Forget Norwegian: Royal Caribbean Is a Better Cruise Stock
Picking cruise stocks these days is like shooting fish in a barrel, but in a bad way: If you miss your shot, the barrel's going to spring a leak, and that's a situation that never ends well on a ship.
Consider that Carnival (NYSE: CCL) (NYSE: CUK), Royal Caribbean International (NYSE: RCL), and Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings (NYSE: NCLH) have already shed between 75% and 82% of their peak values in the market's recent sell-off. Which stock is the best bargain at this point?
We're going to set Carnival aside for now. It's the industry's largest player, but Royal Caribbean and NCL have some interesting attributes that make them stand out for risk-tolerant investors these days. Royal Caribbean sports the most attractive margins of the three, and NCL offers some speculative appeal as the smallest of the three leading players. NCL stock has also taken the biggest hit since it peaked alongside Royal Caribbean earlier this year, but let's go over some of the reasons Royal Caribbean is the better cruise stock right now.
Source Fool.com
