CCL vs. MAR, RCL, H, CHH, VAC, MCS, ABNB, BIP, KEX, and NCLH
Should you be buying Carnival Co. & stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Carnival Co. & include Marriott International (MAR), Royal Caribbean Cruises (RCL), Hyatt Hotels (H), Choice Hotels International (CHH), Marriott Vacations Worldwide (VAC), Marcus (MCS), Airbnb (ABNB), Brookfield Infrastructure Partners (BIP), Kirby (KEX), and Norwegian Cruise Line (NCLH).
Marriott International (NASDAQ:MAR) and Carnival Co. & (NYSE:CCL) 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 analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, dividends, earnings, profitability, media sentiment, valuation, risk and community ranking.
Marriott International presently has a consensus price target of $241.33, suggesting a potential upside of 5.63%. Carnival Co. & has a consensus price target of $21.53, suggesting a potential upside of 41.34%. Given Marriott International's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Carnival Co. & is more favorable than Marriott International.
Marriott International has a beta of 1.61, meaning that its share price is 61% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Carnival Co. & has a beta of 2.53, meaning that its share price is 153% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Marriott International has higher revenue and earnings than Carnival Co. &. Marriott International is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Carnival Co. &, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Carnival Co. & received 165 more outperform votes than Marriott International when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 62.78% of users gave Carnival Co. & an outperform vote while only 60.94% of users gave Marriott International an outperform vote.
70.7% of Marriott International shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 67.2% of Carnival Co. & shares are owned by institutional investors. 10.1% of Marriott International shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 11.0% of Carnival Co. & shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, Marriott International had 7 more articles in the media than Carnival Co. &. MarketBeat recorded 20 mentions for Marriott International and 13 mentions for Carnival Co. &. Carnival Co. &'s average media sentiment score of 0.72 beat Marriott International's score of 0.48 indicating that Marriott International is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Marriott International has a net margin of 12.00% compared to Marriott International's net margin of 1.79%. Marriott International's return on equity of 7.75% beat Carnival Co. &'s return on equity.
Summary
Marriott International and Carnival Co. & tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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