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 paid a dividend of $0.50 per share on Friday, June 15th. This represents a $2.00 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 3.15%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, May 24th. This is an increase from Carnival's previous quarterly dividend of $0.45. View Carnival's Dividend History.

Carnival declared that its board has approved a share repurchase program 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 programs are generally a sign that the company's board believes its stock is undervalued.

Carnival Corp (NYSE:CCL) announced its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, December, 19th. The company reported $0.63 EPS for the quarter, beating the Zacks' consensus estimate of $0.51 by $0.12. The business had revenue of $4.26 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $4.15 billion. Carnival had a return on equity of 11.97% and a net margin of 14.73%. The company's revenue for the quarter was up 8.2% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the previous year, the company earned $0.67 EPS. 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 brokerages have issued 1 year price objectives for Carnival's shares. Their predictions range from $66.00 to $84.00. On average, they anticipate Carnival's share price to reach $75.8250 in the next twelve months. View Analyst Ratings for Carnival.

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News headlines about CCL stock have been trending somewhat positive recently, Accern Sentiment Analysis reports. The research firm identifies negative and positive press coverage by monitoring more than twenty million blog and news sources in real time. Accern ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of negative one to one, with scores closest to one being the most favorable. Carnival earned a media sentiment score of 0.16 on Accern's scale. They also gave headlines about the company an impact score of 46.88 out of 100, meaning that recent press coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an effect on the company's share price in the immediate future.

Carnival's stock is owned by a number of 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.