Carnival Corporation operates as a leisure travel company in North America, Australia, Europe, and Asia. It operates in four segments: North America and Australia Cruise Operations, Europe and Asia Cruise Operations, Cruise Support, and Tour and Other. The company operates cruises under the Carnival Cruise Line, Princess Cruises, Holland America Line, P&O Cruises (Australia), Seabourn, Costa, AIDA, P&O Cruises (UK), and Cunard brand names.
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Industry, Sector and Symbol
Industry Water transportation
Sub-IndustryHotels Resorts & Cruise Lines
SectorConsumer Discretionary
Phone305-599-2600
Debt
Price-To-Earnings
Sales & Book Value
Annual Sales$20.83 billion
Profitability
Miscellaneous
Employees92,000
Next Earnings Date3/24/2020 (Estimated)
OptionableOptionable
Carnival (NYSE:CCL) Frequently Asked Questions
What is Carnival's stock symbol?
Carnival trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "CCL."
How often does Carnival pay dividends? What is the dividend yield for Carnival?
Carnival announced a quarterly dividend on Thursday, January 16th. Stockholders 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 dividend yield of 6.05%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, February 20th. View Carnival's Dividend History.
How were Carnival's earnings last quarter?
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, beating the consensus estimate of $0.51 by $0.11. The company earned $4.78 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $4.56 billion. Carnival had a return on equity of 12.29% and a net margin of 14.36%. The company's revenue was up 7.3% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the prior year, the business posted $0.70 EPS. View Carnival's Earnings History.
When is Carnival's next earnings date?
What guidance has Carnival issued on next quarter's earnings?
Carnival updated its first quarter 2020
Pre-Market earnings guidance on Friday, December, 20th. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of 0.47-0.51 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus EPS estimate of $0.40.
What price target have analysts set for CCL?
17 analysts have issued 1-year price objectives for Carnival's shares. Their forecasts range from $42.00 to $65.00. On average, they expect Carnival's share price to reach $50.20 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 51.9% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Carnival.
What is the consensus analysts' recommendation for Carnival?
17 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Carnival in the last year. There are currently 1 sell rating, 9 hold ratings and 7 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for Carnival.
Has Carnival been receiving favorable news coverage?
Media stories about CCL stock have trended somewhat negative this week, according to InfoTrie Sentiment. The research firm identifies positive and negative media coverage by reviewing more than six thousand blog and news sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Carnival earned a news impact score of -1.9 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave news stories about the company a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, meaning that recent media coverage is extremely likely to have an effect on the company's share price in the next few days. View News Stories for Carnival.
Are investors shorting Carnival?
Carnival saw a increase in short interest during the month of February. As of February 14th, there was short interest totalling 21,570,000 shares, an increase of 10.5% from the January 30th total of 19,520,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 4,890,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 4.4 days. Approximately 5.0% of the shares of the company are short sold. View Carnival's Current Options Chain.
Who are some of Carnival's key competitors?
What other stocks do shareholders of Carnival own?
Who are Carnival's key executives?
Carnival's management team includes the folowing people:
- Mr. Arnold W. Donald, CEO, Pres & Director (Age 64)
- Mr. David Bernstein, CFO & Chief Accounting Officer (Age 61)
- Mr. Arnaldo Perez, Gen. Counsel & Company Sec. (Age 59)
- Mr. Stein Kruse, Group Chief Exec. Officer of Holland America Group & Carnival UK (Age 60)
- Mr. Michael Olaf Thamm, Chief Exec. Officer of the Costa Group & Carnival Asia (Age 55)
Who are Carnival's major shareholders?
Carnival's stock is owned by many different of retail and institutional 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.
Which major investors are selling Carnival stock?
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, Franklin Resources Inc., Renaissance Technologies LLC, Payden & Rygel, American International Group Inc. and Fort Washington Investment Advisors Inc. OH. View Insider Buying and Selling for Carnival.
Which major investors are buying Carnival stock?
CCL stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Wealth Quarterback LLC, Artisan Partners Limited Partnership, Capital International Investors, Echo Street Capital Management LLC, Bank of New York Mellon Corp, Ariel Investments LLC, Kornitzer Capital Management Inc. KS and Poplar Forest Capital 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 for Carnival.
How do I buy shares of 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.
What is Carnival's stock price today?
One share of CCL stock can currently be purchased for approximately $33.04.
How big of a company is Carnival?
Carnival has a market capitalization of $17.43 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.
What is Carnival's official website?
How can I contact Carnival?
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.
MarketBeat Community Rating for Carnival (NYSE CCL)
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