NYSE:CCL - Carnival Stock Price, News, & Analysis

Carnival trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "CCL."

Carnival announced a quarterly dividend on Thursday, July 19th. Investors of record on Friday, August 24th will be given a dividend of $0.50 per share on Friday, September 14th. This represents a $2.00 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 3.29%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, August 23rd. View Carnival's Dividend History.

Carnival declared that its board has approved a stock buyback program on Monday, April 24th 2017, which authorizes the company to buyback $1,000,000,000.00 in outstanding shares, according to EventVestor. This buyback authorization authorizes the company to purchase up to 2.4% of its shares through open market purchases. Shares buyback programs are generally a sign that the company's management believes its shares are undervalued.

Carnival Corp (NYSE:CCL) posted its earnings results on Monday, June, 25th. The company reported $0.68 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $0.59 by $0.09. The firm had revenue of $4.36 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $4.32 billion. Carnival had a return on equity of 12.31% and a net margin of 15.40%. Carnival's quarterly revenue was up 10.4% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period last year, the company posted $0.52 EPS. View Carnival's Earnings History.

Carnival is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, September, 25th 2018. View Earnings Estimates for Carnival.

Carnival issued an update on its FY18 earnings guidance on Monday, June, 25th. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of $4.15-4.25 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus EPS estimate of $4.36. Carnival also updated its Q3 guidance to $2.25-2.29 EPS.

17 analysts have issued twelve-month price objectives for Carnival's stock. Their predictions range from $67.00 to $83.00. On average, they expect Carnival's stock price to reach $74.5333 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 22.7% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Carnival.

17 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Carnival in the last year. There are currently 5 hold ratings and 12 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View Analyst Ratings for Carnival.

Some companies that are related to Carnival include Royal Caribbean Cruises (RCL), Brookfield Infrastructure Partners (BIP), Carnival (CUK), Kirby (KEX), Golar LNG (GLNG), Matson (MATX), GasLog (GLOG), Teekay Lng Partners, L.P. Common Stock (TGP), Golden Ocean Group (GOGL), Golar LNG Partners (GMLP), Teekay Offshore Partners (TOO), GasLog Partners LP Unit (GLOP), Kenon (KEN), Tidewater (TDW) and KNOT Offshore Partners (KNOP).

News stories about CCL stock have trended somewhat positive this week, Accern reports. The research group ranks the sentiment of news coverage by monitoring more than 20 million blog and news sources in real-time. Accern ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of negative one to positive one, with scores nearest to one being the most favorable. Carnival earned a daily sentiment score of 0.18 on Accern's scale. They also gave media stories about the company an impact score of 48.09 out of 100, indicating that recent news coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an effect on the company's share price in the immediate future. View Recent Headlines for Carnival.

Carnival's stock is owned by many different of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include BlackRock Inc. (5.78%), OppenheimerFunds Inc. (1.35%), Bank of New York Mellon Corp (0.74%), Dimensional Fund Advisors LP (0.59%), FMR LLC (0.55%) and Janus Henderson Group PLC (0.54%). Company insiders that own Carnival stock include Alan Buckelew, Arnaldo Perez, Arnold W Donald, David Bernstein, Richard Glasier, Sir John Parker, Sir Jonathon Band and Stein Kruse. View Institutional Ownership Trends for Carnival.

CCL stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including OppenheimerFunds Inc., Morgan Stanley, Millennium Management LLC, Janus Henderson Group PLC, BlackRock Inc., Russell Investments Group Ltd., Waddell & Reed Financial Inc. and Jennison Associates LLC. Company insiders that have sold Carnival company stock in the last year include Arnaldo Perez, Arnold W Donald, David Bernstein, Richard Glasier, Sir Jonathon Band and Stein Kruse. View Insider Buying and Selling for Carnival.

CCL stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Long Pond Capital LP, Miller Howard Investments Inc. NY, Hexavest Inc., Unigestion Holding SA, Sterling Capital Management LLC, USS Investment Management Ltd, Putnam Investments LLC and DnB Asset Management AS. View Insider Buying and Selling for Carnival.

Shares of CCL can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Scottrade, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of CCL stock can currently be purchased for approximately $60.75.

Carnival has a market capitalization of $31.62 billion and generates $17.51 billion in revenue each year. The company earns $2.61 billion in net income (profit) each year or $3.82 on an earnings per share basis. Carnival employs 99,200 workers across the globe.

Carnival's mailing address is 3655 N W 87TH AVE PO BOX 1347, MIAMI FL, 33178. The company can be reached via phone at 305-599-2600.