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

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

Carnival declared a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, October 17th. Investors of record on Friday, November 23rd will be given a dividend of $0.50 per share on Friday, December 14th. This represents a $2.00 annualized dividend and a yield of 3.80%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Wednesday, November 21st. View Carnival's Dividend History.

Carnival announced that its Board of Directors has approved a share repurchase program on Monday, April 24th 2017, which permits the company to buyback $1,000,000,000.00 in shares, according to EventVestor. This buyback authorization permits the company to reacquire up to 2.4% of its shares through open market purchases. Shares buyback programs are typically an indication that the company's board believes its shares are undervalued.

Carnival Corp (NYSE:CCL) announced its earnings results on Thursday, December, 20th. The company reported $0.70 EPS for the quarter, topping the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $0.69 by $0.01. The company had revenue of $4.46 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $4.46 billion. Carnival had a net margin of 16.70% and a return on equity of 12.44%. Carnival's quarterly revenue was up 4.6% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the previous year, the firm posted $0.63 earnings per share. View Carnival's Earnings History.

Carnival is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, March 28th 2019. View Earnings Estimates for Carnival.

Carnival issued an update on its FY19 earnings guidance on Thursday, December, 20th. The company provided earnings per share guidance of $4.50-4.80 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus estimate of $4.70. Carnival also updated its Q1 guidance to $0.40-0.44 EPS.

19 analysts have issued 12 month target prices for Carnival's stock. Their forecasts range from $54.00 to $85.00. On average, they anticipate Carnival's stock price to reach $69.9286 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 32.9% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Carnival.

19 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Carnival in the last year. There are currently 1 sell rating, 6 hold ratings and 12 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View Analyst Ratings for Carnival.

Headlines about CCL stock have been trending positive recently, according to InfoTrie Sentiment. The research firm identifies negative and positive news coverage by analyzing more than six thousand news and blog sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Carnival earned a media sentiment score of 2.8 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave news articles about the company a news buzz of 7.0 out of 10, indicating that recent news coverage is likely to have an impact on the company's share price in the near future.

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

Carnival's stock is owned by many different of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include DNB Asset Management AS (0.20%), RNC Capital Management LLC (0.05%), Sit Investment Associates Inc. (0.04%), Gulf International Bank UK Ltd (0.02%), Pennsylvania Trust Co (0.02%) and State of Alaska Department of Revenue (0.02%). 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 DNB Asset Management AS, Sit Investment Associates Inc., RNC Capital Management LLC, Daiwa SB Investments Ltd., Gulf International Bank UK Ltd, CX Institutional, Tealwood Asset Management Inc. and Pennsylvania Trust Co. 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 acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including QUANTRES ASSET MANAGEMENT Ltd, New England Research & Management Inc., First Hawaiian Bank, Fox Run Management L.L.C., Cerebellum GP LLC and Norman Fields Gottscho Capital Management LLC. 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 $52.62.

Carnival has a market capitalization of $27.50 billion and generates $18.88 billion in revenue each year. The company earns $3.15 billion in net income (profit) each year or $4.26 on an earnings per share basis. Carnival employs 99,200 workers across the globe.

The official website for Carnival is http://www.carnival.com.

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.