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Best Travel Stocks to Buy Now (2025)

Top travel stocks in 2025 ranked by overall Zen Rating. "A" Rated stocks have returned an average of +32.52% per year, and are the best travel stocks to buy now. Learn More.

According to Zen Ratings, our proprietary rating system that evaluates 115 factors proven to drive growth in stocks and assigns each stock in our system an overall letter grade as well as 7 individual Component Grades for Value, Growth, Momentum, Sentiment, Safety, Financials, and proprietary AI algorithms, the 3 best vacation stocks to buy right now are:

Viking Holdings (NYSE:VIK) is the #1 top travel stock out of 16 with a Zen Rating of B. Stocks with a rating of B have had an average return of +19.88% per year. Learn more.

The Component Grade breakdown for Viking Holdings (NYSE:VIK) is: Value: C, Growth: B, Momentum: B, Sentiment: A, Safety: C, Financials: C, and AI: C.

Viking Holdings (NYSE:VIK) has a Due Diligence Score of 30, which is -4 points lower than the travel industry average of 34. Although this number is below the industry average, our proven quant model rates VIK as a "B".

VIK passed 10 out of 33 due diligence checks and has average fundamentals. Viking Holdings has seen its stock return 64.46% over the past year, overperforming other travel stocks by 18 percentage points.

Viking Holdings has an average 1 year price target of $55.64, a downside of -3.34% from Viking Holdings's current stock price of $57.56.

Viking Holdings stock has a consensus Strong Buy recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 11 analysts covering Viking Holdings, 63.64% have issued a Strong Buy rating, 0% have issued a Buy, 36.36% have issued a hold, while 0% have issued a Sell rating, and 0% have issued a Strong Sell.

Carnival (NYSE:CCL) is the #2 top travel stock out of 16 with a Zen Rating of B. Stocks with a rating of B have had an average return of +19.88% per year. Learn more.

The Component Grade breakdown for Carnival (NYSE:CCL) is: Value: B, Growth: C, Momentum: C, Sentiment: B, Safety: C, Financials: C, and AI: C.

Carnival (NYSE:CCL) has a Due Diligence Score of 28, which is -6 points lower than the travel industry average of 34. Although this number is below the industry average, our proven quant model rates CCL as a "B".

CCL passed 12 out of 38 due diligence checks and has average fundamentals. Carnival has seen its stock return 84.45% over the past year, overperforming other travel stocks by 38 percentage points.

Carnival has an average 1 year price target of $32.00, an upside of 10.08% from Carnival's current stock price of $29.07.

Carnival stock has a consensus Strong Buy recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 12 analysts covering Carnival, 50% have issued a Strong Buy rating, 25% have issued a Buy, 25% have issued a hold, while 0% have issued a Sell rating, and 0% have issued a Strong Sell.

Travel & Leisure Co (NYSE:TNL) is the #3 top travel stock out of 16 with a Zen Rating of B. Stocks with a rating of B have had an average return of +19.88% per year. Learn more.

The Component Grade breakdown for Travel & Leisure Co (NYSE:TNL) is: Value: A, Growth: C, Momentum: C, Sentiment: C, Safety: C, Financials: B, and AI: C.

Travel & Leisure Co (NYSE:TNL) has a Due Diligence Score of 28, which is -6 points lower than the travel industry average of 34. Although this number is below the industry average, our proven quant model rates TNL as a "B".

TNL passed 9 out of 38 due diligence checks and has average fundamentals. Travel & Leisure Co has seen its stock return 32.63% over the past year, underperforming other travel stocks by -14 percentage points.

Travel & Leisure Co has an average 1 year price target of $62.00, an upside of 6.15% from Travel & Leisure Co's current stock price of $58.41.

Travel & Leisure Co stock has a consensus Buy recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 7 analysts covering Travel & Leisure Co, 28.57% have issued a Strong Buy rating, 42.86% have issued a Buy, 14.29% have issued a hold, while 0% have issued a Sell rating, and 14.29% have issued a Strong Sell.

Out of 6 travel stocks that have issued dividends in the past year, the 3 travel stocks with the highest dividend yields are:

Tuniu (NASDAQ:TOUR) has an annual dividend yield of 4.64%, which is 3 percentage points higher than the travel industry average of 1.78%.

Tuniu's dividend payout ratio of 53.9% indicates that its high dividend yield is sustainable for the long-term.

Travel & Leisure Co (NYSE:TNL) has an annual dividend yield of 3.63%, which is 2 percentage points higher than the travel industry average of 1.78%. Travel & Leisure Co's dividend payout is not stable, having dropped more than 10% two times in the last 10 years. Travel & Leisure Co's dividend has shown consistent growth over the last 10 years.

Travel & Leisure Co's dividend payout ratio of 36.2% indicates that its dividend yield is sustainable for the long-term.

Royal Caribbean Cruises (NYSE:RCL) has an annual dividend yield of 0.78%, which is -1 percentage points lower than the travel industry average of 1.78%. Royal Caribbean Cruises's dividend payout is not stable, having dropped more than 10% one times in the last 10 years. Royal Caribbean Cruises's dividend has shown consistent growth over the last 10 years.

Royal Caribbean Cruises's dividend payout ratio of 18.2% indicates that its dividend yield is sustainable for the long-term.

Travel stocks were down -2.1% in the last day, and down -4.93% over the last week.

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Based on the Valuation rating, one of the 7 components of a stocks overall Zen Ratings grade, which evaluates factors including estimated earnings yield, earnings before interest and taxes/enterprise value, cash flow yield, free cash flow to price, and price-to-earnings growth (PEG ratio), the 3 most undervalued travel stocks right now are:

Travel & Leisure Co (NYSE:TNL) is the most undervalued travel stock based on its Valuation Rating of A. Valuation is one of 7 Component Grades used to calculate the overall Zen Rating.

Travel & Leisure Co has a valuation score of 57, which is 28 points higher than the travel industry average of 29. It passed 4 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Travel & Leisure Co's stock has gained 32.63% in the past year. It has underperformed other stocks in the travel industry by -14 percentage points.

Expedia Group (NASDAQ:EXPE) is the second most undervalued travel stock based on its Valuation Rating of A. Valuation is one of 7 Component Grades used to calculate the overall Zen Rating.

Expedia Group has a valuation score of 43, which is 14 points higher than the travel industry average of 29. It passed 3 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Expedia Group's stock has gained 46.58% in the past year. It has performed in line with other stocks in the travel industry.

Carnival (NYSE:CCL) is the third most undervalued travel stock based on its Valuation Rating of B. Valuation is one of 7 Component Grades used to calculate the overall Zen Rating.

Carnival has a valuation score of 43, which is 14 points higher than the travel industry average of 29. It passed 3 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Carnival's stock has gained 84.45% in the past year. It has overperformed other stocks in the travel industry by 38 percentage points.

42.86% of travel stocks rated by analysts are a strong buy right now. On average, analysts expect travel stocks to rise by 10.08% over the next year.

0% of travel stocks have a Zen Rating of A (Strong Buy), 46.15% of travel stocks are rated B (Buy), 46.15% are rated C (Hold), 7.69% are rated D (Sell), and 0% are rated F (Strong Sell).