CCL vs. MAR, RCL, H, CHH, VAC, MCS, ABNB, BIP, KEX, and NCLH
Should you be buying Carnival Co. & stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Carnival Co. & include Marriott International (MAR), Royal Caribbean Cruises (RCL), Hyatt Hotels (H), Choice Hotels International (CHH), Marriott Vacations Worldwide (VAC), Marcus (MCS), Airbnb (ABNB), Brookfield Infrastructure Partners (BIP), Kirby (KEX), and Norwegian Cruise Line (NCLH).
Carnival Co. & (NYSE:CCL) and Marriott International (NASDAQ:MAR) are both large-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, valuation, profitability, earnings, risk, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, media sentiment and dividends.
Marriott International has a net margin of 12.00% compared to Carnival Co. &'s net margin of 1.79%. Carnival Co. &'s return on equity of 7.75% beat Marriott International's return on equity.
Carnival Co. & currently has a consensus price target of $21.53, suggesting a potential upside of 42.75%. Marriott International has a consensus price target of $241.33, suggesting a potential upside of 4.40%. Given Carnival Co. &'s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Carnival Co. & is more favorable than Marriott International.
Marriott International has higher revenue and earnings than Carnival Co. &. Marriott International 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 165 more outperform votes than Marriott International when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 62.78% of users gave Carnival Co. & an outperform vote while only 60.94% of users gave Marriott International an outperform vote.
67.2% of Carnival Co. & shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 70.7% of Marriott International shares are held by institutional investors. 11.0% of Carnival Co. & shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 12.3% of Marriott International shares are held 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.
Carnival Co. & has a beta of 2.53, suggesting that its stock price is 153% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Marriott International has a beta of 1.61, suggesting that its stock price is 61% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Marriott International had 1 more articles in the media than Carnival Co. &. MarketBeat recorded 17 mentions for Marriott International and 16 mentions for Carnival Co. &. Marriott International's average media sentiment score of 0.66 beat Carnival Co. &'s score of 0.48 indicating that Marriott International is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
Marriott International beats Carnival Co. & on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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