NYSE:CCL - Carnival Stock Price, Price Target & More

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

Carnival declared a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, April 11th. Stockholders 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 3.43%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, May 24th. This is a boost from Carnival's previous quarterly dividend of $0.45. View Carnival's Dividend History.

Carnival announced that its Board of Directors has approved a share repurchase program on Monday, April 24th 2017, which allows the company to repurchase $1,000,000,000.00 in outstanding shares, according to EventVestor. This repurchase authorization allows 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 management believes its shares are undervalued.

Carnival Corp (NYSE:CCL) issued its quarterly earnings results on Monday, June, 25th. The company reported $0.68 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates of $0.59 by $0.09. The company earned $4.36 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $4.32 billion. Carnival had a return on equity of 11.97% and a net margin of 14.73%. Carnival's revenue was up 10.4% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter last year, the firm posted $0.52 earnings per share. 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.

Carnival updated its FY18 earnings guidance on Monday, June, 25th. The company provided earnings per share guidance of $4.15-4.25 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus estimate of $4.36. Carnival also updated its Q3 guidance to $2.25-2.29 EPS.

19 brokers have issued 1 year price objectives for Carnival's shares. Their forecasts range from $66.00 to $84.00. On average, they anticipate Carnival's share price to reach $75.8250 in the next year. View Analyst Ratings for Carnival.

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Media headlines about CCL stock have been trending somewhat positive on Monday, according to Accern. The research firm ranks the sentiment of media coverage by reviewing 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 nearest to one being the most favorable. Carnival earned a news sentiment score of 0.17 on Accern's scale. They also assigned press coverage about the company an impact score of 46.66 out of 100, indicating that recent media coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an effect on the company's share price in the next few days.

Carnival's stock is owned by a number of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders 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 acquired 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 $58.39.

Carnival has a market capitalization of $33.94 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.