NCLH vs. CCL, BIP, KEX, TDW, MATX, INSW, CUK, GOGL, GLNG, and TNK
Should you be buying Norwegian Cruise Line stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Norwegian Cruise Line include Carnival Co. & (CCL), Brookfield Infrastructure Partners (BIP), Kirby (KEX), Tidewater (TDW), Matson (MATX), International Seaways (INSW), Carnival Co. & (CUK), Golden Ocean Group (GOGL), Golar LNG (GLNG), and Teekay Tankers (TNK). These companies are all part of the "water transportation" industry.
Norwegian Cruise Line (NYSE:NCLH) and Carnival Co. & (NYSE:CCL) are both consumer discretionary companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, dividends, valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, community ranking, earnings, profitability and institutional ownership.
In the previous week, Norwegian Cruise Line had 6 more articles in the media than Carnival Co. &. MarketBeat recorded 28 mentions for Norwegian Cruise Line and 22 mentions for Carnival Co. &. Carnival Co. &'s average media sentiment score of 0.85 beat Norwegian Cruise Line's score of 0.72 indicating that Carnival Co. & is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Norwegian Cruise Line has a net margin of 3.84% compared to Carnival Co. &'s net margin of 1.79%. Norwegian Cruise Line's return on equity of 136.20% beat Carnival Co. &'s return on equity.
Norwegian Cruise Line has a beta of 2.62, suggesting that its stock price is 162% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Carnival Co. & has a beta of 2.57, suggesting that its stock price is 157% more volatile than the S&P 500.
69.6% of Norwegian Cruise Line shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 67.2% of Carnival Co. & shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.9% of Norwegian Cruise Line shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 11.0% of Carnival Co. & shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Norwegian Cruise Line has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Carnival Co. &. Norwegian Cruise Line is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Carnival Co. &, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Carnival Co. & received 956 more outperform votes than Norwegian Cruise Line when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 62.78% of users gave Carnival Co. & an outperform vote while only 30.47% of users gave Norwegian Cruise Line an outperform vote.
Norwegian Cruise Line presently has a consensus target price of $21.25, indicating a potential upside of 19.45%. Carnival Co. & has a consensus target price of $21.53, indicating a potential upside of 28.90%. Given Carnival Co. &'s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Carnival Co. & is more favorable than Norwegian Cruise Line.
Summary
Carnival Co. & beats Norwegian Cruise Line on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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