Lowe`s Companies Inc vs Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd — how do they compare? Lowe`s Companies Inc trades at $220.63 (market cap $124.06B), while Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd trades at $307.2 (market cap $82.15B). The key difference: Lowe`s Companies Inc is the larger of the two by market cap, and Lowe`s Companies Inc pays the higher dividend (2.26%). Which is the better fit depends on your goals.
| LOW | RCL | |
|---|---|---|
Market Cap | $124.06B | $82.15B |
Sector | Consumer Cyclical | Consumer Cyclical |
52-Week High | $287.39 | $365.84 |
52-Week Low | $201.92 | $246.71 |
Enterprise Value | $165.81B | $104.79B |
Dividend Yield | 2.26% | 1.63% |
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Latest headlines on both assets
Lowe's is the second-largest home improvement retailer in the world, operating 1,969 stores and servicing around 230 dealer-owned stores throughout the United States and Canada. The firm's stores offer products and services for home decorating, maintenance, repair, and remodeling, with maintenance and repair accounting for two thirds of products sold. Lowe's targets retail do-it-yourself (around 75% of sales) and do-it-for-me customers as well as commercial and professional business clients (around 25% of sales). We estimate Lowe's captures a low-double-digit share of the domestic home improvement market, based on U.S. Census data and management's estimates for market size.
Read more on LOW →Royal Caribbean is the world's second-largest cruise company, operating 64 ships across five global and partner brands in the cruise vacation industry, with 10 more ships on order. Brands the company operates include Royal Caribbean International, Celebrity Cruises, and Silversea. The company also has a 50% investment in a joint venture that operates TUI Cruises and Hapag-Lloyd Cruises, allowing it to compete on the basis of innovation, quality of ships and service, variety of itineraries, choice of destinations, and price. The company completed the divestiture of its Azamara brand in the first quarter of 2021.
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