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

Do insiders & institutionals believe in ABNB or RCL?

80.8% of Airbnb shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 87.5% of Royal Caribbean Cruises shares are owned by institutional investors. 27.8% of Airbnb shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 8.0% of Royal Caribbean Cruises shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Do analysts recommend ABNB or RCL?

Airbnb presently has a consensus price target of $147.00, suggesting a potential downside of 2.34%. Royal Caribbean Cruises has a consensus price target of $284.12, suggesting a potential upside of 18.49%. Given Royal Caribbean Cruises' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly 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)	19 Hold rating(s)	12 Buy rating(s)	2 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.29
Royal Caribbean Cruises	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	14 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.82

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%

Which has more risk and volatility, ABNB or RCL?

Airbnb has a beta of 1.12, meaning that its share price is 12% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Royal Caribbean Cruises has a beta of 2.59, meaning that its share price is 159% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor ABNB or RCL?

Royal Caribbean Cruises received 808 more outperform votes than Airbnb when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 71.38% of users gave Royal Caribbean Cruises an outperform vote while only 37.80% of users gave Airbnb an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Airbnb	Outperform Votes 172 37.80%	Underperform Votes 283 62.20%
Royal Caribbean Cruises	Outperform Votes 980 71.38%	Underperform Votes 393 28.62%

Does the media refer more to ABNB or RCL?

In the previous week, Airbnb had 73 more articles in the media than Royal Caribbean Cruises. MarketBeat recorded 122 mentions for Airbnb and 49 mentions for Royal Caribbean Cruises. Royal Caribbean Cruises' average media sentiment score of 0.78 beat Airbnb's score of 0.71 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	46 Very Positive mention(s)	22 Positive mention(s)	32 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	2 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Royal Caribbean Cruises	25 Very Positive mention(s)	4 Positive mention(s)	13 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has preferable earnings and valuation, 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	8.60	$2.65B	$4.13	36.45
Royal Caribbean Cruises	$16.49B	3.91	$2.88B	$10.69	22.43

Summary

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