NYSE:CCL - Carnival Stock Price, Forecast & News

Carnival's stock was trading at $21.75 on March 11th, 2020 when Coronavirus (COVID-19) reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization. Since then, CCL shares have decreased by 33.7% and is now trading at $14.41. View which stocks have been mosted impacted by Coronavirus.

17 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Carnival in the last year. There are currently 2 sell ratings, 10 hold ratings and 5 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View analyst ratings for Carnival.

Carnival is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, March 31st 2020. View our earnings forecast for Carnival.

Carnival Corp (NYSE:CCL) issued its quarterly earnings data on Friday, December, 20th. The company reported $0.62 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $0.51 by $0.11. The company had revenue of $4.78 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $4.56 billion. Carnival had a net margin of 14.36% and a return on equity of 12.29%. The business's quarterly revenue was up 7.3% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the prior year, the firm earned $0.70 EPS. View Carnival's earnings history.

Carnival declared a quarterly dividend on Thursday, January 16th. Shareholders of record on Friday, February 21st will be given a dividend of $0.50 per share on Friday, March 13th. This represents a $2.00 annualized dividend and a yield of 13.88%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, February 20th. View Carnival's dividend history.

17 brokerages have issued 12 month price objectives for Carnival's stock. Their forecasts range from $6.00 to $63.00. On average, they anticipate Carnival's share price to reach $43.53 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 202.1% from the stock's current price. View analysts' price targets for Carnival.

News articles about CCL stock have trended extremely negative on Sunday, according to InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis. The research group ranks the sentiment of news coverage by analyzing more than six thousand blog and news sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Carnival earned a media sentiment score of -5.0 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned media stories about the company a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, meaning that recent news coverage is extremely likely to have an impact on the company's share price in the immediate future. View the latest news aboutCarnival.

Carnival saw a increase in short interest in March. As of March 13th, there was short interest totaling 40,007,300 shares, an increase of 37.2% from the February 27th total of 29,150,000 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 9,440,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 4.2 days. Approximately 9.2% of the shares of the company are sold short. View Carnival's Current Options Chain.

Some companies that are related to Carnival include Marriott International (MAR), Royal Caribbean Cruises (RCL), Hyatt Hotels (H), Choice Hotels International (CHH), Marriott Vacations Worldwide (VAC), Norwegian Cruise Line (NCLH), Marcus (MCS) and Red Lion Hotels (RLH).

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other Carnival investors own include Walgreens Boots Alliance (WBA), Walt Disney (DIS), AT&T (T), Wolverine World Wide (WWW), General Electric (GE), Wendys (WEN), CVS Health (CVS), Intel (INTC), Bank of America (BAC) and Home Depot (HD).

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

Carnival's stock is owned by a number of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include Wealth Quarterback LLC (27.22%), Capital World Investors (7.25%), State Street Corp (3.40%), Capital Research Global Investors (1.95%), Bank of America Corp DE (1.73%) and Artisan Partners Limited Partnership (1.20%). Company insiders that own Carnival stock include Arnaldo Perez, Arnold W Donald, David Bernstein, Randall J Weisenburger, 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 Capital World Investors, Capital Research Global Investors, Bank of America Corp DE, Nuveen Asset Management LLC, Franklin Resources Inc., Franklin Resources Inc., Renaissance Technologies LLC, and Payden & Rygel. View insider buying and selling activity for Carnival.

CCL stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Wealth Quarterback LLC, Artisan Partners Limited Partnership, Norges Bank, Capital International Investors, Echo Street Capital Management LLC, Bank of New York Mellon Corp, Ariel Investments LLC, and Kornitzer Capital Management Inc. KS. Company insiders that have bought Carnival stock in the last two years include Arnold W Donald, and Randall J Weisenburger. View insider buying and selling activity 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, Robinhood, Fidelity, and Charles Schwab.

One share of CCL stock can currently be purchased for approximately $14.41.

Carnival has a market capitalization of $7.60 billion and generates $20.83 billion in revenue each year. The company earns $2.99 billion in net income (profit) each year or $4.40 on an earnings per share basis. Carnival employs 92,000 workers across the globe. View additional information about Carnival.

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.