NYSE:CCL - Carnival Stock Price, Price Target & More

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

Carnival announced a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, April 11th. Shareholders of record on Friday, May 25th will be paid a dividend of $0.50 per share on Friday, June 15th. This represents a $2.00 annualized dividend and a yield of 3.07%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, May 24th. This is a positive change from Carnival's previous quarterly dividend of $0.45. View Carnival's Dividend History.

Carnival declared that its board has approved a share buyback plan on Monday, April 24th 2017, which permits the company to repurchase $1,000,000,000.00 in shares, according to EventVestor. This repurchase authorization permits the company to repurchase up to 2.4% of its stock through open market purchases. Stock repurchase plans are generally an indication that the company's management believes its shares are undervalued.

Carnival Corp (NYSE:CCL) announced its earnings results on Thursday, March, 22nd. The company reported $0.52 EPS for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.43 by $0.09. The company had revenue of $4.23 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $4.11 billion. Carnival had a net margin of 14.73% and a return on equity of 11.97%. The firm's revenue was up 11.6% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period last year, the firm earned $0.38 EPS. View Carnival's Earnings History.

Carnival is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Friday, June, 22nd 2018. View Earnings Estimates for Carnival.

Carnival issued an update on its FY18 earnings guidance on Thursday, March, 22nd. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of $4.20-4.40 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus earnings per share estimate of $4.31. Carnival also updated its Q2 guidance to $0.56-0.60 EPS.

19 Wall Street analysts have issued 12 month price targets for Carnival's shares. Their predictions range from $57.00 to $84.00. On average, they anticipate Carnival's stock price to reach $74.7176 in the next year. View Analyst Ratings for Carnival.

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Press coverage about CCL stock has trended somewhat positive recently, according to Accern Sentiment Analysis. Accern ranks the sentiment of news coverage by reviewing more than 20 million blog and news sources in real time. Accern ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative one to positive one, with scores nearest to one being the most favorable. Carnival earned a coverage optimism score of 0.13 on Accern's scale. They also gave press coverage about the company an impact score of 45.77 out of 100, meaning that recent news coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the near term.

Carnival's stock is owned by a variety of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include Suntrust Banks Inc. (7.22%), BlackRock Inc. (5.89%), Northern Trust Corp (4.66%), OppenheimerFunds Inc. (1.72%), Dimensional Fund Advisors LP (0.58%) and Earnest Partners LLC (0.50%). 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 Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA, Millennium Management LLC, Hancock Holding Co., Barrow Hanley Mewhinney & Strauss LLC, Amundi Pioneer Asset Management Inc., Northern Trust Corp, Earnest Partners LLC and Swiss National Bank. Company insiders that have sold Carnival company stock in the last year include Alan Buckelew, 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 acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Thrivent Financial for Lutherans, BlackRock Inc., OppenheimerFunds Inc., Rockefeller Capital Management L.P., American Century Companies Inc., Capital Growth Management LP, GQG Partners LLC and DekaBank Deutsche Girozentrale. 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 $65.18.

Carnival has a market capitalization of $34.82 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.