NYSE:CCLCarnival Stock Price, Forecast & News

Carnival's stock was trading at $21.75 on March 11th, 2020 when COVID-19 (Coronavirus) reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Since then, CCL stock has decreased by 29.7% and is now trading at $15.28. View which stocks have been most impacted by Coronavirus.

23 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Carnival in the last year. There are currently 5 sell ratings, 12 hold ratings and 6 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 Thursday, September 24th 2020. View our earnings forecast for Carnival.

Carnival Corp (NYSE:CCL) released its earnings results on Friday, July, 10th. The company reported ($3.30) EPS for the quarter, missing the Zacks' consensus estimate of ($1.79) by $1.51. The company earned $740 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $401.40 million. Carnival had a positive return on equity of 0.06% and a negative net margin of 17.57%. Carnival's revenue was down 84.7% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the previous year, the business earned $0.66 earnings per share. View Carnival's earnings history.

Carnival declared a quarterly dividend on Thursday, January 16th. Investors 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 dividend yield of 13.09%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, February 20th. View Carnival's dividend history.

23 equities research analysts have issued 1-year target prices for Carnival's stock. Their forecasts range from $10.00 to $50.00. On average, they anticipate Carnival's stock price to reach $19.52 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 27.8% from the stock's current price. View analysts' price targets for Carnival.

Press coverage about CCL stock has trended somewhat positive on Tuesday, according to InfoTrie. InfoTrie identifies positive and negative news coverage by reviewing more than six thousand blog and news sources. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Carnival earned a media sentiment score of 1.8 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave press coverage about the company a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, meaning that recent news coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the immediate future. View the latest news about Carnival.

Carnival saw a increase in short interest in June. As of June 30th, there was short interest totaling 122,360,000 shares, an increase of 8.2% from the June 15th total of 113,070,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 73,700,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 1.7 days. Approximately 26.0% of the shares of the stock 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), Norwegian Cruise Line (NCLH), Marriott Vacations Worldwide (VAC), Marcus (MCS) and Red Lion Hotels (RLH). View all competitors.

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other Carnival investors own include Norwegian Cruise Line (NCLH), Boeing (BA), Walt Disney (DIS), Royal Caribbean Cruises (RCL), Delta Air Lines (DAL), General Electric (GE), AT&T (T), Bank of America (BAC), Walgreens Boots Alliance (WBA) and NVIDIA (NVDA).

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

Carnival's stock is owned by many different retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include State of Alaska Department of Revenue (0.06%), Unison Advisors LLC (0.03%), Envestnet Asset Management Inc. (0.02%), MERIAN GLOBAL INVESTORS UK Ltd (0.02%), DNB Asset Management AS (0.01%) and IFM Investors Pty Ltd (0.01%). 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 Envestnet Asset Management Inc., Sound Income Strategies LLC, Municipal Employees Retirement System of Michigan, and IFM Investors Pty Ltd. View insider buying and selling activity for Carnival.

CCL stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including State of Alaska Department of Revenue, Unison Advisors LLC, MERIAN GLOBAL INVESTORS UK Ltd, Teamwork Financial Advisors LLC, Acorn Financial Advisory Services Inc. ADV, Strategic Wealth Designers, Dfpg Investments LLC, and IBM Retirement Fund. 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 $15.28.

Carnival has a market capitalization of $8.06 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.

The official website for Carnival is 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.