Royal Caribbean Cruises vs Viking
RCL 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 RCL and VIK compare
Viking grew revenue faster over the last twelve months (20.0% versus 9.7% for Royal Caribbean Cruises).
Royal Caribbean Cruises keeps more of each dollar of sales as profit, with a net margin of 23.8% compared with 19.3% at Viking.
Royal Caribbean Cruises pays a dividend yielding 1.6%; Viking does not pay one.
Royal Caribbean Cruises scores higher on the StockData Score (13 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 | RCL | VIK |
|---|---|---|
| Size and price | ||
| Market cap | $89.7B | – |
| Share price | $335.18 | $90.06 |
| Change, 1 year | 26.5% | 51.0% |
| Change, 5 years | 317% | – |
| Beta (5Y) | 1.59 | 1.19 |
| Employees | 108K | 13K |
| StockData Score | ||
| Total score | 13 (better) | 6 |
| Valuation score | 1 (better) | 0 |
| Growth score | 3 | 3 |
| Performance score | 4 (better) | 2 |
| Health score | 2 (better) | 1 |
| Dividend score | 3 (better) | 0 |
| Valuation | ||
| P/E | 19.8× | – |
| P/S | 4.7× | – |
| P/B | 7.7× | – |
| EV/EBITDA | 15.6× | – |
| P/FCF | 59.4× | – |
| FCF yield | 1.7% | – |
| Fair value | $235.46 | – |
| Margin of safety | −42.4% | – |
| Growth | ||
| Revenue growth (TTM) | 9.7% | 20.0% (better) |
| Revenue growth, 5Y average | 52.0% | – |
| Net income growth (TTM) | 11.9% | 64.8% (better) |
| EPS growth (TTM) | 13.9% | – |
| Profitability | ||
| Gross margin | 49.1% (better) | 43.2% |
| Operating margin | 27.6% (better) | 23.3% |
| Net margin | 23.8% (better) | 19.3% |
| FCF margin | 7.9% | – |
| Return on equity | 41.7% | – |
| Return on invested capital | 16.4% | – |
| Financial health | ||
| Debt / equity | 1.91 | – |
| Net debt / EBITDA | 3.01 | 1.01 (better) |
| Interest coverage | 4.9× (better) | 4.6× |
| Current ratio | 0.22 | 0.81 (better) |
| Altman Z-score | 2.48 | – |
| Piotroski F-score | 9 (better) | 8 |
| Dividends and buybacks | ||
| Dividend yield | 1.6% | – |
| Payout ratio | 29.6% | – |
| Years of dividend growth | 2 | – |
| Dividend growth, 5Y average | 35.0% | – |
| Buyback yield | 1.7% | – |
| Shareholder yield | 3.4% | – |
| Ownership | ||
| Held by institutions | 88.8% | 47.7% |
| Held by insiders | 6.2% | 53.8% |
| Insider net buying, 12 months | −$873M | −$43.7M (better) |
| Short interest, % of float | 4.6% | 4.7% |
Go deeper
- RCL stock overview
- RCL income statement
- RCL valuation and score
- VIK stock overview
- VIK income statement
- VIK valuation and score
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