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. Since then, CCL stock has decreased by 28.2% and is now trading at $15.61. 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 4 sell ratings, 12 hold ratings and 7 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 quarterly earnings results on Thursday, June, 18th. The company reported ($3.30) earnings per share for the quarter, missing the Zacks' consensus estimate of ($1.56) by $1.74. The company earned $700 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $737.81 million. Carnival had a negative net margin of 17.57% and a positive return on equity of 0.06%. The business's revenue for the quarter was down 85.0% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the previous year, the company posted $0.49 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 paid a dividend of $0.50 per share on Friday, March 13th. This represents a $2.00 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 12.81%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, February 20th. View Carnival's dividend history.

23 brokerages have issued 1-year target prices for Carnival's shares. Their forecasts range from $6.00 to $53.00. On average, they expect Carnival's share price to reach $21.57 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 38.2% from the stock's current price. View analysts' price targets for Carnival.

News articles about CCL stock have trended negative this week, according to InfoTrie. The research firm identifies negative and positive news coverage by reviewing more than six thousand news and blog sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Carnival earned a coverage optimism score of -2.1 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave media 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 company's share price in the near term. View the latest news about Carnival.

Carnival saw a increase in short interest in the month of 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 daily volume of 73,700,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 1.7 days. Approximately 26.0% of the shares of the stock are short sold. 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 a number of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include State of Alaska Department of Revenue (0.06%), Municipal Employees Retirement System of Michigan (0.00%) and Modus Advisors LLC (0.00%). 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 Municipal Employees Retirement System of Michigan. View insider buying and selling activity for Carnival.

CCL stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including State of Alaska Department of Revenue, and Modus Advisors LLC. 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 $15.61.

Carnival has a market capitalization of $8.24 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.