NCLH vs. CCL, BIP, KEX, TDW, MATX, INSW, GOGL, GLNG, CUK, 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), Golden Ocean Group (GOGL), Golar LNG (GLNG), Carnival Co. & (CUK), 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 superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, community ranking, risk, media sentiment, dividends, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, profitability and earnings.
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 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 presently has a consensus target price of $21.25, suggesting a potential upside of 28.01%. Carnival Co. & has a consensus target price of $21.53, suggesting a potential upside of 42.75%. Given Carnival Co. &'s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Carnival Co. & is more favorable than Norwegian Cruise Line.
Norwegian Cruise Line has a beta of 2.59, suggesting that its share price is 159% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Carnival Co. & has a beta of 2.53, suggesting that its share price is 153% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Norwegian Cruise Line had 21 more articles in the media than Carnival Co. &. MarketBeat recorded 38 mentions for Norwegian Cruise Line and 17 mentions for Carnival Co. &. Norwegian Cruise Line's average media sentiment score of 0.80 beat Carnival Co. &'s score of 0.38 indicating that Norwegian Cruise Line is being referred to more favorably in the media.
69.6% of Norwegian Cruise Line shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 67.2% of Carnival Co. & shares are held by institutional investors. 0.9% of Norwegian Cruise Line shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 11.0% of Carnival Co. & 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.
Summary
Norwegian Cruise Line beats Carnival Co. & on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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