Compound Planning Inc. Acquires New Shares in Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings Ltd. $NCLH

Key Points

• Compound Planning Inc. has acquired 10,937 shares of Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings Ltd., worth approximately $207,000, indicating growing interest from institutional investors in the cruise line sector.
• Norwegian Cruise Line's stock is currently valued at $25.43, with a 52-week high of $29.29 and a market cap of $11.49 billion.
• The company reported earnings of $0.51 per share for the last quarter, slightly missing analyst expectations and showing a 6.1% increase in revenue compared to the same quarter last year.

Compound Planning Inc. bought a new stake in shares of Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings Ltd. (NYSE:NCLH - Free Report) during the 1st quarter, according to its most recent filing with the SEC. The firm bought 10,937 shares of the company's stock, valued at approximately $207,000.

Several other hedge funds have also modified their holdings of the stock. Vanguard Group Inc. raised its holdings in shares of Norwegian Cruise Line by 1.2% during the 1st quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 53,960,561 shares of the company's stock valued at $1,023,092,000 after buying an additional 653,279 shares during the period. Invesco Ltd. raised its holdings in shares of Norwegian Cruise Line by 22.7% during the 1st quarter. Invesco Ltd. now owns 11,477,606 shares of the company's stock valued at $217,615,000 after buying an additional 2,122,501 shares during the period. Two Sigma Advisers LP raised its holdings in shares of Norwegian Cruise Line by 99.0% during the 4th quarter. Two Sigma Advisers LP now owns 7,689,200 shares of the company's stock valued at $197,843,000 after buying an additional 3,824,600 shares during the period. D. E. Shaw & Co. Inc. raised its holdings in shares of Norwegian Cruise Line by 16.7% during the 4th quarter. D. E. Shaw & Co. Inc. now owns 4,491,644 shares of the company's stock valued at $115,570,000 after buying an additional 642,380 shares during the period. Finally, Northern Trust Corp raised its holdings in shares of Norwegian Cruise Line by 2.6% during the 1st quarter. Northern Trust Corp now owns 4,272,790 shares of the company's stock valued at $81,012,000 after buying an additional 109,396 shares during the period. 69.58% of the stock is currently owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

Several brokerages recently commented on NCLH. Citigroup raised their target price on Norwegian Cruise Line from $25.00 to $30.00 and gave the company a "buy" rating in a report on Wednesday, July 16th. Jefferies Financial Group raised their price objective on Norwegian Cruise Line from $24.00 to $29.00 and gave the company a "buy" rating in a research note on Monday, July 7th. Wall Street Zen upgraded Norwegian Cruise Line from a "sell" rating to a "hold" rating in a research note on Friday, July 18th. Barclays raised their price objective on Norwegian Cruise Line from $25.00 to $31.00 and gave the company an "overweight" rating in a research note on Friday, August 1st. Finally, Mizuho raised their price objective on Norwegian Cruise Line from $26.00 to $29.00 and gave the company an "outperform" rating in a research note on Friday, August 1st. Two investment analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, twelve have assigned a Buy rating and eight have given a Hold rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the company currently has a consensus rating of "Moderate Buy" and a consensus target price of $27.50.

Norwegian Cruise Line Stock Performance

Shares of NCLH traded down $0.52 during mid-day trading on Monday, hitting $24.87. The stock had a trading volume of 11,868,883 shares, compared to its average volume of 12,790,285. The company has a market cap of $11.24 billion, a PE ratio of 17.15, a PEG ratio of 1.13 and a beta of 2.19. The company's fifty day simple moving average is $23.21 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $20.52. The company has a quick ratio of 0.16, a current ratio of 0.18 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 8.05. Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings Ltd. has a fifty-two week low of $14.21 and a fifty-two week high of $29.29.

Norwegian Cruise Line (NYSE:NCLH - Get Free Report) last issued its earnings results on Thursday, July 31st. The company reported $0.51 EPS for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $0.52 by ($0.01). The firm had revenue of $2.52 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $2.55 billion. Norwegian Cruise Line had a return on equity of 59.88% and a net margin of 7.52%.Norwegian Cruise Line's revenue was up 6.1% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the previous year, the business posted $0.40 EPS. Norwegian Cruise Line has set its Q3 2025 guidance at 1.140-1.140 EPS. FY 2025 guidance at 2.050-2.050 EPS. On average, equities analysts expect that Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings Ltd. will post 1.48 earnings per share for the current year.

Norwegian Cruise Line Company Profile

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.