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Royal Caribbean Cruises (RCL) Competitors

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$242.15 -0.85 (-0.35%)
(As of 12/17/2024 ET)

RCL vs. ABNB, MAR, CCL, H, CHH, VAC, MCS, VIK, BIP, and NCLH

Should you be buying Royal Caribbean Cruises stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Royal Caribbean Cruises include Airbnb (ABNB), Marriott International (MAR), Carnival Co. & (CCL), Hyatt Hotels (H), Choice Hotels International (CHH), Marriott Vacations Worldwide (VAC), Marcus (MCS), Viking (VIK), Brookfield Infrastructure Partners (BIP), and Norwegian Cruise Line (NCLH).

Royal Caribbean Cruises vs.

Airbnb (NASDAQ:ABNB) and Royal Caribbean Cruises (NYSE:RCL) are both large-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, risk, valuation, earnings, dividends, institutional ownership, profitability, community ranking and analyst recommendations.

Airbnb has a net margin of 16.96% compared to Royal Caribbean Cruises' net margin of 16.21%. Royal Caribbean Cruises' return on equity of 52.92% beat Airbnb's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Airbnb16.96% 32.88% 11.43%
Royal Caribbean Cruises 16.21%52.92%8.66%

Airbnb presently has a consensus target price of $138.94, suggesting a potential upside of 5.06%. Royal Caribbean Cruises has a consensus target price of $239.75, suggesting a potential downside of 0.99%. Given Airbnb's higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Airbnb is more favorable than Royal Caribbean Cruises.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Airbnb
6 Sell rating(s)
19 Hold rating(s)
8 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.06
Royal Caribbean Cruises
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
14 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.88

In the previous week, Royal Caribbean Cruises had 3 more articles in the media than Airbnb. MarketBeat recorded 32 mentions for Royal Caribbean Cruises and 29 mentions for Airbnb. Royal Caribbean Cruises' average media sentiment score of 1.01 beat Airbnb's score of 0.73 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
15 Very Positive mention(s)
3 Positive mention(s)
7 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Royal Caribbean Cruises
17 Very Positive mention(s)
4 Positive mention(s)
8 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Airbnb has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Royal Caribbean Cruises. 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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Airbnb$10.84B7.73$4.79B$2.8546.40
Royal Caribbean Cruises$16.06B4.06$1.70B$9.7324.89

Royal Caribbean Cruises received 806 more outperform votes than Airbnb when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 71.30% of users gave Royal Caribbean Cruises an outperform vote while only 37.64% of users gave Airbnb an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
AirbnbOutperform Votes
163
37.64%
Underperform Votes
270
62.36%
Royal Caribbean CruisesOutperform Votes
969
71.30%
Underperform Votes
390
28.70%

Airbnb has a beta of 1.13, meaning that its stock price is 13% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Royal Caribbean Cruises has a beta of 2.59, meaning that its stock price is 159% more volatile than the S&P 500.

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 hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Royal Caribbean Cruises beats Airbnb on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.

New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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RCL vs. The Competition

MetricRoyal Caribbean CruisesWater transportation IndustryDiscretionary SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$65.11B$8.14B$8.50B$19.60B
Dividend Yield0.65%6.75%2.73%3.51%
P/E Ratio24.8925.4818.4643.90
Price / Sales4.062.6213.9417.45
Price / Cash18.536.5733.4821.72
Price / Book12.663.695.665.46
Net Income$1.70B$113.02M$263.74M$986.21M
7 Day Performance-1.40%-3.59%-1.20%-2.15%
1 Month Performance4.60%-7.78%2.48%1.28%
1 Year Performance97.64%5.82%13.46%16.45%

Royal Caribbean Cruises Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
RCL
Royal Caribbean Cruises
4.6271 of 5 stars
$242.15
-0.3%
$239.75
-1.0%
+97.6%$65.11B$16.06B24.8998,200Dividend Cut
ABNB
Airbnb
2.8139 of 5 stars
$132.93
+1.5%
$138.94
+4.5%
-9.8%$84.27B$10.84B45.956,907Analyst Forecast
Short Interest ↑
MAR
Marriott International
3.9217 of 5 stars
$290.48
+1.2%
$266.25
-8.3%
+30.9%$80.72B$24.77B30.03411,000
CCL
Carnival Co. &
4.2641 of 5 stars
$26.02
+0.5%
$26.62
+2.3%
+38.2%$30.03B$24.48B23.3892,000Analyst Forecast
Short Interest ↑
H
Hyatt Hotels
4.2487 of 5 stars
$161.79
+1.8%
$152.88
-5.5%
+20.6%$15.54B$6.71B11.98206,000Short Interest ↓
CHH
Choice Hotels International
3.7736 of 5 stars
$146.12
-0.2%
$134.18
-8.2%
+31.5%$6.85B$1.55B28.061,836Dividend Announcement
Short Interest ↓
VAC
Marriott Vacations Worldwide
4.5495 of 5 stars
$95.23
+0.7%
$106.22
+11.5%
+7.1%$3.32B$4.83B18.0122,000
MCS
Marcus
4.2379 of 5 stars
$21.66
-1.2%
$23.00
+6.2%
+48.9%$681.90M$708.77M-64.477,780Positive News
VIK
Viking
2.7567 of 5 stars
$46.41
+2.0%
$41.92
-9.7%
N/A$20.02B$4.71B0.009,500
BIP
Brookfield Infrastructure Partners
4.5558 of 5 stars
$32.39
-1.0%
$40.20
+24.1%
+7.9%$14.96B$17.93B-86.1152,000Short Interest ↓
Positive News
NCLH
Norwegian Cruise Line
4.5766 of 5 stars
$26.63
-0.6%
$28.93
+8.6%
+29.6%$11.71B$9.36B24.5941,000Analyst Forecast

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This page (NYSE:RCL) was last updated on 12/18/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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