FLEX LNG (FLNG) Competitors

Carnival Co. & (NYSE:CUK) and FLEX LNG (NYSE:FLNG) are both consumer discretionary companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, earnings, institutional ownership, profitability, dividends, community ranking, risk, analyst recommendations and media sentiment.

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of CUK or FLNG?

23.8% of Carnival Co. & shares are held by institutional investors. 0.1% of Carnival Co. & shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of FLEX LNG shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in CUK or FLNG?

Carnival Co. & received 294 more outperform votes than FLEX LNG when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.66% of users gave Carnival Co. & an outperform vote while only 25.00% of users gave FLEX LNG an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Carnival Co. &	Outperform Votes 300 64.66%	Underperform Votes 164 35.34%
FLEX LNG	Outperform Votes 6 25.00%	Underperform Votes 18 75.00%

Which has higher valuation & earnings, CUK or FLNG?

FLEX LNG has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Carnival Co. &. FLEX LNG is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Carnival Co. &, 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. &	$24.48B	0.19	-$74M	$1.12	21.71
FLEX LNG	$362.65M	3.13	$120.04M	$1.70	12.55

Is CUK or FLNG more profitable?

FLEX LNG has a net margin of 25.33% compared to Carnival Co. &'s net margin of 6.39%. Carnival Co. &'s return on equity of 22.30% beat FLEX LNG's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Carnival Co. &	6.39%	22.30%	3.26%
FLEX LNG	25.33%	16.27%	5.11%

Does the media favor CUK or FLNG?

In the previous week, Carnival Co. & had 13 more articles in the media than FLEX LNG. MarketBeat recorded 15 mentions for Carnival Co. & and 2 mentions for FLEX LNG. Carnival Co. &'s average media sentiment score of 0.44 beat FLEX LNG's score of -0.40 indicating that Carnival Co. & is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Carnival Co. &	4 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	8 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
FLEX LNG	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Do analysts rate CUK or FLNG?

FLEX LNG has a consensus target price of $24.00, indicating a potential upside of 12.52%. Given FLEX LNG's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe FLEX LNG is more favorable than Carnival Co. &.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Carnival Co. &	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
FLEX LNG	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00

Which has more risk and volatility, CUK or FLNG?

Carnival Co. & has a beta of 2.72, suggesting that its stock price is 172% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, FLEX LNG has a beta of 0.71, suggesting that its stock price is 29% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is CUK or FLNG a better dividend stock?

Carnival Co. & pays an annual dividend of $2.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.2%. FLEX LNG pays an annual dividend of $3.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 14.1%. Carnival Co. & pays out 178.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. FLEX LNG pays out 176.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. FLEX LNG is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Summary

FLEX LNG beats Carnival Co. & on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.