Expedia Group, Inc. (EXPE) vs Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. (RCL)

Expedia Group, Inc. and Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. are both Travel Services companies. Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. is the larger, with a market value of $86.3B against $32.7B — 2.6× the size. Expedia Group, Inc. trades at the lower P/E: 14.7× against 19.2×. Expedia Group, Inc. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 12.9% against 9.74%. Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. has the higher net margin (23.8% vs 13.0%) and the lower return on invested capital (9.86% vs 138.1%). Both pay a dividend; Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. yields more (1.69% vs 0.71%). Across the 22 metrics below, Expedia Group, Inc. leads on 15 and Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. on 7.

Valuation

Metric EXPE RCL Travel Services median
P/E 14.74 19.22 19.22
P/S 1.92 4.55 2.75
P/B 10.66 7.31 2.72
Price to free cash flow 8.30 57.69 13.08
EV/EBITDA 7.71 15.12 13.05
EV/Sales 1.81 5.68 3.18
Earnings yield 6.78% 5.20% 4.38%
Free cash flow yield 12.05% 1.73% 2.96%

Profitability

Metric EXPE RCL Travel Services median
Gross margin 90.48% 49.05% 66.27%
Operating margin 17.24% 27.55% 15.57%
Net margin 12.99% 23.78% 8.90%
Free cash flow margin 23.09% 7.89% 7.89%
Return on equity 76.49% 40.99% 1.26%
Return on assets 8.11% 10.72% 4.22%
Return on invested capital 138.08% 9.86% 6.10%

Growth

Metric EXPE RCL Travel Services median
Revenue growth (TTM) 12.92% 9.74% 10.83%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) 9.61% 42.69% 5.97%
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 23.16% 52.02% 29.37%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%

Health

Metric EXPE RCL Travel Services median
Debt to equity 1.87 1.88 0.19
Current ratio 0.77 0.22 1.33
Net debt to EBITDA (0.36) 3.05 1.01

Dividend

Metric EXPE RCL Travel Services median
Dividend yield 0.71% 1.69% 1.69%
Payout ratio 0.11 0.33 0.26

Size

Metric EXPE RCL Travel Services median
Market cap 32.70b 86.32b 4.82b

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