Royal Caribbean Cruises (RCL) Competitors

Airbnb (NASDAQ:ABNB) and Royal Caribbean Cruises (NYSE:RCL) 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, institutional ownership, community ranking, dividends, media sentiment, risk, valuation, profitability and analyst recommendations.

Do analysts recommend ABNB or RCL?

Airbnb presently has a consensus price target of $146.94, suggesting a potential upside of 24.12%. Royal Caribbean Cruises has a consensus price target of $272.53, suggesting a potential upside of 31.22%. Given Royal Caribbean Cruises' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Royal Caribbean Cruises is more favorable than Airbnb.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Airbnb	5 Sell rating(s)	17 Hold rating(s)	13 Buy rating(s)	2 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.32
Royal Caribbean Cruises	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	16 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.84

Does the media prefer ABNB or RCL?

In the previous week, Airbnb had 23 more articles in the media than Royal Caribbean Cruises. MarketBeat recorded 57 mentions for Airbnb and 34 mentions for Royal Caribbean Cruises. Royal Caribbean Cruises' average media sentiment score of 0.91 beat Airbnb's score of 0.35 indicating that Royal Caribbean Cruises is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Airbnb	19 Very Positive mention(s)	7 Positive mention(s)	16 Neutral mention(s)	4 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Royal Caribbean Cruises	21 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	3 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of ABNB or RCL?

80.8% of Airbnb shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 87.5% of Royal Caribbean Cruises shares are held by institutional investors. 27.8% of Airbnb shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 8.0% of Royal Caribbean Cruises shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor ABNB or RCL?

Royal Caribbean Cruises received 812 more outperform votes than Airbnb when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 71.42% of users gave Royal Caribbean Cruises an outperform vote while only 37.72% of users gave Airbnb an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Airbnb	Outperform Votes 175 37.72%	Underperform Votes 289 62.28%
Royal Caribbean Cruises	Outperform Votes 987 71.42%	Underperform Votes 395 28.58%

Which has higher valuation and earnings, ABNB or RCL?

Royal Caribbean Cruises has higher revenue and earnings than Airbnb. Royal Caribbean Cruises is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Airbnb, 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
Airbnb	$11.10B	6.72	$2.65B	$4.13	28.66
Royal Caribbean Cruises	$16.49B	3.39	$2.88B	$10.69	19.43

Which has more volatility & risk, ABNB or RCL?

Airbnb has a beta of 1.15, meaning that its share price is 15% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Royal Caribbean Cruises has a beta of 2.26, meaning that its share price is 126% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is ABNB or RCL more profitable?

Airbnb has a net margin of 23.85% compared to Royal Caribbean Cruises' net margin of 17.46%. Royal Caribbean Cruises' return on equity of 48.97% beat Airbnb's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Airbnb	23.85%	32.29%	11.27%
Royal Caribbean Cruises	17.46%	48.97%	8.86%

Summary

Royal Caribbean Cruises beats Airbnb on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.