NYSE:RCL - Royal Caribbean Cruises Stock Price, Price Target & More

Royal Caribbean Cruises trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "RCL."

Royal Caribbean Cruises declared a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, May 9th. Stockholders of record on Monday, June 4th will be paid a dividend of $0.60 per share on Tuesday, July 3rd. This represents a $2.40 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 2.19%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, June 1st. View Royal Caribbean Cruises' Dividend History.

Royal Caribbean Cruises announced that its board has approved a share repurchase plan on Wednesday, May 9th 2018, which authorizes the company to buyback $1,000,000,000.00 in outstanding shares, according to EventVestor. This buyback authorization authorizes the company to reacquire up to 4.5% of its stock through open market purchases. Stock buyback plans are generally a sign that the company's board believes its stock is undervalued.

Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd (NYSE:RCL) released its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, April, 26th. The company reported $1.09 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates of $0.97 by $0.12. The company earned $2.03 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $2.04 billion. Royal Caribbean Cruises had a net margin of 18.52% and a return on equity of 15.85%. The firm's quarterly revenue was up 1.0% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the prior year, the business earned $0.99 earnings per share. View Royal Caribbean Cruises' Earnings History.

Royal Caribbean Cruises is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, August, 7th 2018. View Earnings Estimates for Royal Caribbean Cruises.

Royal Caribbean Cruises updated its FY18 earnings guidance on Thursday, April, 26th. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of $8.70-8.90 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus earnings per share estimate of $8.79.

14 Wall Street analysts have issued 1-year price objectives for Royal Caribbean Cruises' stock. Their predictions range from $115.00 to $155.00. On average, they expect Royal Caribbean Cruises' share price to reach $137.4286 in the next twelve months. View Analyst Ratings for Royal Caribbean Cruises.

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

News coverage about RCL stock has been trending somewhat positive on Saturday, Accern Sentiment Analysis reports. The research group identifies negative and positive press coverage by monitoring more than twenty million news and blog sources. Accern ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of -1 to 1, with scores nearest to one being the most favorable. Royal Caribbean Cruises earned a daily sentiment score of 0.18 on Accern's scale. They also gave headlines about the company an impact score of 45.47 out of 100, meaning that recent press coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the next several days.

Royal Caribbean Cruises' stock is owned by a variety of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include BlackRock Inc. (5.14%), Baillie Gifford & Co. (3.29%), Dimensional Fund Advisors LP (1.15%), American Century Companies Inc. (1.14%), Barrow Hanley Mewhinney & Strauss LLC (1.12%) and Northern Trust Corp (0.92%). Company insiders that own Royal Caribbean Cruises stock include Adam M Goldstein, Bernt Reitan, Bradley H Stein, Harri U Kulovaara, Henry L Pujol, Jason T Liberty, Lawrence R Pimentel, Lisa Lutoff-Perlo, Michael W Bayley, Richard D Fain, Vagn O Sorensen, Wilhelmsen A S A and William K Reilly. View Institutional Ownership Trends for Royal Caribbean Cruises.

RCL stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Baillie Gifford & Co., Carillon Tower Advisers Inc., Scout Investments Inc., NorthCoast Asset Management LLC, Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA, Columbus Circle Investors, BlackRock Inc. and Swiss National Bank. Company insiders that have sold Royal Caribbean Cruises company stock in the last year include Adam M Goldstein, Bernt Reitan, Bradley H Stein, Harri U Kulovaara, Jason T Liberty, Lawrence R Pimentel, Lisa Lutoff-Perlo, Michael W Bayley and Richard D Fain. View Insider Buying and Selling for Royal Caribbean Cruises.

RCL stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Rockefeller Capital Management L.P., Summit Trail Advisors LLC, Wells Fargo & Company MN, State Treasurer State of Michigan, Barrow Hanley Mewhinney & Strauss LLC, Millennium Management LLC, State of Wisconsin Investment Board and Roystone Capital Management LP. Company insiders that have bought Royal Caribbean Cruises stock in the last two years include Richard D Fain and Vagn O Sorensen. View Insider Buying and Selling for Royal Caribbean Cruises.

Shares of RCL 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 RCL stock can currently be purchased for approximately $109.80.

Royal Caribbean Cruises has a market capitalization of $22.59 billion and generates $8.78 billion in revenue each year. The company earns $1.63 billion in net income (profit) each year or $7.53 on an earnings per share basis. Royal Caribbean Cruises employs 66,000 workers across the globe.

Royal Caribbean Cruises' mailing address is 1050 Caribbean Way, Miami FL, 33132. The company can be reached via phone at 305-539-6000 or via email at [email protected]