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 investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, media sentiment, risk, community ranking, dividends, profitability, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership and valuation.

Is H or CCL more profitable?

Hyatt Hotels has a net margin of 20.55% 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	20.55%	10.74%	3.23%
Carnival Co. &	7.66%	24.13%	3.82%

Do analysts rate H or CCL?

Hyatt Hotels presently has a consensus price target of $156.48, suggesting a potential upside of 0.19%. Carnival Co. & has a consensus price target of $27.18, suggesting a potential upside of 5.14%. Given Carnival Co. &'s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Carnival Co. & is more favorable than Hyatt Hotels.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Hyatt Hotels	0 Sell rating(s)	13 Hold rating(s)	7 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.35
Carnival Co. &	1 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	14 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.72

Which has better earnings and valuation, 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	$6.67B	2.25	$220M	$13.27	11.77
Carnival Co. &	$25.02B	1.19	$1.92B	$1.39	18.60

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer H or CCL?

Carnival Co. & received 398 more outperform votes than Hyatt Hotels when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 62.97% of users gave Carnival Co. & an outperform vote while only 57.16% of users gave Hyatt Hotels an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Hyatt Hotels	Outperform Votes 619 57.16%	Underperform Votes 464 42.84%
Carnival Co. &	Outperform Votes 1017 62.97%	Underperform Votes 598 37.03%

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of 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, 11.0% of Carnival Co. & shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has more volatility and risk, H or CCL?

Hyatt Hotels has a beta of 1.48, meaning that its share price is 48% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Carnival Co. & has a beta of 2.64, meaning that its share price is 164% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media refer more to H or CCL?

In the previous week, Carnival Co. & had 14 more articles in the media than Hyatt Hotels. MarketBeat recorded 27 mentions for Carnival Co. & and 13 mentions for Hyatt Hotels. Carnival Co. &'s average media sentiment score of 1.00 beat Hyatt Hotels' score of 0.51 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	4 Very Positive mention(s)	3 Positive mention(s)	5 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Carnival Co. &	12 Very Positive mention(s)	3 Positive mention(s)	6 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

Carnival Co. & beats Hyatt Hotels on 13 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.