NYSE:CUK - Carnival Stock Price, News, & Analysis

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

Carnival declared a quarterly dividend on Thursday, January 17th. Investors of record on Friday, February 22nd will be given a dividend of $0.50 per share on Friday, March 15th. This represents a $2.00 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 3.54%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, February 21st. View Carnival's Dividend History.

Carnival announced that its board has initiated a stock buyback plan on Monday, April 24th 2017, which permits the company to repurchase $1,000,000,000.00 in shares, according to EventVestor. This repurchase authorization permits the company to repurchase up to 2.4% of its shares through open market purchases. Shares repurchase plans are usually a sign that the company's management believes its stock is undervalued.

Carnival plc (NYSE:CUK) posted its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, December, 20th. The company reported $0.70 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, meeting the Zacks' consensus estimate of $0.70. The company earned $4.46 billion during the quarter. Carnival had a net margin of 16.70% and a return on equity of 12.44%. View Carnival's Earnings History.

Carnival is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, March 28th 2019. View Earnings Estimates for Carnival.

1 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Carnival in the last year. There are currently 1 hold rating for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for Carnival.

Media stories about CUK stock have trended somewhat positive this week, according to InfoTrie Sentiment. The research firm ranks the sentiment of media coverage by analyzing more than six thousand blog and news sources. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Carnival earned a news sentiment score of 1.4 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave media coverage about the company a news buzz of 1.0 out of 10, indicating that recent media coverage is extremely unlikely to have an impact on the company's share price in the next few days.

Carnival saw a decrease in short interest in the month of January. As of January 15th, there was short interest totalling 268,090 shares, a decrease of 49.6% from the December 31st total of 532,080 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 444,004 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 0.6 days. View Carnival's Current Options Chain.

Some companies that are related to Carnival include Carnival (CCL), Royal Caribbean Cruises (RCL), Brookfield Infrastructure Partners (BIP), Kirby (KEX), Golar LNG (GLNG), Matson (MATX), GasLog (GLOG), Teekay Lng Partners (TGP), Golar LNG Partners (GMLP), GasLog Partners LP Unit (GLOP), Golden Ocean Group (GOGL), KNOT Offshore Partners (KNOP), Hoegh LNG Partners (HMLP), Tidewater (TDW) and Teekay Offshore Partners (TOO).

Carnival's stock is owned by a variety of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include Northern Trust Corp (0.19%), Bank of America Corp DE (0.13%), Renaissance Group LLC (0.12%), Two Sigma Advisers LP (0.11%), Two Sigma Investments LP (0.11%) and D. E. Shaw & Co. Inc. (0.07%). Company insiders that own Carnival stock include Alan Buckelew, Arnaldo Perez, Arnold W Donald, David Bernstein, Michael Olaf Thamm, Richard Glasier, Sir John Parker, Sir Jonathon Band and Stein Kruse. View Institutional Ownership Trends for Carnival.

CUK stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Northern Trust Corp, Bank of America Corp DE, Bank of Montreal Can, Renaissance Group LLC, Raymond James & Associates, Natixis Advisors L.P., Parallel Advisors LLC and Fulton Bank N.A.. Company insiders that have sold Carnival company stock in the last year include Arnaldo Perez, Arnold W Donald and Michael Olaf Thamm. View Insider Buying and Selling for Carnival.

CUK stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Two Sigma Advisers LP, Two Sigma Investments LP, D. E. Shaw & Co. Inc., Cambridge Investment Research Advisors Inc., CWM LLC, SG Americas Securities LLC, Barclays PLC and Geode Capital Management LLC. View Insider Buying and Selling for Carnival.

Shares of CUK 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 CUK stock can currently be purchased for approximately $56.48.

Carnival has a market capitalization of $11.71 billion and generates $18.88 billion in revenue each year. The company earns $3.15 billion in net income (profit) each year or $4.26 on an earnings per share basis. Carnival employs 102,000 workers across the globe.

The official website for Carnival is http://www.carnivalplc.com.

Carnival's mailing address is 100 HARBOUR PARADE CARNIVAL HOUSE, SOUTHAMPTON X0, SO15 1ST. The company can be reached via phone at 44-23-8065-5000.