Which is more profitable, Carnival or Royal Caribbean Cruises?

Royal Caribbean Cruises keeps more of every sale as profit.

Which grows faster, Carnival or Royal Caribbean Cruises?

Royal Caribbean Cruises grew its sales faster in recent years.

Which is cheaper, Carnival or Royal Caribbean Cruises?

Carnival costs less for each unit of yearly profit (lower P/E).

Which has less debt, Carnival or Royal Caribbean Cruises?

Royal Caribbean Cruises would need fewer years of earnings to pay off its debt.

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Carnival vs Royal Caribbean Cruises stock

Side by side in plain words: who keeps more of its sales, grows faster, costs less and owes less.

In one sentence

Carnival is cheaper for its profits. Royal Caribbean Cruises is more profitable, grows faster and has less debt.

Side by side

	Carnival	Royal Caribbean Cruises
	$39.3 billion	$86.5 billion
	10.4%	23.8%
	+36.6%	+52.0%
	14.2×	20.3×
	3.8 years	3.0 years
	8.3%	13.5%
	1.1%	1.5%

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How we compare

Four contests with the same rules as each stock page: profit kept from sales (higher wins), yearly sales growth across the last reports, up to five years (higher wins), price per unit of yearly profit (lower P/E wins; a company without profit loses) and debt in years of earnings (lower wins). A winner is only named when both companies have the number.

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