Carnival vs Viking
CCL and VIK side by side, both in water transportation. Figures are trailing twelve months unless noted, from SEC filings and end-of-day prices.
How CCL and VIK compare
Viking grew revenue faster over the last twelve months (20.0% versus 5.2% for Carnival).
Viking keeps more of each dollar of sales as profit, with a net margin of 19.3% compared with 11.4% at Carnival.
Carnival pays a dividend yielding 1.6%; Viking does not pay one.
Carnival scores higher on the StockData Score (12 against 6 for Viking), which adds up 30 checks on valuation, growth, past performance, financial health and dividends.
Key numbers
A dot marks the better figure where higher or lower is clearly better.
| Metric | CCL | VIK |
|---|---|---|
| Size and price | ||
| Market cap | $38.8B | – |
| Share price | $28.83 | $87.47 |
| Change, 1 year | 3.4% | 46.9% |
| Change, 5 years | 16.3% | – |
| Beta (5Y) | 1.96 | 1.23 |
| Employees | 160K | 13K |
| StockData Score | ||
| Total score | 12 (better) | 6 |
| Valuation score | 4 (better) | 0 |
| Growth score | 3 | 3 |
| Performance score | 3 (better) | 2 |
| Health score | 1 | 1 |
| Dividend score | 1 (better) | 0 |
| Valuation | ||
| P/E | 12.6× | – |
| P/S | 1.4× | – |
| P/B | 2.7× | – |
| EV/EBITDA | 8.4× | – |
| P/FCF | 12.2× | – |
| FCF yield | 8.2% | – |
| Fair value | $30.07 | – |
| Margin of safety | 4.1% | – |
| Growth | ||
| Revenue growth (TTM) | 5.2% | 20.0% (better) |
| Revenue growth, 5Y average | 36.6% | – |
| Net income growth (TTM) | 18.7% | 64.8% (better) |
| EPS growth (TTM) | 19.3% | – |
| Profitability | ||
| Gross margin | – | 43.2% |
| Operating margin | 16.0% | 23.3% (better) |
| Net margin | 11.4% | 19.3% (better) |
| FCF margin | 11.5% | – |
| Return on equity | 24.0% | – |
| Return on invested capital | 11.9% | – |
| Financial health | ||
| Debt / equity | 1.69 | – |
| Net debt / EBITDA | 3.10 | 1.01 (better) |
| Interest coverage | 3.8× | 4.6× (better) |
| Current ratio | 0.27 | 0.81 (better) |
| Altman Z-score | 1.43 | – |
| Piotroski F-score | 7 | 8 (better) |
| Dividends and buybacks | ||
| Dividend yield | 1.6% | – |
| Shareholder yield | 1.6% | – |
| Ownership | ||
| Held by institutions | 71.5% | 47.7% |
| Held by insiders | 7.3% | 53.8% |
| Insider net buying, 12 months | −$13.5M (better) | −$39.6M |
| Superinvestors holding | 1 | – |
| Short interest, % of float | 3.3% | 4.4% |
Go deeper
- CCL stock overview
- CCL income statement
- CCL valuation and score
- VIK stock overview
- VIK income statement
- VIK valuation and score
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