Pinkerton Retirement Specialists LLC Acquires New Stake in Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings Ltd. (NYSE:NCLH)

Pinkerton Retirement Specialists LLC acquired a new stake in shares of Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings Ltd. (NYSE:NCLH - Free Report) during the fourth quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The firm acquired 37,874 shares of the company's stock, valued at approximately $974,000.

A number of other large investors also recently modified their holdings of the company. United Capital Financial Advisors LLC raised its holdings in shares of Norwegian Cruise Line by 3.7% during the 4th quarter. United Capital Financial Advisors LLC now owns 13,928 shares of the company's stock valued at $358,000 after buying an additional 498 shares in the last quarter. Scotia Capital Inc. lifted its position in Norwegian Cruise Line by 0.5% in the fourth quarter. Scotia Capital Inc. now owns 113,778 shares of the company's stock valued at $2,928,000 after purchasing an additional 540 shares during the last quarter. Quadrant Capital Group LLC lifted its position in Norwegian Cruise Line by 35.0% in the fourth quarter. Quadrant Capital Group LLC now owns 2,524 shares of the company's stock valued at $65,000 after purchasing an additional 654 shares during the last quarter. Rakuten Securities Inc. lifted its position in Norwegian Cruise Line by 176.0% in the fourth quarter. Rakuten Securities Inc. now owns 1,159 shares of the company's stock valued at $30,000 after purchasing an additional 739 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Farther Finance Advisors LLC lifted its position in Norwegian Cruise Line by 29.3% in the fourth quarter. Farther Finance Advisors LLC now owns 3,327 shares of the company's stock valued at $86,000 after purchasing an additional 754 shares during the last quarter. 69.58% of the stock is owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

NCLH has been the topic of several research analyst reports. Wells Fargo & Company boosted their target price on Norwegian Cruise Line from $27.00 to $28.00 and gave the company an "equal weight" rating in a research note on Friday, February 28th. Tigress Financial reissued a "strong-buy" rating and set a $36.00 target price on shares of Norwegian Cruise Line in a research note on Tuesday, March 11th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. raised Norwegian Cruise Line from a "neutral" rating to an "overweight" rating and set a $30.00 price target on the stock in a research note on Monday, March 17th. Loop Capital reduced their price target on Norwegian Cruise Line from $25.00 to $24.00 and set a "buy" rating on the stock in a research note on Thursday, May 1st. Finally, Citigroup upped their price target on Norwegian Cruise Line from $32.00 to $34.00 and gave the stock a "buy" rating in a research note on Friday, February 28th. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, seven have given a hold rating, twelve have assigned a buy rating and two have given a strong buy rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the company currently has a consensus rating of "Moderate Buy" and a consensus price target of $25.63.

Norwegian Cruise Line Price Performance

NCLH traded up $0.84 on Tuesday, hitting $18.16. 7,463,193 shares of the company's stock traded hands, compared to its average volume of 12,537,793. The company's 50 day simple moving average is $17.75 and its 200-day simple moving average is $22.84. The firm has a market cap of $8.11 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 16.67, a P/E/G ratio of 0.24 and a beta of 2.09. 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 current ratio of 0.20, a quick ratio of 0.17 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 10.35.

Norwegian Cruise Line (NYSE:NCLH - Get Free Report) last issued its earnings results on Wednesday, April 30th. The company reported $0.07 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $0.09 by ($0.02). Norwegian Cruise Line had a net margin of 5.87% and a return on equity of 99.31%. The business had revenue of $2.13 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $2.15 billion. During the same period last year, the business posted $0.16 EPS. The firm's revenue for the quarter was down 2.9% compared to the same quarter last year. As a group, research analysts anticipate that Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings Ltd. will post 1.48 EPS 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.