of 7.66%. Airbnb's return on equity of 32.29% beat Carnival Co. &'s return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Airbnb	23.85%	32.29%	11.27%
Carnival Co. &	7.66%	24.13%	3.82%

Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of ABNB or CCL?

80.8% of Airbnb shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 67.2% of Carnival Co. & shares are held by institutional investors. 27.8% of Airbnb shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 11.0% of Carnival Co. & shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the media prefer ABNB or CCL?

In the previous week, Airbnb had 85 more articles in the media than Carnival Co. &. MarketBeat recorded 111 mentions for Airbnb and 26 mentions for Carnival Co. &. Carnival Co. &'s average media sentiment score of 0.93 beat Airbnb's score of 0.72 indicating that Carnival Co. & is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Airbnb	41 Very Positive mention(s)	21 Positive mention(s)	30 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	2 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Carnival Co. &	15 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	5 Neutral mention(s)	3 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has better valuation & earnings, ABNB or CCL?

Airbnb has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Carnival Co. &. Carnival Co. & 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	$11.10B	8.34	$2.65B	$4.13	35.37
Carnival Co. &	$25.02B	1.08	$1.92B	$1.39	16.68

Does the MarketBeat Community favor ABNB or CCL?

Carnival Co. & received 845 more outperform votes than Airbnb when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 62.89% of users gave Carnival Co. & an outperform vote while only 37.80% of users gave Airbnb an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Airbnb	Outperform Votes 172 37.80%	Underperform Votes 283 62.20%
Carnival Co. &	Outperform Votes 1017 62.89%	Underperform Votes 600 37.11%

Do analysts prefer ABNB or CCL?

Airbnb presently has a consensus price target of $147.00, suggesting a potential upside of 0.62%. Carnival Co. & has a consensus price target of $27.11, suggesting a potential upside of 16.93%. Given Carnival Co. &'s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Carnival Co. & is more favorable than Airbnb.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Airbnb	5 Sell rating(s)	19 Hold rating(s)	12 Buy rating(s)	2 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.29
Carnival Co. &	1 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	14 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.68

Which has more risk & volatility, ABNB or CCL?

Airbnb has a beta of 1.12, suggesting that its stock price is 12% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Carnival Co. & has a beta of 2.64, suggesting that its stock price is 164% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Airbnb beats Carnival Co. & on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.