Navigator (NVGS) Competitors

Navigator (NYSE:NVGS) and Carnival Co. & (NYSE:CUK) are both transportation companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, analyst recommendations, risk, community ranking, valuation, institutional ownership, media sentiment, profitability and dividends.

Is NVGS or CUK more profitable?

Navigator has a net margin of 14.48% compared to Carnival Co. &'s net margin of 7.66%. Carnival Co. &'s return on equity of 24.13% beat Navigator's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Navigator	14.48%	7.40%	4.23%
Carnival Co. &	7.66%	24.13%	3.82%

Do analysts prefer NVGS or CUK?

Navigator currently has a consensus target price of $21.60, indicating a potential upside of 37.80%. Given Navigator's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Navigator is more favorable than Carnival Co. &.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Navigator	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Carnival Co. &	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Which has more volatility and risk, NVGS or CUK?

Navigator has a beta of 1.45, suggesting that its share price is 45% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Carnival Co. & has a beta of 2.69, suggesting that its share price is 169% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in NVGS or CUK?

Navigator received 23 more outperform votes than Carnival Co. & when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 69.61% of users gave Navigator an outperform vote while only 64.66% of users gave Carnival Co. & an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Navigator	Outperform Votes 323 69.61%	Underperform Votes 141 30.39%
Carnival Co. &	Outperform Votes 300 64.66%	Underperform Votes 164 35.34%

Does the media refer more to NVGS or CUK?

In the previous week, Carnival Co. & had 2 more articles in the media than Navigator. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Carnival Co. & and 4 mentions for Navigator. Navigator's average media sentiment score of 0.77 beat Carnival Co. &'s score of 0.45 indicating that Navigator is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Navigator	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Carnival Co. &	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

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

19.0% of Navigator shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 23.8% of Carnival Co. & shares are held by institutional investors. 0.4% of Navigator shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of Carnival Co. & shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has stronger valuation & earnings, NVGS or CUK?

Carnival Co. & has higher revenue and earnings than Navigator. Navigator 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
Navigator	$550.74M	2.08	$82.25M	$1.13	13.87
Carnival Co. &	$25.02B	0.16	$1.92B	$1.39	15.13

Summary

Navigator beats Carnival Co. & on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.