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Carnival (CCL) Stock Price, News & Analysis

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$28.30 +0.10 (+0.34%)
Closing price 10/17/2025 03:59 PM Eastern
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$28.40 +0.10 (+0.35%)
As of 10/17/2025 07:57 PM Eastern
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About Carnival Stock (NYSE:CCL)

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Key Stats

Today's Range
$27.72
$28.57
50-Day Range
$27.71
$32.50
52-Week Range
$15.07
$32.80
Volume
16.89 million shs
Average Volume
25.27 million shs
Market Capitalization
$33.05 billion
P/E Ratio
14.74
Dividend Yield
N/A
Price Target
$33.00
Consensus Rating
Moderate Buy

Company Overview

Carnival Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

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98th Percentile Overall Score

CCL MarketRank™: 

Carnival scored higher than 98% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 7th out of 296 stocks in the consumer discretionary sector. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

  • Consensus Rating

    Carnival has received a consensus rating of Moderate Buy. The company's average rating score is 2.73, and is based on 17 buy ratings, 8 hold ratings, and no sell ratings.

  • Upside Potential

    Carnival has a consensus price target of $33.00, representing about 16.6% upside from its current price of $28.31.

  • Amount of Analyst Coverage

    Carnival has been the subject of 16 research reports in the past 90 days, demonstrating strong analyst interest in this stock.

  • Read more about Carnival's stock forecast and price target.
  • Earnings Growth

    Earnings for Carnival are expected to grow by 18.08% in the coming year, from $1.77 to $2.09 per share.

  • Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

    The P/E ratio of Carnival is 14.74, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 219.48.

  • Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

    The P/E ratio of Carnival is 14.74, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the Consumer Discretionary sector average P/E ratio of about 18.02.

  • Price to Earnings Growth Ratio

    Carnival has a PEG Ratio of 0.60. PEG Ratios below 1 indicate that a company could be undervalued.

  • Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

    Carnival has a P/B Ratio of 2.77. P/B Ratios below 3 indicates that a company is reasonably valued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

  • Read more about Carnival's valuation and earnings.
  • Percentage of Shares Shorted

    4.56% of the outstanding shares of Carnival have been sold short.
  • Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

    Carnival has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 2.7, which is generally considered an acceptable ratio of short interest to trading volume.
  • Change versus previous month

    Short interest in Carnival has recently increased by 3.00%, indicating that investor sentiment is decreasing.
  • Dividend Yield

    Carnival does not currently pay a dividend.

  • Dividend Growth

    Carnival does not have a long track record of dividend growth.

  • Percentage of Shares Shorted

    4.56% of the outstanding shares of Carnival have been sold short.
  • Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

    Carnival has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 2.7, which is generally considered an acceptable ratio of short interest to trading volume.
  • Change versus previous month

    Short interest in Carnival has recently increased by 3.00%, indicating that investor sentiment is decreasing.
  • News Sentiment

    Carnival has a news sentiment score of 0.95. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This is a higher news sentiment than the 0.56 average news sentiment score of Consumer Discretionary companies.
  • News Coverage This Week

    MarketBeat has tracked 39 news articles for Carnival this week, compared to 36 articles on an average week.
  • Search Interest

    120 people have searched for CCL on MarketBeat in the last 30 days. This is an increase of 50% compared to the previous 30 days.
  • MarketBeat Follows

    45 people have added Carnival to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 30 days. This is an increase of 221% compared to the previous 30 days.
  • Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

    In the past three months, Carnival insiders have sold more of their company's stock than they have bought. Specifically, they have bought $0.00 in company stock and sold $371,875.00 in company stock.

  • Percentage Held by Insiders

    Only 7.60% of the stock of Carnival is held by insiders.

  • Percentage Held by Institutions

    67.19% of the stock of Carnival is held by institutions. High institutional ownership can be a signal of strong market trust in this company.

  • Read more about Carnival's insider trading history.
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CCL Stock Analysis - Frequently Asked Questions

Carnival's stock was trading at $24.92 on January 1st, 2025. Since then, CCL shares have increased by 13.6% and is now trading at $28.3050.

Carnival Corporation (NYSE:CCL) released its quarterly earnings data on Monday, September, 29th. The company reported $1.43 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $1.32 by $0.11. The business's revenue for the quarter was up 3.3% on a year-over-year basis.
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The following companies are subsidiaries of Carnival: 1972 Productions Inc., 6348 Equipment LLC, A.C.N. 098 290 834 Pty. Ltd., Adventure Island Ltd., AIDA Kundencenter GmbH, AIDAradio GmbH, Air-Sea Holiday GmbH, and others.

Top institutional investors of Carnival include Assenagon Asset Management S.A. (0.29%), Voya Investment Management LLC (0.19%), Perpetual Ltd (0.14%) and Wedge Capital Management L L P NC (0.11%). Insiders that own company stock include Randall J Weisenburger, David Bernstein and Sir Jonathon Band.
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Shares of CCL stock can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Charles Schwab, E*TRADE, Fidelity, and Vanguard Brokerage Services.

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some other companies that Carnival investors own include Meta Platforms (META), NVIDIA (NVDA), Tesla (TSLA), Advanced Micro Devices (AMD), Walt Disney (DIS), Delta Air Lines (DAL) and Verizon Communications (VZ).

Company Calendar

Last Earnings
9/29/2025
Today
10/19/2025
Fiscal Year End
11/30/2025
Next Earnings (Estimated)
12/19/2025

Industry, Sector and Symbol

Stock Exchange
NYSE
Industry
LEISURE&REC SVS
Sub-Industry
Hotels Resorts & Cruise Lines
Current Symbol
NYSE:CCL
CIK
815097
Employees
100,000
Year Founded
1972

Price Target and Rating

High Price Target
$40.00
Low Price Target
$22.00
Potential Upside/Downside
+16.6%
Consensus Rating
Moderate Buy
Rating Score (0-4)
2.73
Research Coverage
26 Analysts

Profitability

EPS (Trailing Twelve Months)
$1.92
Trailing P/E Ratio
14.74
Forward P/E Ratio
15.99
P/E Growth
0.6
Net Income
$1.92 billion
Net Margins
10.07%
Pretax Margin
10.13%
Return on Equity
27.86%
Return on Assets
5.64%

Debt

Debt-to-Equity Ratio
2.10
Current Ratio
0.34
Quick Ratio
0.30

Sales & Book Value

Annual Sales
$25.02 billion
Price / Sales
1.32
Cash Flow
$3.98 per share
Price / Cash Flow
7.12
Book Value
$10.22 per share
Price / Book
2.77

Miscellaneous

Outstanding Shares
1,167,540,000
Free Float
1,078,808,000
Market Cap
$33.05 billion
Optionable
Optionable
Beta
2.68

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This page (NYSE:CCL) was last updated on 10/19/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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