NCLH vs. CUK, CCL, PVH, BFAM, MAT, LBTYK, LBTYA, REYN, HRB, and NXST
Should you be buying Norwegian Cruise Line stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Norwegian Cruise Line include Carnival Co. & (CUK), Carnival Co. & (CCL), PVH (PVH), Bright Horizons Family Solutions (BFAM), Mattel (MAT), Liberty Global (LBTYK), Liberty Global (LBTYA), Reynolds Consumer Products (REYN), H&R Block (HRB), and Nexstar Media Group (NXST). These companies are all part of the "consumer discretionary" sector.
Norwegian Cruise Line (NYSE:NCLH) and Carnival Co. & (NYSE:CUK) are both mid-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, valuation, institutional ownership, risk, media sentiment, community ranking, earnings, dividends and profitability.
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.
In the previous week, Norwegian Cruise Line had 4 more articles in the media than Carnival Co. &. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for Norwegian Cruise Line and 5 mentions for Carnival Co. &. Norwegian Cruise Line's average media sentiment score of 0.76 beat Carnival Co. &'s score of 0.25 indicating that Norwegian Cruise Line is being referred to more favorably in the media.
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 2.58, suggesting that its share price is 158% more volatile than the S&P 500.
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.
Carnival Co. & received 264 more outperform votes than Norwegian Cruise Line when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.66% of users gave Carnival Co. & an outperform vote while only 30.25% of users gave Norwegian Cruise Line an outperform vote.
69.6% of Norwegian Cruise Line shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 23.8% of Carnival Co. & shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.9% of Norwegian Cruise Line shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of Carnival Co. & 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.
Norwegian Cruise Line currently has a consensus price target of $20.67, suggesting a potential upside of 31.22%. Given Norwegian Cruise Line's higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe Norwegian Cruise Line is more favorable than Carnival Co. &.
Summary
Norwegian Cruise Line beats Carnival Co. & on 14 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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