Choice Hotels International (CHH) Competitors

Carnival Co. & (NYSE:CCL) and Choice Hotels International (NYSE:CHH) are both consumer discretionary companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, valuation, profitability, dividends, community ranking, earnings, media sentiment and risk.

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of CCL or CHH?

67.2% of Carnival Co. & shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 65.6% of Choice Hotels International shares are owned by institutional investors. 7.6% of Carnival Co. & shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 24.0% of Choice Hotels International shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has more risk & volatility, CCL or CHH?

Carnival Co. & has a beta of 2.66, suggesting that its stock price is 166% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Choice Hotels International has a beta of 1.25, suggesting that its stock price is 25% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is CCL or CHH a better dividend stock?

Carnival Co. & pays an annual dividend of $2.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 9.4%. Choice Hotels International pays an annual dividend of $1.15 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.9%. Carnival Co. & pays out 133.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Choice Hotels International pays out 18.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

Does the media prefer CCL or CHH?

In the previous week, Carnival Co. & had 40 more articles in the media than Choice Hotels International. MarketBeat recorded 57 mentions for Carnival Co. & and 17 mentions for Choice Hotels International. Choice Hotels International's average media sentiment score of 0.98 beat Carnival Co. &'s score of 0.62 indicating that Choice Hotels International is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Carnival Co. &	24 Very Positive mention(s)	4 Positive mention(s)	14 Neutral mention(s)	6 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Choice Hotels International	6 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	7 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer CCL or CHH?

Carnival Co. & received 740 more outperform votes than Choice Hotels International when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 62.97% of users gave Carnival Co. & an outperform vote while only 39.50% of users gave Choice Hotels International an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Carnival Co. &	Outperform Votes 1022 62.97%	Underperform Votes 601 37.03%
Choice Hotels International	Outperform Votes 282 39.50%	Underperform Votes 432 60.50%

Do analysts rate CCL or CHH?

Carnival Co. & presently has a consensus target price of $26.72, indicating a potential upside of 25.75%. Choice Hotels International has a consensus target price of $140.62, indicating a potential upside of 6.03%. Given Carnival Co. &'s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe Carnival Co. & is more favorable than Choice Hotels International.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Carnival Co. &	1 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	14 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.68
Choice Hotels International	5 Sell rating(s)	6 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	1.77

Which has better earnings and valuation, CCL or CHH?

Carnival Co. & has higher revenue and earnings than Choice Hotels International. Carnival Co. & is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Choice Hotels International, 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
Carnival Co. &	$25.42B	0.97	$1.92B	$1.50	14.17
Choice Hotels International	$1.58B	3.91	$258.51M	$6.23	21.29

Is CCL or CHH more profitable?

Choice Hotels International has a net margin of 18.91% compared to Carnival Co. &'s net margin of 7.66%. Carnival Co. &'s return on equity of 24.13% beat Choice Hotels International's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Carnival Co. &	7.66%	24.13%	3.82%
Choice Hotels International	18.91%	-472.31%	13.20%

Summary

Carnival Co. & beats Choice Hotels International on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.