Expedia Group Inc vs Royal Caribbean Group

Expedia Group Inc (EXPE) is fairly valued and Royal Caribbean Group (RCL) is slightly undervalued.

Against our estimates of intrinsic value, RCL trades at the wider discount: a margin of safety of +5%, against -2% for EXPE.

Values as of the 22 Sept 2026 close.

Expedia Group Inc (EXPE)

Discounting its cash flows at 10.8% (average of 3 methods) values the shares at $274.56; the price of $280.70 is 2% above that value, and 70% of that value comes from beyond year five.

Leak Score 65/100 on 10 of 12 signals

Royal Caribbean Group (RCL)

Discounting its cash flows at 11.5% (average of 3 methods) values the shares at $247.87; the price of $234.89 is 5% below that value, and 69% of that value comes from beyond year five.

Leak Score 45/100 on 10 of 12 signals

MetricEXPERCL
VerdictFairly valuedSlightly undervalued
Price$280.70$234.89
Intrinsic value$274.56$247.87
Margin of safety-2%+5%
Leak Score65/100 (10/12)45/100 (10/12)
Market cap$33.7B$63.0B
Revenue growth, 5 years23.2%52.0%
Operating margin16.6%27.1%
Net margin13.0%23.5%
Return on equity199.1%45.3%
Debt to equity4.702.30
P/E17.5x14.5x
Forward P/E11.5x11.6x
P/B27.9x6.1x
Dividend yield0.5%2.3%

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