Carnival Co. & (CUK) Competitors

Plains All American Pipeline (NYSE:PAA) and Carnival Co. & (NYSE:CUK) are both energy companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, valuation, institutional ownership, community ranking, earnings, profitability, dividends, media sentiment and analyst recommendations.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in PAA or CUK?

Plains All American Pipeline received 393 more outperform votes than Carnival Co. & when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.50% of users gave Plains All American Pipeline an outperform vote while only 64.66% of users gave Carnival Co. & an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Plains All American Pipeline	Outperform Votes 693 65.50%	Underperform Votes 365 34.50%
Carnival Co. &	Outperform Votes 300 64.66%	Underperform Votes 164 35.34%

Do analysts prefer PAA or CUK?

Plains All American Pipeline currently has a consensus target price of $20.23, indicating a potential upside of 0.23%. Given Plains All American Pipeline's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe Plains All American Pipeline is more favorable than Carnival Co. &.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Plains All American Pipeline	2 Sell rating(s)	6 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.31
Carnival Co. &	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Do insiders & institutionals hold more shares of PAA or CUK?

41.8% of Plains All American Pipeline shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 23.8% of Carnival Co. & shares are held by institutional investors. 0.9% of Plains All American Pipeline shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% 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 is poised for long-term growth.

Which has stronger valuation and earnings, PAA or CUK?

Carnival Co. & has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Plains All American Pipeline. Carnival Co. & is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Plains All American Pipeline, 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
Plains All American Pipeline	$50.07B	0.28	$772M	$0.73	27.65
Carnival Co. &	$25.02B	0.14	$1.92B	$1.50	12.64

Is PAA or CUK more profitable?

Carnival Co. & has a net margin of 7.66% compared to Plains All American Pipeline's net margin of 1.54%. Carnival Co. &'s return on equity of 24.13% beat Plains All American Pipeline's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Plains All American Pipeline	1.54%	11.69%	4.83%
Carnival Co. &	7.66%	24.13%	3.82%

Is PAA or CUK a better dividend stock?

Plains All American Pipeline pays an annual dividend of $1.52 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.5%. Carnival Co. & pays an annual dividend of $2.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 10.5%. Plains All American Pipeline pays out 208.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. 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. Carnival Co. & is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Does the media favor PAA or CUK?

In the previous week, Carnival Co. & had 7 more articles in the media than Plains All American Pipeline. MarketBeat recorded 18 mentions for Carnival Co. & and 11 mentions for Plains All American Pipeline. Plains All American Pipeline's average media sentiment score of 1.28 beat Carnival Co. &'s score of 0.60 indicating that Plains All American Pipeline is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Plains All American Pipeline	8 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Carnival Co. &	7 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	5 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has more risk and volatility, PAA or CUK?

Plains All American Pipeline has a beta of 1.62, suggesting that its stock price is 62% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Carnival Co. & has a beta of 2.72, suggesting that its stock price is 172% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Plains All American Pipeline beats Carnival Co. & on 13 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.