Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd vs Western Digital Corp — how do they compare? Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd trades at $285.5 (market cap $76.75B), while Western Digital Corp trades at $555.42 (market cap $189.02B). The key difference: Western Digital Corp is far larger — about 2.5× Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd's market cap, and Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd pays the higher dividend (1.75%). Which is the better fit depends on your goals.
| RCL | WDC | |
|---|---|---|
Market Cap | $76.75B | $189.02B |
Sector | Consumer Cyclical | Technology |
52-Week High | $365.84 | $746.23 |
52-Week Low | $246.71 | $67.06 |
Enterprise Value | $98.03B | $187.36B |
Dividend Yield | 1.75% | 0.11% |
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Latest headlines on both assets
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 →Western Digital is a vertically integrated supplier of data storage solutions, spanning both hard disk drives and solid-state drives. In the HDD market it forms a practical duopoly with Seagate, and it is the largest global producer of NAND flash chips for SSDs in a joint venture with competitor Kioxia.
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