Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings Ltd. to Post Q1 2025 Earnings of $0.17 Per Share, Zacks Research Forecasts (NYSE:NCLH)

Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings Ltd. (NYSE:NCLH) – Analysts at Zacks Research increased their Q1 2025 earnings per share estimates for Norwegian Cruise Line in a note issued to investors on Monday, October 14th. Zacks Research analyst H. Ray now anticipates that the company will post earnings of $0.17 per share for the quarter, up from their previous estimate of $0.16. The consensus estimate for Norwegian Cruise Line’s current full-year earnings is $1.38 per share. Zacks Research also issued estimates for Norwegian Cruise Line’s Q2 2025 earnings at $0.33 EPS, Q4 2025 earnings at $0.21 EPS, FY2025 earnings at $1.57 EPS, Q2 2026 earnings at $0.41 EPS, Q3 2026 earnings at $0.91 EPS and FY2026 earnings at $1.81 EPS.

Several other research analysts also recently commented on the stock. Macquarie boosted their price objective on shares of Norwegian Cruise Line from $23.00 to $24.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a research report on Thursday, August 1st. Bank of America upped their price target on shares of Norwegian Cruise Line from $20.00 to $23.00 and gave the stock a “neutral” rating in a report on Tuesday, July 23rd. Susquehanna increased their price objective on Norwegian Cruise Line from $18.00 to $19.00 and gave the company a “neutral” rating in a report on Friday, August 2nd. Tigress Financial restated a “strong-buy” rating and issued a $32.00 price objective on shares of Norwegian Cruise Line in a report on Friday, August 9th. Finally, Truist Financial increased their price objective on Norwegian Cruise Line from $21.00 to $25.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a report on Thursday, September 26th. Two investment analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, eight have given a hold rating, five have issued a buy rating and one has issued a strong buy rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat.com, the stock has an average rating of “Hold” and a consensus price target of $23.30.

Norwegian Cruise Line Stock Down 0.1 %

Shares of NCLH opened at $23.35 on Tuesday. Norwegian Cruise Line has a one year low of $12.70 and a one year high of $23.82. The company has a market cap of $10.02 billion, a P/E ratio of 33.36, a P/E/G ratio of 0.33 and a beta of 2.71. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 17.19, a current ratio of 0.24 and a quick ratio of 0.22. The firm has a 50 day simple moving average of $18.59 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $18.11.

Norwegian Cruise Line (NYSE:NCLH) last announced its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, July 31st. The company reported $0.40 EPS for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.35 by $0.05. Norwegian Cruise Line had a net margin of 4.62% and a return on equity of 105.44%. The business had revenue of $2.37 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $2.38 billion. During the same period in the previous year, the business earned $0.20 earnings per share. The company’s revenue was up 7.6% on a year-over-year basis.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On Norwegian Cruise Line

A number of institutional investors and hedge funds have recently made changes to their positions in NCLH. Price T Rowe Associates Inc. MD raised its holdings in shares of Norwegian Cruise Line by 120.9% in the 1st quarter. Price T Rowe Associates Inc. MD now owns 22,498,217 shares of the company’s stock worth $470,889,000 after acquiring an additional 12,313,426 shares during the last quarter. Columbus Hill Capital Management L.P. purchased a new stake in Norwegian Cruise Line in the 2nd quarter valued at about $23,479,000. Dimensional Fund Advisors LP increased its stake in Norwegian Cruise Line by 32.9% in the 2nd quarter. Dimensional Fund Advisors LP now owns 4,568,122 shares of the company’s stock valued at $85,835,000 after buying an additional 1,129,770 shares during the last quarter. Jupiter Asset Management Ltd. purchased a new stake in shares of Norwegian Cruise Line during the 2nd quarter worth approximately $15,213,000. Finally, Hodges Capital Management Inc. increased its stake in shares of Norwegian Cruise Line by 33.0% during the 2nd quarter. Hodges Capital Management Inc. now owns 1,521,440 shares of the company’s stock worth $28,588,000 after purchasing an additional 377,233 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 69.58% of the company’s stock.

About Norwegian Cruise Line

Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings Ltd., together with its subsidiaries, operates as a cruise company in North America, Europe, the Asia-Pacific, and internationally. The company operates through the Norwegian Cruise Line, Oceania Cruises, and Regent Seven Seas Cruises brands. It offers itineraries ranging from three days to a 180-days calling on various ports, including Scandinavia, Northern Europe, the Mediterranean, the Greek Isles, Alaska, Canada and New England, Hawaii, Asia, Tahiti and the South Pacific, Australia and New Zealand, Africa, India, South America, the Panama Canal, and the Caribbean.