Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd vs Ulta Beauty Inc — how do they compare? Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd trades at $285.5 (market cap $76.75B), while Ulta Beauty Inc trades at $480 (market cap $21.04B). The key difference: Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd is far larger — about 3.6× Ulta Beauty Inc's market cap, and Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd pays a 1.75% dividend while Ulta Beauty Inc pays none. Which is the better fit depends on your goals.
| RCL | ULTA | |
|---|---|---|
Market Cap | $76.75B | $21.04B |
Sector | Consumer Cyclical | Consumer Cyclical |
52-Week High | $365.84 | $706.82 |
52-Week Low | $246.71 | $450.75 |
Enterprise Value | $98.03B | $23.12B |
Dividend Yield | 1.75% | — |
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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.
Read more on RCL →With more than 1,300 stores and a partnership with Target, Ulta Beauty is the largest specialized beauty retailer in the U.S. The firm offers makeup (43% of 2021 sales), fragrances, skin care, and hair care products (20% of 2021 sales), and bath and body items. Ulta offers private-label products and merchandise from more than 500 vendors. It also offers salon services, including hair, makeup, skin, and brow services, in all stores. Most Ulta stores are approximately 10,000 square feet and are in suburban strip centers. Ulta was founded in 1990 and is based in Bolingbrook, Illinois.
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