Gotham Asset Management LLC Has $7.21 Million Stock Holdings in Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings Ltd. (NYSE:NCLH)

Gotham Asset Management LLC increased its stake in Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings Ltd. (NYSE:NCLH - Free Report) by 38.6% in the 4th quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The firm owned 280,336 shares of the company's stock after purchasing an additional 78,092 shares during the quarter. Gotham Asset Management LLC owned about 0.06% of Norwegian Cruise Line worth $7,213,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Several other institutional investors have also bought and sold shares of the stock. United Capital Financial Advisors LLC raised its position in Norwegian Cruise Line by 3.7% in the fourth quarter. United Capital Financial Advisors LLC now owns 13,928 shares of the company's stock worth $358,000 after acquiring an additional 498 shares in the last quarter. Scotia Capital Inc. raised 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 worth $2,928,000 after acquiring an additional 540 shares in the last quarter. Quadrant Capital Group LLC raised 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 worth $65,000 after acquiring an additional 654 shares in the last quarter. Rakuten Securities Inc. raised 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 worth $30,000 after acquiring an additional 739 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Farther Finance Advisors LLC raised 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 worth $86,000 after acquiring an additional 754 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 69.58% of the company's stock.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

Several analysts have issued reports on the company. Wells Fargo & Company boosted their price objective on Norwegian Cruise Line from $27.00 to $28.00 and gave the stock an "equal weight" rating in a report on Friday, February 28th. Barclays dropped their target price on Norwegian Cruise Line from $32.00 to $23.00 and set an "overweight" rating on the stock in a report on Tuesday, April 22nd. Stifel Nicolaus dropped their target price on Norwegian Cruise Line from $30.00 to $26.00 and set a "buy" rating on the stock in a report on Thursday, May 1st. Citigroup upped their target price on Norwegian Cruise Line from $32.00 to $34.00 and gave the company a "buy" rating in a report on Friday, February 28th. Finally, Tigress Financial reissued a "strong-buy" rating and issued a $36.00 price target on shares of Norwegian Cruise Line in a research note on Tuesday, March 11th. One research analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, seven have assigned a hold rating, twelve have assigned a buy rating and two have assigned a strong buy rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat, the stock presently has an average rating of "Moderate Buy" and a consensus target price of $26.05.

Norwegian Cruise Line Trading Up 1.0%

Shares of Norwegian Cruise Line stock traded up $0.18 during trading on Friday, hitting $19.27. 10,394,718 shares of the company were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 12,691,986. The firm has a market capitalization of $8.61 billion, a P/E ratio of 17.68, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 0.24 and a beta of 2.09. Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings Ltd. has a 1-year low of $14.21 and a 1-year high of $29.29. The firm's fifty day moving average price is $17.92 and its 200 day moving average price is $23.25. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 10.35, a current ratio of 0.20 and a quick ratio of 0.17.

Norwegian Cruise Line (NYSE:NCLH - Get Free Report) last released its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, April 30th. The company reported $0.07 earnings per share 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 quarter last year, the firm earned $0.16 EPS. The company's revenue for the quarter was down 2.9% on a year-over-year basis. As a group, sell-side analysts expect that Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings Ltd. will post 1.48 earnings per share for the current fiscal 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.