Norwegian Cruise Line (NCLH) Competitors

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

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, NCLH or RYAAY?

Ryanair has higher revenue and earnings than Norwegian Cruise Line. Norwegian Cruise Line is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Ryanair, 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	$9.48B	0.76	$166.18M	$1.86	8.78
Ryanair	$13.82B	1.71	$2.07B	$3.26	13.65

Which has more risk and volatility, NCLH or RYAAY?

Norwegian Cruise Line has a beta of 2.27, meaning that its stock price is 127% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ryanair has a beta of 1.41, meaning that its stock price is 41% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is NCLH or RYAAY more profitable?

Ryanair has a net margin of 12.14% 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	12.14%	21.46%	9.91%

Does the media favor NCLH or RYAAY?

In the previous week, Norwegian Cruise Line had 4 more articles in the media than Ryanair. MarketBeat recorded 21 mentions for Norwegian Cruise Line and 17 mentions for Ryanair. Ryanair's average media sentiment score of 1.33 beat Norwegian Cruise Line's score of 0.81 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	11 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	6 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Ryanair	13 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do analysts rate NCLH or RYAAY?

Norwegian Cruise Line currently has a consensus price target of $28.22, suggesting a potential upside of 72.72%. Ryanair has a consensus price target of $147.00, suggesting a potential upside of 230.41%. Given Ryanair's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Ryanair is more favorable than Norwegian Cruise Line.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Norwegian Cruise Line	0 Sell rating(s)	8 Hold rating(s)	10 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.63
Ryanair	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	3 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.13

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer NCLH or RYAAY?

Ryanair received 541 more outperform votes than Norwegian Cruise Line when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 69.57% of users gave Ryanair an outperform vote while only 32.04% of users gave Norwegian Cruise Line an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Norwegian Cruise Line	Outperform Votes 58 32.04%	Underperform Votes 123 67.96%
Ryanair	Outperform Votes 599 69.57%	Underperform Votes 262 30.43%

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of NCLH or RYAAY?

69.6% of Norwegian Cruise Line shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 43.7% of Ryanair shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.5% of Norwegian Cruise Line shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Ryanair beats Norwegian Cruise Line on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.