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. Investors of record on Friday, May 25th will be given a dividend of $0.50 per share on Friday, June 15th. This represents a $2.00 annualized dividend and a yield of 3.15%. 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 announced that its board 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 stock through open market purchases. Stock buyback programs are usually a sign that the company's leadership believes its stock is undervalued.

Carnival Corp (NYSE:CCL) posted its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, December, 19th. The company reported $0.63 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the Zacks' consensus estimate of $0.51 by $0.12. The firm earned $4.26 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $4.15 billion. Carnival had a net margin of 14.73% and a return on equity of 11.97%. The company's revenue for the quarter was up 8.2% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the prior year, the firm earned $0.67 earnings per share. View Carnival's Earnings History.

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

19 analysts have issued twelve-month target prices for Carnival's shares. Their predictions range from $66.00 to $84.00. On average, they expect Carnival's share price to reach $75.8250 in the next year. View Analyst Ratings for Carnival.

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News coverage about CCL stock has been trending somewhat positive this week, Accern Sentiment reports. The research group identifies positive and negative news coverage by monitoring more than 20 million news and blog sources in real time. Accern ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of -1 to 1, with scores nearest to one being the most favorable. Carnival earned a media sentiment score of 0.07 on Accern's scale. They also gave news stories about the company an impact score of 46.57 out of 100, indicating that recent news coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an impact on the company's share price in the next few days.

Carnival's stock is owned by many different of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors 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 bought 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 $63.53.

Carnival has a market capitalization of $33.33 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.