Flight Centre (OTCMKTS:FGETF – Get Free Report) and Carnival (NYSE:CCL – Get Free Report) are both consumer discretionary companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, dividends, valuation, profitability, risk, earnings and institutional ownership.
Analyst Recommendations
This is a summary of recent recommendations and price targets for Flight Centre and Carnival, as reported by MarketBeat.com.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| Flight Centre | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3.00 |
| Carnival | 0 | 6 | 20 | 1 | 2.81 |
Carnival has a consensus target price of $35.08, suggesting a potential upside of 19.09%. Given Carnival’s higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Carnival is more favorable than Flight Centre.
Earnings & Valuation
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| Flight Centre | $1.80 billion | 1.01 | $70.90 million | N/A | N/A |
| Carnival | $27.31 billion | 1.48 | $2.76 billion | $2.22 | 13.27 |
Carnival has higher revenue and earnings than Flight Centre.
Profitability
This table compares Flight Centre and Carnival’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| Flight Centre | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Carnival | 11.24% | 26.11% | 6.36% |
Insider & Institutional Ownership
67.2% of Carnival shares are held by institutional investors. 7.9% of Carnival shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Volatility & Risk
Flight Centre has a beta of 0.06, indicating that its share price is 94% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Carnival has a beta of 2.35, indicating that its share price is 135% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Carnival beats Flight Centre on 11 of the 12 factors compared between the two stocks.
About Flight Centre
Flight Centre Travel Group Limited provides travel retailing services for the leisure and corporate sectors in Australia, New Zealand, the Americas, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, Asia, and internationally. The company offers leisure travel services for the niche sectors, as well as mass, youth, premium, and cruise markets; and corporate travel services for organizations of various sizes across industries, as well as supplies products to its national and international network, or travel retail outlets. It also provides tour operations, hotel management, and destination management services. In addition, the company offers other travel related services, including foreign currency exchange and travel academies; recruitment marketing and bike retailing; and employee benefit services. It provides its services primarily under the Flight Centre brand, as well as other travel brands, such as Student Flights, Travel Associates, Liberty Travel, Infinity Holidays, GOGO Vacations, FCm Travel Solutions, Corporate Traveller, Stage and Screen, and cievents. The company was formerly known as Flight Centre Limited and changed its name to Flight Centre Travel Group Limited in November 2013. The company was incorporated in 1987 and is headquartered in South Brisbane, Australia.
About Carnival
Carnival Corp. engages in the operation of cruise ships. It operates through the following business segments: North America and Australia (NAA) Cruise, Europe and Asia (EA) Cruise Operations, Cruise Support, and Tour and Others. The North America and Australia (NAA) Cruise segment includes the Carnival Cruise Line, Holland America Line, Princess Cruises, and Seabourn. The Europe and Asia (EA) Cruise Operations segment consists of AIDA, Costa, Cunard, and P&O Cruises (UK). The Cruise Support segment represents port destinations and private islands for the benefit of its cruise brands. The Tour and Other segment operates hotel and transportation operations of Holland America Princess Alaska Tours. The company was founded in 1972 and is headquartered in Miami, FL.
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