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$41.26 -0.16 (-0.39%)
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VIK vs. CP, CNI, CSX, MPLX, RYAAY, PAA, BIP, ZTO, MMYT, and PAC

Should you be buying Viking stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Viking include Canadian Pacific Kansas City (CP), Canadian National Railway (CNI), CSX (CSX), Mplx (MPLX), Ryanair (RYAAY), Plains All American Pipeline (PAA), Brookfield Infrastructure Partners (BIP), ZTO Express (Cayman) (ZTO), MakeMyTrip (MMYT), and Grupo Aeroportuario del Pacífico (PAC). These companies are all part of the "transportation" industry.

Viking vs.

Canadian Pacific Kansas City (NYSE:CP) and Viking (NYSE:VIK) are both large-cap transportation companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, media sentiment, earnings, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, risk, community ranking, profitability and dividends.

72.2% of Canadian Pacific Kansas City shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 98.8% of Viking shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.0% of Canadian Pacific Kansas City shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Canadian Pacific Kansas City received 973 more outperform votes than Viking when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 69.70% of users gave Viking an outperform vote while only 68.98% of users gave Canadian Pacific Kansas City an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Canadian Pacific Kansas CityOutperform Votes
996
68.98%
Underperform Votes
448
31.02%
VikingOutperform Votes
23
69.70%
Underperform Votes
10
30.30%

In the previous week, Viking had 17 more articles in the media than Canadian Pacific Kansas City. MarketBeat recorded 33 mentions for Viking and 16 mentions for Canadian Pacific Kansas City. Canadian Pacific Kansas City's average media sentiment score of 1.12 beat Viking's score of 0.39 indicating that Canadian Pacific Kansas City is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Canadian Pacific Kansas City
13 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Viking
11 Very Positive mention(s)
4 Positive mention(s)
13 Neutral mention(s)
4 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

Canadian Pacific Kansas City has a net margin of 25.51% compared to Viking's net margin of -10.97%. Canadian Pacific Kansas City's return on equity of 8.86% beat Viking's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Canadian Pacific Kansas City25.51% 8.86% 4.80%
Viking -10.97%N/A -1.53%

Canadian Pacific Kansas City presently has a consensus price target of $95.45, indicating a potential upside of 31.87%. Viking has a consensus price target of $46.33, indicating a potential upside of 12.30%. Given Canadian Pacific Kansas City's higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe Canadian Pacific Kansas City is more favorable than Viking.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Canadian Pacific Kansas City
1 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
13 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.71
Viking
0 Sell rating(s)
4 Hold rating(s)
11 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.73

Canadian Pacific Kansas City has higher revenue and earnings than Viking. Canadian Pacific Kansas City is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Viking, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Canadian Pacific Kansas City$14.55B4.65$2.71B$2.9024.96
Viking$5.33B3.34-$1.86B$0.26158.69

Summary

Canadian Pacific Kansas City beats Viking on 12 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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VIK vs. The Competition

MetricVikingWater transportation IndustryTransportation SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$17.80B$7.31B$286.06B$19.75B
Dividend YieldN/A6.15%3.93%3.75%
P/E Ratio158.6967.9513.7434.05
Price / Sales3.342.64221.6228.57
Price / CashN/A5.6411.6917.54
Price / BookN/A3.001.924.63
Net Income-$1.86B$360.99M$544.29M$1.02B
7 Day Performance5.97%3.86%0.16%1.12%
1 Month Performance-14.19%-5.52%-4.13%-1.07%
1 Year PerformanceN/A-7.86%-3.17%7.08%

Viking Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
VIK
Viking
2.9215 of 5 stars
$41.26
-0.4%
$46.33
+12.3%
N/A$17.80B$5.33B158.699,500
CP
Canadian Pacific Kansas City
4.7216 of 5 stars
$75.35
+0.1%
$95.45
+26.7%
-17.9%$70.35B$14.55B25.9811,800Positive News
CNI
Canadian National Railway
4.7591 of 5 stars
$98.28
+0.6%
$124.19
+26.4%
-25.1%$61.76B$17.05B19.1925,428Positive News
CSX
CSX
4.8171 of 5 stars
$30.33
+1.1%
$37.00
+22.0%
-20.1%$57.46B$14.54B16.9422,500Positive News
MPLX
Mplx
2.6233 of 5 stars
$54.67
+2.5%
$54.00
-1.2%
+32.8%$55.90B$10.90B12.995,810Analyst Revision
RYAAY
Ryanair
3.8708 of 5 stars
$47.81
+1.1%
$151.00
+215.8%
-68.3%$25.69B$13.82B14.6619,100
PAA
Plains All American Pipeline
1.4257 of 5 stars
$19.96
+1.3%
$20.14
+0.9%
+17.9%$14.05B$50.07B27.344,200Analyst Forecast
News Coverage
Positive News
BIP
Brookfield Infrastructure Partners
4.726 of 5 stars
$28.91
+3.2%
$42.50
+47.0%
+1.9%$13.42B$21.04B722.8152,000Analyst Forecast
News Coverage
ZTO
ZTO Express (Cayman)
3.8517 of 5 stars
$20.74
+3.8%
$24.53
+18.3%
-4.9%$12.53B$41.98B14.3023,554Earnings Report
Dividend Announcement
MMYT
MakeMyTrip
2.2299 of 5 stars
$96.03
+2.1%
$122.50
+27.6%
+55.7%$10.54B$935.76M52.194,576News Coverage
PAC
Grupo Aeroportuario del Pacífico
1.8295 of 5 stars
$198.16
+3.4%
$200.00
+0.9%
+23.0%$10.01B$33.61B19.702,688Positive News
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This page (NYSE:VIK) was last updated on 3/25/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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