Norwegian Cruise Line (NCLH) Competitors

Norwegian Cruise Line (NYSE:NCLH) and Ryanair (NASDAQ:RYAAY) are both large-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, valuation, risk, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, earnings, profitability, media sentiment and dividends.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in NCLH or RYAAY?

Ryanair received 549 more outperform votes than Norwegian Cruise Line when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 69.70% of users gave Ryanair an outperform vote while only 29.88% of users gave Norwegian Cruise Line an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Norwegian Cruise Line	Outperform Votes 49 29.88%	Underperform Votes 115 70.12%
Ryanair	Outperform Votes 598 69.70%	Underperform Votes 260 30.30%

Which has better earnings and valuation, NCLH or RYAAY?

Ryanair has higher revenue and earnings than Norwegian Cruise Line. Ryanair is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Norwegian Cruise Line, 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
Norwegian Cruise Line	$9.36B	1.24	$166.18M	$1.09	24.17
Ryanair	$14.59B	1.68	$2.07B	$3.00	15.01

Do analysts rate NCLH or RYAAY?

Norwegian Cruise Line presently has a consensus target price of $27.60, suggesting a potential upside of 4.78%. Ryanair has a consensus target price of $154.67, suggesting a potential upside of 243.55%. Given Ryanair's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Ryanair is more favorable than Norwegian Cruise Line.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Norwegian Cruise Line	1 Sell rating(s)	8 Hold rating(s)	6 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.44
Ryanair	0 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	4 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Does the media prefer NCLH or RYAAY?

In the previous week, Ryanair had 4 more articles in the media than Norwegian Cruise Line. MarketBeat recorded 20 mentions for Ryanair and 16 mentions for Norwegian Cruise Line. Ryanair's average media sentiment score of 1.18 beat Norwegian Cruise Line's score of 0.58 indicating that Ryanair is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Norwegian Cruise Line	4 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	9 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Ryanair	13 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has more risk and volatility, NCLH or RYAAY?

Norwegian Cruise Line has a beta of 2.67, suggesting that its stock price is 167% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ryanair has a beta of 1.54, suggesting that its stock price is 54% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is NCLH or RYAAY more profitable?

Ryanair has a net margin of 11.38% compared to Norwegian Cruise Line's net margin of 5.87%. Norwegian Cruise Line's return on equity of 99.31% beat Ryanair's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Norwegian Cruise Line	5.87%	99.31%	3.12%
Ryanair	11.38%	19.92%	9.23%

Do insiders & institutionals believe in NCLH or RYAAY?

69.6% of Norwegian Cruise Line shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 43.7% of Ryanair shares are held by institutional investors. 0.5% of Norwegian Cruise Line shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Ryanair beats Norwegian Cruise Line on 13 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.