RCL vs. ABNB, MAR, CCL, H, CHH, VAC, MCS, BIP, KEX, 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), Brookfield Infrastructure Partners (BIP), Kirby (KEX), and Norwegian Cruise Line (NCLH).
Airbnb (NASDAQ:ABNB) and Royal Caribbean Cruises (NYSE:RCL) are both large-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, risk, dividends, earnings, profitability, valuation, media sentiment, institutional ownership and analyst recommendations.
In the previous week, Airbnb had 20 more articles in the media than Royal Caribbean Cruises. MarketBeat recorded 44 mentions for Airbnb and 24 mentions for Royal Caribbean Cruises. Royal Caribbean Cruises' average media sentiment score of 0.93 beat Airbnb's score of 0.86 indicating that Airbnb is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Airbnb has a net margin of 48.23% compared to Airbnb's net margin of 14.28%. Airbnb's return on equity of 51.54% beat Royal Caribbean Cruises' return on equity.
Airbnb presently has a consensus price target of $152.38, indicating a potential upside of 5.14%. Royal Caribbean Cruises has a consensus price target of $151.81, indicating a potential upside of 2.84%. Given Royal Caribbean Cruises' higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Airbnb is more favorable than Royal Caribbean Cruises.
80.8% of Airbnb shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 87.5% of Royal Caribbean Cruises shares are owned by institutional investors. 27.8% of Airbnb shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 8.0% of Royal Caribbean Cruises shares are owned 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.
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.
Airbnb has a beta of 1.24, meaning that its stock price is 24% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Royal Caribbean Cruises has a beta of 2.49, meaning that its stock price is 149% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Royal Caribbean Cruises received 790 more outperform votes than Airbnb when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 71.30% of users gave Royal Caribbean Cruises an outperform vote while only 38.80% of users gave Airbnb an outperform vote.
Summary
Airbnb and Royal Caribbean Cruises tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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