Royal Caribbean Cruises (NYSE:RCL) Updates Q1 2025 Earnings Guidance

Royal Caribbean Cruises (NYSE:RCL) issued an update on its first quarter 2025 earnings guidance on Tuesday morning. The company provided EPS guidance of 2.430-2.530 for the period, compared to the consensus EPS estimate of 2.360. The company issued revenue guidance of -. Royal Caribbean Cruises also updated its FY 2025 guidance to 14.350-14.650 EPS.

Royal Caribbean Cruises Stock Up 1.3 %

Shares of RCL stock opened at $268.77 on Thursday. The stock’s 50 day simple moving average is $238.47 and its 200 day simple moving average is $200.21. Royal Caribbean Cruises has a twelve month low of $113.10 and a twelve month high of $271.31. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 2.63, a quick ratio of 0.16 and a current ratio of 0.19. The company has a market capitalization of $72.27 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 27.62, a PEG ratio of 0.50 and a beta of 2.59.

Royal Caribbean Cruises (NYSE:RCL) last posted its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, January 28th. The company reported $1.63 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $1.50 by $0.13. Royal Caribbean Cruises had a net margin of 16.21% and a return on equity of 52.92%. During the same quarter in the prior year, the company posted $1.25 earnings per share. As a group, research analysts predict that Royal Caribbean Cruises will post 11.66 EPS for the current year.

Royal Caribbean Cruises Cuts Dividend

The firm also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Monday, January 13th. Shareholders of record on Friday, December 27th were issued a $0.55 dividend. This represents a $2.20 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 0.82%. The ex-dividend date was Friday, December 27th. Royal Caribbean Cruises’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is currently 22.61%.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

RCL has been the subject of several research reports. Truist Financial increased their price objective on Royal Caribbean Cruises from $204.00 to $272.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research report on Monday, December 2nd. Bank of America boosted their price objective on shares of Royal Caribbean Cruises from $210.00 to $240.00 and gave the stock a “neutral” rating in a report on Wednesday, November 13th. Wells Fargo & Company lifted their target price on Royal Caribbean Cruises from $232.00 to $272.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a research report on Monday. StockNews.com raised Royal Caribbean Cruises from a “sell” rating to a “hold” rating in a report on Tuesday, November 26th. Finally, The Goldman Sachs Group decreased their price objective on Royal Caribbean Cruises from $275.00 to $270.00 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a report on Friday, January 24th. Three equities research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and fourteen have given a buy rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, the stock currently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $271.06.

Insider Buying and Selling

In related news, EVP Harri U. Kulovaara sold 3,256 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Wednesday, November 20th. The shares were sold at an average price of $234.62, for a total transaction of $763,922.72. Following the completion of the sale, the executive vice president now directly owns 22,348 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $5,243,287.76. The trade was a 12.72 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is available at this link. Also, Director Arne Alexander Wilhelmsen sold 230,000 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Tuesday, November 19th. The shares were sold at an average price of $233.62, for a total transaction of $53,732,600.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the director now owns 18,556,860 shares in the company, valued at $4,335,253,633.20. This represents a 1.22 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Insiders have sold a total of 372,609 shares of company stock worth $87,647,208 in the last 90 days. Corporate insiders own 7.95% of the company’s stock.

Royal Caribbean Cruises Company Profile

Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. operates as a cruise company worldwide. The company operates cruises under the Royal Caribbean International, Celebrity Cruises, and Silversea Cruises brands, which comprise a range of itineraries. As of February 21, 2024, it operated 65 ships. Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd.