Ellis Investment Partners LLC Acquires 12,154 Shares of Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings Ltd. $NCLH

Key Points

• Ellis Investment Partners LLC increased its stake in Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings Ltd., lifting its holdings by 105% in the second quarter, now owning 23,729 shares worth approximately $481,000.
• Analysts have increasingly rated Norwegian Cruise Line positively, with Zacks Research upgrading it to a "strong-buy" and several others raising price targets, indicating a robust growth outlook.
• Despite reporting earnings per share of $0.51, Norwegian Cruise Line missed analysts' estimates of $0.52 and projected a guidance for Q3 2025 at 1.140 EPS.

Ellis Investment Partners LLC lifted its holdings in Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings Ltd. (NYSE:NCLH - Free Report) by 105.0% in the second quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The fund owned 23,729 shares of the company's stock after acquiring an additional 12,154 shares during the period. Ellis Investment Partners LLC's holdings in Norwegian Cruise Line were worth $481,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Other institutional investors have also recently made changes to their positions in the company. New Age Alpha Advisors LLC bought a new position in shares of Norwegian Cruise Line in the 1st quarter valued at about $33,000. Bogart Wealth LLC lifted its holdings in shares of Norwegian Cruise Line by 1,012.0% in the 1st quarter. Bogart Wealth LLC now owns 2,224 shares of the company's stock valued at $42,000 after acquiring an additional 2,024 shares during the last quarter. CENTRAL TRUST Co lifted its holdings in shares of Norwegian Cruise Line by 2,621.0% in the 1st quarter. CENTRAL TRUST Co now owns 2,721 shares of the company's stock valued at $52,000 after acquiring an additional 2,621 shares during the last quarter. Parallel Advisors LLC lifted its holdings in shares of Norwegian Cruise Line by 43.6% in the 2nd quarter. Parallel Advisors LLC now owns 2,877 shares of the company's stock valued at $58,000 after acquiring an additional 874 shares during the last quarter. Finally, SVB Wealth LLC bought a new position in shares of Norwegian Cruise Line in the 1st quarter valued at about $56,000. Institutional investors own 69.58% of the company's stock.

Analyst Ratings Changes

Several analysts have issued reports on the stock. Zacks Research raised shares of Norwegian Cruise Line from a "hold" rating to a "strong-buy" rating in a research note on Tuesday, September 16th. Tigress Financial raised their price objective on shares of Norwegian Cruise Line from $36.00 to $38.00 and gave the stock a "strong-buy" rating in a research note on Wednesday, August 27th. Citigroup raised their price objective on shares of Norwegian Cruise Line from $25.00 to $30.00 and gave the stock a "buy" rating in a research note on Wednesday, July 16th. Wall Street Zen raised shares of Norwegian Cruise Line from a "sell" rating to a "hold" rating in a research note on Friday, July 18th. Finally, TD Cowen assumed coverage on shares of Norwegian Cruise Line in a research note on Tuesday, July 22nd. They issued a "buy" rating and a $31.00 price objective for the company. Three analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, twelve have given a Buy rating and nine have given a Hold rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the company presently has a consensus rating of "Moderate Buy" and a consensus target price of $27.80.

Norwegian Cruise Line Stock Performance

Shares of NYSE:NCLH opened at $22.44 on Monday. The firm has a market cap of $10.14 billion, a PE ratio of 15.48, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 0.98 and a beta of 2.21. The firm's 50 day simple moving average is $24.80 and its 200-day simple moving average is $21.17. Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings Ltd. has a one year low of $14.21 and a one year high of $29.29. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 8.05, a quick ratio of 0.16 and a current ratio of 0.18.

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 analysts' consensus estimates of $0.52 by ($0.01). The company had revenue of $2.52 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $2.55 billion. Norwegian Cruise Line had a return on equity of 59.88% and a net margin of 7.52%.The business's revenue was up 6.1% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period last year, the business posted $0.40 earnings per share. Norwegian Cruise Line has set its Q3 2025 guidance at 1.140-1.140 EPS. FY 2025 guidance at 2.050-2.050 EPS. As a group, equities analysts predict that Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings Ltd. will post 1.48 EPS for the current year.

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.

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