Royal Caribbean Cruises (NYSE:RCL) Issues FY 2025 Earnings Guidance

Royal Caribbean Cruises (NYSE:RCL) updated its FY 2025 earnings guidance on Tuesday. The company provided EPS guidance of 14.350-14.650 for the period, compared to the consensus EPS estimate of 14.410. The company issued revenue guidance of -. Royal Caribbean Cruises also updated its Q1 2025 guidance to 2.430-2.530 EPS.

Royal Caribbean Cruises Stock Performance

Shares of RCL stock opened at $237.20 on Tuesday. The stock’s 50-day moving average is $237.76 and its two-hundred day moving average is $199.00. Royal Caribbean Cruises has a fifty-two week low of $113.10 and a fifty-two week high of $258.70. The firm has a market cap of $63.78 billion, a P/E ratio of 24.38, a PEG ratio of 0.50 and a beta of 2.59. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 2.63, a current ratio of 0.19 and a quick ratio of 0.16.

Royal Caribbean Cruises (NYSE:RCL) last issued its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, October 29th. The company reported $5.20 EPS for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $5.05 by $0.15. The business had revenue of $4.89 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $4.89 billion. Royal Caribbean Cruises had a return on equity of 52.92% and a net margin of 16.21%. The firm’s revenue for the quarter was up 17.5% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the prior year, the firm posted $3.85 EPS. Analysts predict that Royal Caribbean Cruises will post 11.66 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Royal Caribbean Cruises Cuts Dividend

The company also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Monday, January 13th. Investors of record on Friday, December 27th were paid a $0.55 dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Friday, December 27th. This represents a $2.20 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 0.93%. Royal Caribbean Cruises’s payout ratio is presently 22.61%.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

A number of equities research analysts have weighed in on RCL shares. Stifel Nicolaus lifted their price target on shares of Royal Caribbean Cruises from $250.00 to $310.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research note on Friday, December 6th. Wells Fargo & Company boosted their price target on shares of Royal Caribbean Cruises from $232.00 to $272.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a research report on Monday. Citigroup upped their price objective on shares of Royal Caribbean Cruises from $257.00 to $283.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a report on Wednesday, December 11th. The Goldman Sachs Group reduced their target price on Royal Caribbean Cruises from $275.00 to $270.00 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a report on Friday. Finally, Mizuho reaffirmed an “outperform” rating and issued a $253.00 target price (down previously from $255.00) on shares of Royal Caribbean Cruises in a report on Thursday, January 23rd. Three analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and fourteen have given a buy rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the stock has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $252.31.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In other news, CAO Henry L. Pujol sold 6,723 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction on Wednesday, October 30th. The stock was sold at an average price of $208.51, for a total transaction of $1,401,812.73. Following the transaction, the chief accounting officer now owns 9,964 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $2,077,593.64. This represents a 40.29 % decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at the SEC website. Also, Director Arne Alexander Wilhelmsen sold 139,353 shares of Royal Caribbean Cruises stock in a transaction dated Thursday, November 21st. The stock was sold at an average price of $237.89, for a total transaction of $33,150,685.17. Following the completion of the transaction, the director now owns 18,167,507 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $4,321,868,240.23. The trade was a 0.76 % decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Insiders have sold a total of 404,332 shares of company stock valued at $94,299,521 in the last 90 days. 7.95% of the stock is currently owned by corporate insiders.

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.