BKNG vs RCL

Booking Holdings and Royal Caribbean Group, both Consumer Cyclical

Booking Holdings is the larger company at $133B against $84B. Over the past year BKNG returned -4.9% against -6.0% for RCL. Ryufin's sector-relative Smart Score puts BKNG ahead, 10/10 against 9/10.

Booking Holdings and Royal Caribbean Groupcompared on valuation, return and Ryufin’s Smart Score
FigureBKNGRCL
Last close$209$290
Market cap$133B$84B
Trailing P/Elower is cheaper for the same earnings, not automatically bettern/a17.9
Dividend yield4.6%1.2%
1-year return-4.9%-6.0%
5-year return+145%+288%
Ryufin Smart Scoresector-relative, 1–1010/109/10

Figures from SEC filings and end-of-day closes. Highlighting marks the higher or lower number, which is not the same as the better investment, a low P/E can be a warning and a high one can be deserved.

Booking Holdings

Revenue of $7.4B in Q2 2026, net income $1.9B. Its largest reported line is NL, 92% of the disclosed total.

Royal Caribbean Group

Revenue of $4.8B in Q2 2026, net income $1.1B. Its largest reported line is Passenger, 69% of the disclosed total.

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