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Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings Ltd. (NCLH) vs Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. (RCL)

Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings Ltd. 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 $8.2B — 10.6× the size. Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings Ltd. trades at the lower P/E: 9.8× against 19.0×. Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 9.74% against 4.85%. Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. has the higher net margin (23.8% vs 8.20%) and the higher return on invested capital (9.86% vs 4.89%). Across the 20 metrics below, Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. leads on 13 and Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings Ltd. on 7.

Valuation

Metric NCLH RCL Travel Services median
P/E 9.81 19.05 19.05
P/S 0.80 4.50 2.64
P/B 2.59 7.23 2.71
Price to free cash flow n/m 57.05 13.14
EV/EBITDA 8.62 14.99 13.28
EV/Sales 2.26 5.63 3.26
Earnings yield 10.19% 5.25% 4.29%
Free cash flow yield (6.92%) 1.75% 4.65%

Profitability

Metric NCLH RCL Travel Services median
Gross margin 41.40% 49.05% 52.17%
Operating margin 13.85% 27.55% 15.57%
Net margin 8.20% 23.78% 8.07%
Free cash flow margin (5.55%) 7.89% 7.89%
Return on equity 31.18% 40.99% 1.26%
Return on assets 3.60% 10.72% 3.81%
Return on invested capital 4.89% 9.86% 5.65%

Growth

Metric NCLH RCL Travel Services median
Revenue growth (TTM) 4.85% 9.74% 11.33%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) (51.32%) 42.69% 5.97%
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 50.33% 52.02% 29.37%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%

Health

Metric NCLH RCL Travel Services median
Debt to equity 4.79 1.88 0.21
Current ratio 0.23 0.22 1.33
Net debt to EBITDA 5.29 3.05 1.01

Dividend

Metric NCLH RCL Travel Services median
Dividend yield — 1.70% 1.52%
Payout ratio — 0.33 0.20

Size

Metric NCLH RCL Travel Services median
Market cap 8.16b 86.32b 4.77b

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