NYSE:RCL - Royal Caribbean Cruises Stock Price, News, & Analysis

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, February 13th. Investors of record on Thursday, March 7th will be given a dividend of $0.70 per share on Friday, April 5th. This represents a $2.80 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 2.32%. The ex-dividend date is Wednesday, March 6th. View Royal Caribbean Cruises' Dividend History.

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

Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd (NYSE:RCL) issued its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, January, 30th. The company reported $1.53 earnings per share for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $1.51 by $0.02. The company earned $2.33 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $2.31 billion. Royal Caribbean Cruises had a net margin of 19.08% and a return on equity of 17.08%. The firm's quarterly revenue was up 16.4% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the previous year, the business posted $7.53 earnings per share. View Royal Caribbean Cruises' Earnings History.

Royal Caribbean Cruises is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, April 25th 2019. View Earnings Estimates for Royal Caribbean Cruises.

Royal Caribbean Cruises issued an update on its first quarter 2019 earnings guidance on Wednesday, January, 30th. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of $1.10-1.10 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus estimate of $1.08. Royal Caribbean Cruises also updated its FY19 guidance to $9.75-10.00 EPS.

13 Wall Street analysts have issued 12 month target prices for Royal Caribbean Cruises' stock. Their forecasts range from $104.00 to $165.00. On average, they expect Royal Caribbean Cruises' stock price to reach $140.6364 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 16.3% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Royal Caribbean Cruises.

13 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Royal Caribbean Cruises in the last year. There are currently 3 hold ratings and 10 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View Analyst Ratings for Royal Caribbean Cruises.

News coverage about RCL stock has been trending positive recently, InfoTrie reports. The research group ranks the sentiment of media coverage by reviewing more than six thousand news and blog sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Royal Caribbean Cruises earned a media sentiment score of 2.3 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned media headlines about the company a news buzz of 3.0 out of 10, indicating that recent media coverage is unlikely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the near term.

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Royal Caribbean Cruises' stock is owned by many different of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include BlackRock Inc. (5.20%), Baillie Gifford & Co. (2.22%), Barrow Hanley Mewhinney & Strauss LLC (1.31%), Dimensional Fund Advisors LP (1.21%), Geode Capital Management LLC (1.05%) and Northern Trust Corp (0.89%). 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 and Wilhelmsen A S A. View Institutional Ownership Trends for Royal Caribbean Cruises.

RCL stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including DSM Capital Partners LLC, Royal London Asset Management Ltd., PNC Financial Services Group Inc., Barrow Hanley Mewhinney & Strauss LLC, State Treasurer State of Michigan, Amundi Pioneer Asset Management Inc., Canada Pension Plan Investment Board and Two Sigma Investments LP. Company insiders that have sold Royal Caribbean Cruises company stock in the last year include Bernt Reitan, Harri U Kulovaara, Michael W Bayley, Richard D Fain and Wilhelmsen A S A. View Insider Buying and Selling for Royal Caribbean Cruises.

RCL stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Altshuler Shaham Ltd, Levin Capital Strategies L.P., Prudential Financial Inc., BlackRock Inc., Two Sigma Advisers LP, Samlyn Capital LLC, Lord Abbett & CO. LLC and Geode Capital Management LLC. 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 $120.93.

Royal Caribbean Cruises has a market capitalization of $25.27 billion and generates $9.49 billion in revenue each year. The company earns $1.81 billion in net income (profit) each year or $8.86 on an earnings per share basis. Royal Caribbean Cruises employs 66,000 workers across the globe.

The official website for Royal Caribbean Cruises is http://www.rclcorporate.com.

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]