Compare Stocks: VIK, RCL, NCLH, and CCL

Comparative Price Performance Over Time

Compare Price & Volume

Company	Current Price	50-Day Moving Average	52-Week Range	Market Cap	Beta	Avg. Volume	Today's Volume
CCL Carnival	$25.72 0.0%	$27.87	$23.45 ▼ $34.03	$35.23B	2.35	17.78 million shs	17.02 million shs
NCLH Norwegian Cruise Line	$17.27 +0.2%	$19.57	$14.53 ▼ $27.18	$7.93B	1.9	16.22 million shs	14.02 million shs
RCL Royal Caribbean Cruises	$292.29 +0.1%	$304.42	$232.10 ▼ $366.50	$78.17B	1.77	1.88 million shs	1.49 million shs
VIK Viking	$92.81 +0.0%	$100.52	$56.37 ▼ $110.09	$41.36B	1.5	3.10 million shs	5.71 million shs

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Compare Price Performance

Company	1-Day Performance	7-Day Performance	30-Day Performance	90-Day Performance	1-Year Performance
CCL Carnival	0.00%	-8.59%	-2.42%	-1.11%	-17.80%
NCLH Norwegian Cruise Line	0.00%	-9.11%	-10.91%	+5.96%	-30.93%
RCL Royal Caribbean Cruises	0.00%	-4.31%	-0.24%	+13.56%	-15.09%
VIK Viking	0.00%	-4.91%	-7.99%	+10.08%	+53.70%

Compare Price & Volume

Company	Current Price	50-Day Moving Average	52-Week Range	Market Cap	Beta	Avg. Volume	Today's Volume
CCL Carnival	$25.72 0.0%	$27.87	$23.45 ▼ $34.03	$35.23B	2.35	17.78 million shs	17.02 million shs
NCLH Norwegian Cruise Line	$17.27 +0.2%	$19.57	$14.53 ▼ $27.18	$7.93B	1.9	16.22 million shs	14.02 million shs
RCL Royal Caribbean Cruises	$292.29 +0.1%	$304.42	$232.10 ▼ $366.50	$78.17B	1.77	1.88 million shs	1.49 million shs
VIK Viking	$92.81 +0.0%	$100.52	$56.37 ▼ $110.09	$41.36B	1.5	3.10 million shs	5.71 million shs

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Compare Price Performance

Company	1-Day Performance	7-Day Performance	30-Day Performance	90-Day Performance	1-Year Performance
CCL Carnival	0.00%	-8.59%	-2.42%	-1.11%	-17.80%
NCLH Norwegian Cruise Line	0.00%	-9.11%	-10.91%	+5.96%	-30.93%
RCL Royal Caribbean Cruises	0.00%	-4.31%	-0.24%	+13.56%	-15.09%
VIK Viking	0.00%	-4.91%	-7.99%	+10.08%	+53.70%

Compare Analyst Forecasts

Company	Consensus Rating Score	Consensus Rating	Consensus Price Target	% Upside from Current Price
CCL Carnival	2.81	Moderate Buy	$35.08	36.40% Upside
NCLH Norwegian Cruise Line	2.30	Hold	$21.05	21.89% Upside
RCL Royal Caribbean Cruises	2.73	Moderate Buy	$353.40	20.91% Upside
VIK Viking	2.79	Moderate Buy	$107.11	15.41% Upside

Current Analyst Ratings Breakdown

Latest VIK, RCL, NCLH, and CCL Analyst Ratings

Date	Company	Brokerage	Action	Rating	Price Target
8/20/2026	VIK Viking	Stifel Nicolaus Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Lower Price Target	Buy	$125.00 ➝ $120.00
8/19/2026	VIK Viking	UBS Group Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Boost Price Target	Buy	$100.00 ➝ $121.00
8/18/2026	NCLH Norwegian Cruise Line	UBS Group Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Boost Price Target	Neutral	$17.00 ➝ $20.00
8/18/2026	NCLH Norwegian Cruise Line	Mizuho Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Reiterated Rating	Outperform ➝ Neutral	$22.00 ➝ $17.00
8/18/2026	NCLH Norwegian Cruise Line	Zacks Research Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Downgrade	Hold ➝ Strong Sell
8/18/2026	NCLH Norwegian Cruise Line	Mizuho Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Downgrade	Outperform ➝ Neutral	$22.00 ➝ $17.00
8/13/2026	CCL Carnival	Weiss Ratings Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Reiterated Rating	Hold (C+)
8/13/2026	VIK Viking	Weiss Ratings Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Reiterated Rating	Hold (C)
8/13/2026	VIK Viking	Stifel Nicolaus Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Set Price Target		$125.00
8/5/2026	VIK Viking	Wells Fargo & Company Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Boost Price Target	Overweight	$109.00 ➝ $128.00
8/4/2026	NCLH Norwegian Cruise Line	Susquehanna Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Reiterated Rating	Neutral	$17.00

(Data available from 8/24/2023 forward. View 10+ years of historical ratings with our analyst ratings screener.)

Compare Sales & Book Value

Company	Annual Revenue	Price/Sales	Cashflow	Price/Cash	Book Value	Price/Book
CCL Carnival	$26.62B	1.32	$5.12 per share	5.02	$10.53 per share	2.44
NCLH Norwegian Cruise Line	$9.83B	0.81	$4.67 per share	3.70	$4.85 per share	3.56
RCL Royal Caribbean Cruises	$17.94B	4.36	$22.40 per share	13.05	$37.57 per share	7.78
VIK Viking	$6.50B	6.36	$3.25 per share	28.52	$2.52 per share	36.83

Compare Profitability & Earnings

Company	Net Income	EPS	Trailing P/E Ratio	Forward P/E Ratio	P/E Growth	Net Margins	Return on Equity (ROE)	Return on Assets (ROA)	Next Earnings Date
CCL Carnival	$2.76B	$2.22	11.59	9.89	1.07	11.24%	26.11%	6.36%	10/5/2026 (Estimated)
NCLH Norwegian Cruise Line	$423.25M	$1.60	10.79	11.14	1.13	7.49%	41.38%	4.21%	11/3/2026 (Estimated)
RCL Royal Caribbean Cruises	$4.27B	$16.18	18.06	14.53	1.00	23.54%	43.33%	10.56%	10/27/2026 (Estimated)
VIK Viking	$1.15B	$3.01	30.83	21.14	1.08	19.33%	117.98%	10.80%	N/A

Latest VIK, RCL, NCLH, and CCL Earnings

Date	Quarter	Company	Consensus Estimate	Reported EPS	Beat/Miss	Gap EPS	Revenue Estimate	Actual Revenue
8/19/2026	Q2 2026	VIK Viking	$1.26	$1.31	+$0.05	$1.31	$2.14 billion	$2.19 billion
7/30/2026	Q2 2026	NCLH Norwegian Cruise Line	$0.4115	$0.48	+$0.0685	$0.48	$2.65 billion	$2.64 billion
7/28/2026	Q2 2026	RCL Royal Caribbean Cruises	$3.98	$4.21	+$0.23	$4.20	$4.82 billion	$4.83 billion
6/23/2026	Q2 2026	CCL Carnival	$0.3442	$0.41	+$0.0658	$0.39	$6.69 billion	$6.66 billion

Compare Dividends

Company	Annual Payout	Dividend Yield	5-Year Annualized Dividend Growth	Payout Ratio	Years of Consecutive Growth
CCL Carnival	$0.60	2.33%	-100.00%	27.03%	N/A
NCLH Norwegian Cruise Line	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
RCL Royal Caribbean Cruises	$6.00	2.05%	+35.02%	37.08%	1 Years
VIK Viking	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

Latest VIK, RCL, NCLH, and CCL Dividends

Announcement	Company	Period	Amount	Yield	Ex-Dividend Date	Record Date	Payable Date
7/8/2026	CCL Carnival	quarterly	$0.15	2.07%	8/7/2026	8/7/2026	8/28/2026

(Data available from 1/1/2013 forward)

Compare Debt

Company	Debt-to-Equity Ratio	Current Ratio	Quick Ratio
CCL Carnival	1.80	0.33	0.29
NCLH Norwegian Cruise Line	5.40	0.20	0.17
RCL Royal Caribbean Cruises	2.03	0.21	0.19
VIK Viking	3.61	0.81	0.79

Compare Ownership

Institutional Ownership

Company	Institutional Ownership
CCL Carnival	67.19%
NCLH Norwegian Cruise Line	69.58%
RCL Royal Caribbean Cruises	87.53%
VIK Viking	98.84%

Insider Ownership

Company	Insider Ownership
CCL Carnival	7.90%
NCLH Norwegian Cruise Line	0.25%
RCL Royal Caribbean Cruises	6.44%
VIK Viking	N/A

Compare Miscellaneous Stats

Company	Employees	Shares Outstanding	Free Float	Optionable
CCL Carnival	101,000	1.37 billion	1.26 billion	Optionable
NCLH Norwegian Cruise Line	44,500	459.11 million	457.96 million	Optionable
RCL Royal Caribbean Cruises	108,000	267.45 million	250.23 million	Optionable
VIK Viking	13,000	445.68 million	N/A	Optionable

VIK, RCL, NCLH, and CCL Headlines

Recent News About These Companies

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August 23 at 4:00 PM | marketbeat.com

Viking democracy: The kings were powerful, but the people could still say no

August 23 at 2:25 PM | msn.com

Most important Viking to watch vs. Ravens in preseason week 2

August 23 at 9:25 AM | msn.com

Shipping Stocks To Consider - August 22nd

August 22 at 4:00 PM | marketbeat.com

Fincantieri and Viking sign contracts for two new ocean cruise ships

August 21 at 12:50 AM | marinelog.comM

Best Shipping Stocks To Consider - August 21st

August 21 at 4:01 PM | marketbeat.com

Were Viking runes used to tell the future?

August 21 at 9:48 AM | history.co.ukH

Viking Orders Two More Ocean Ships

August 21 at 9:48 AM | travelmarketreport.comT

Viking Sets Acquisition Bar as Cash Balance Hits $4 Billion

August 21 at 9:48 AM | cruiseindustrynews.comC

Viking orders two ocean cruise ships for delivery in 2032

August 20, 2026 | travelweekly.comT

Viking Orders Two More Cruise Ships for 2032 Delivery

August 20, 2026 | cruisehive.comC

Viking Q2 earnings climb

August 20, 2026 | royalgazette.comR

Viking Q2 Earnings Beat on Capacity Growth and Higher Revenue per PCD

August 20, 2026 | zacks.com

Fincantieri and Viking Sign Contracts for Two Ships for 2032

August 20, 2026 | cruiseindustrynews.comC

The US Navy S-3 Viking was built to hunt Soviet nuclear submarines. It never fired at one, fought everywhere else, and retired with half its life left

August 20, 2026 | msn.com

Analysts Hold Bullish Outlook on Viking

August 20, 2026 | cruiseindustrynews.comC

Viking Stock Fell After Earnings, But the Numbers Tell a Different Story

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August 20, 2026 | marketbeat.com

Viking Holdings: Why Price Crashed Despite Robust Q2 Results (Rating Downgrade)

August 20, 2026 | seekingalpha.com

Viking's strong demand keeps growth on course

August 19, 2026 | seekingalpha.com

Viking Holdings Q2 2026: Revenue Up 16.5%, 2027 Bookings Hit $4.71B

August 19, 2026 | 247wallst.com

Viking’s booking haul shows cruise travelers aren’t closing their wallets

August 19, 2026 | msn.com

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VIK, RCL, NCLH, and CCL Company Descriptions

Carnival NYSE:CCL

$25.72 -0.01 (-0.04%)

As of 08/21/2026 03:58 PM Eastern

Carnival Corp. engages in the operation of cruise ships. It operates through the following business segments: North America and Australia (NAA) Cruise, Europe and Asia (EA) Cruise Operations, Cruise Support, and Tour and Others. The North America and Australia (NAA) Cruise segment includes the Carnival Cruise Line, Holland America Line, Princess Cruises, and Seabourn. The Europe and Asia (EA) Cruise Operations segment consists of AIDA, Costa, Cunard, and P&O Cruises (UK). The Cruise Support segment represents port destinations and private islands for the benefit of its cruise brands. The Tour and Other segment operates hotel and transportation operations of Holland America Princess Alaska Tours. The company was founded in 1972 and is headquartered in Miami, FL.

Norwegian Cruise Line NYSE:NCLH

$17.27 +0.03 (+0.17%)

As of 08/21/2026 03:58 PM Eastern

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. It distributes its products through retail/travel advisor and onboard cruise sales channels, as well as meetings, incentives, and charters. Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings Ltd. was founded in 1966 and is based in Miami, Florida.

Royal Caribbean Cruises NYSE:RCL

$292.29 +0.29 (+0.10%)

As of 08/21/2026 03:58 PM Eastern

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. was founded in 1968 and is headquartered in Miami, Florida.

Viking NYSE:VIK

$92.81 +0.02 (+0.02%)

As of 08/21/2026 03:58 PM Eastern

Viking Holdings Ltd engages in the passenger shipping and other forms of passenger transport in North America, the United Kingdom, and internationally. It operates through River and Ocean segments. The company also operates as a tour entrepreneur for passengers and related activities in tourism. As of December 31, 2023, it operated a fleet of 92 ships, including 81 river vessels comprising 58 Longships, 10 smaller classes based on the Longship design, 11 other river vessels, and 1 river vessel charter and the Viking Mississippi; 9 ocean ships; and 2 expedition ships. The company was founded in 1997 and is based in Pembroke, Bermuda.

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