Hyatt Hotels (H) Competitors

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

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in H or CCL?

73.5% of Hyatt Hotels shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 67.2% of Carnival Co. & shares are owned by institutional investors. 23.5% of Hyatt Hotels shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 7.6% of Carnival Co. & shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in H or CCL?

Carnival Co. & received 397 more outperform votes than Hyatt Hotels when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 62.97% of users gave Carnival Co. & an outperform vote while only 57.08% of users gave Hyatt Hotels an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Hyatt Hotels	Outperform Votes 625 57.08%	Underperform Votes 470 42.92%
Carnival Co. &	Outperform Votes 1022 62.97%	Underperform Votes 601 37.03%

Is H or CCL a better dividend stock?

Hyatt Hotels pays an annual dividend of $0.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.5%. Carnival Co. & pays an annual dividend of $2.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 9.3%. Hyatt Hotels pays out 4.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. 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.

Which has more volatility & risk, H or CCL?

Hyatt Hotels has a beta of 1.51, suggesting that its stock price is 51% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Carnival Co. & has a beta of 2.66, suggesting that its stock price is 166% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is H or CCL more profitable?

Hyatt Hotels has a net margin of 19.50% compared to Carnival Co. &'s net margin of 7.66%. Carnival Co. &'s return on equity of 24.13% beat Hyatt Hotels' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Hyatt Hotels	19.50%	9.81%	2.97%
Carnival Co. &	7.66%	24.13%	3.82%

Does the media refer more to H or CCL?

In the previous week, Carnival Co. & had 21 more articles in the media than Hyatt Hotels. MarketBeat recorded 55 mentions for Carnival Co. & and 34 mentions for Hyatt Hotels. Carnival Co. &'s average media sentiment score of 0.62 beat Hyatt Hotels' score of 0.31 indicating that Carnival Co. & is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Hyatt Hotels	10 Very Positive mention(s)	4 Positive mention(s)	12 Neutral mention(s)	3 Negative mention(s)	2 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Carnival Co. &	24 Very Positive mention(s)	4 Positive mention(s)	14 Neutral mention(s)	4 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do analysts prefer H or CCL?

Hyatt Hotels currently has a consensus price target of $161.97, indicating a potential upside of 30.76%. Carnival Co. & has a consensus price target of $26.72, indicating a potential upside of 24.54%. Given Hyatt Hotels' higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe Hyatt Hotels is more favorable than Carnival Co. &.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Hyatt Hotels	0 Sell rating(s)	10 Hold rating(s)	8 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.44
Carnival Co. &	1 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	14 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.68

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, H or CCL?

Carnival Co. & has higher revenue and earnings than Hyatt Hotels. Hyatt Hotels 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
Hyatt Hotels	$6.65B	1.79	$1.30B	$12.44	9.96
Carnival Co. &	$25.42B	0.98	$1.92B	$1.50	14.30

Summary

Carnival Co. & beats Hyatt Hotels on 13 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.