ROYAL CARIBBEAN CRUISES LTD vs ZIM INTEGRATED SHIPPING SERVICES LTD., two Marine Shipping stocks. A side-by-side on valuation, growth, margins, returns, and what each price is betting.
Where RCL and ZIM diverge most: on debt / equity, RCL reads 0.14 and ZIM reads 0.00; on fcf yield, RCL reads 1.8% and ZIM reads 79.6%. The rest of the comparable metrics sit closer together. What RCL's price implies is a somewhat stretched bet versus history (whole-company basis). What ZIM's price implies is a bet that sits within the historical range (whole-company basis). The bull and bear cases for each are in their full reports below.
| Metric | RCL | ZIM |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $285.25 | $23.98 |
| Market cap | $77.3B | $2.9B |
| Sector | Marine Shipping | Marine Shipping |
| Stage | Growth | Mature |
| P/E | 17.4 | 6.0 |
| P/B | 7.71 | 0.72 |
| P/S | 4.20 | 0.42 |
| EV/EBITDA | 11.3 | 0.8 |
| Revenue growth | +10.1% | +0.8% |
| Gross margin | — | 19.1% |
| Operating margin | 26.1% | 14.7% |
| Net margin | 24.4% | 7.0% |
| Return on equity | 44.7% | 12.0% |
| Return on assets | 10.7% | 4.4% |
| Return on invested capital | 43.5% | 18.4% |
| FCF yield | 1.8% | 79.6% |
| Dividend yield | 1.2% | — |
| Debt / equity | 0.14 | 0.00 |
| Current ratio | 0.20 | 1.23 |
| Altman Z (solvency) | 1.94 | 1.48 |
| Piotroski F (quality) | 8 / 9 | 4 / 9 |
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