NYSE:RCLRoyal Caribbean Cruises Stock Price, Forecast & News

Royal Caribbean Cruises' stock was trading at $44.37 on March 11th, 2020 when Coronavirus reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization. Since then, RCL stock has increased by 64.0% and is now trading at $72.78. View which stocks have been most impacted by Coronavirus.

17 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Royal Caribbean Cruises in the last year. There are currently 2 sell ratings, 6 hold ratings and 9 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View analyst ratings for Royal Caribbean Cruises.

Royal Caribbean Cruises is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, July 23rd 2020. View our earnings forecast for Royal Caribbean Cruises.

Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd (NYSE:RCL) posted its earnings results on Wednesday, May, 20th. The company reported ($1.48) earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing the Zacks' consensus estimate of ($0.63) by $0.85. The company earned $2.03 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $2 billion. Royal Caribbean Cruises had a net margin of 1.75% and a return on equity of 12.34%. The firm's quarterly revenue was down 16.7% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the prior year, the firm posted $1.31 earnings per share. View Royal Caribbean Cruises' earnings history.

Royal Caribbean Cruises declared a quarterly dividend on Thursday, February 20th. Investors of record on Friday, March 6th will be paid a dividend of $0.78 per share on Monday, April 6th. This represents a $3.12 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 4.29%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, March 5th. View Royal Caribbean Cruises' dividend history.

17 equities research analysts have issued 1 year target prices for Royal Caribbean Cruises' shares. Their forecasts range from $25.00 to $160.00. On average, they expect Royal Caribbean Cruises' stock price to reach $81.18 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 11.5% from the stock's current price. View analysts' price targets for Royal Caribbean Cruises.

Media coverage about RCL stock has trended extremely negative recently, according to InfoTrie Sentiment. The research firm ranks the sentiment of news coverage by reviewing more than six thousand news and blog sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Royal Caribbean Cruises earned a media sentiment score of -5.0 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned news stories about the company a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, meaning that recent news coverage is extremely likely to have an effect on the company's share price in the immediate future. View the latest news aboutRoyal Caribbean Cruises.

Royal Caribbean Cruises saw a drop in short interest during the month of May. As of May 15th, there was short interest totaling 25,480,000 shares, a drop of 8.9% from the April 30th total of 27,960,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 19,160,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 1.3 days. Approximately 15.0% of the shares of the company are short sold. View Royal Caribbean Cruises' Current Options Chain.

Some companies that are related to Royal Caribbean Cruises include Marriott International (MAR), Carnival (CCL), Hyatt Hotels (H), Norwegian Cruise Line (NCLH), Choice Hotels International (CHH), Marriott Vacations Worldwide (VAC), Marcus (MCS) and Red Lion Hotels (RLH). View all competitors.

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other Royal Caribbean Cruises investors own include Carnival (CCL), Norwegian Cruise Line (NCLH), Walt Disney (DIS), Delta Air Lines (DAL), NVIDIA (NVDA), Alibaba Group (BABA), Boeing (BA), Micron Technology (MU), Tesla (TSLA) and American Airlines Group (AAL).

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

Royal Caribbean Cruises' stock is owned by many different institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include Capital Research Global Investors (6.76%), BlackRock Inc. (5.60%), Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (3.87%), State Street Corp (3.70%), Primecap Management Co. CA (3.53%) and Capital International Investors (2.97%). Company insiders that own Royal Caribbean Cruises stock include Bernt Reitan, Bradley H Stein, Donald Thompson, Harri U Kulovaara, Henry L Pujol, Jason T Liberty, Lawrence R Pimentel, Lisa Lutoff-Perlo, Maritza Gomez Montiel, Michael W Bayley, Richard D Fain, Stephen R Jr Howe 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 Invesco Ltd., Capital International Investors, Primecap Management Co. CA, Rockefeller Capital Management L.P., APG Asset Management N.V., APG Asset Management N.V., Altshuler Shaham Ltd, and Wells Fargo & Company MN. Company insiders that have sold Royal Caribbean Cruises company stock in the last year include Lawrence R Pimentel, and Richard D Fain. View insider buying and selling activity for Royal Caribbean Cruises.

RCL stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Capital Research Global Investors, Eminence Capital LP, Capital World Investors, Wellington Management Group LLP, Federated Hermes Inc., Disciplined Growth Investors Inc. MN, Morgan Stanley, and Morgan Stanley. Company insiders that have bought Royal Caribbean Cruises stock in the last two years include Donald Thompson, Richard D Fain, and Stephen R Jr Howe. View insider buying and selling activity 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, Robinhood, Fidelity, and Charles Schwab.

One share of RCL stock can currently be purchased for approximately $72.78.

Royal Caribbean Cruises has a market capitalization of $15.24 billion and generates $10.95 billion in revenue each year. The company earns $1.88 billion in net income (profit) each year or $9.54 on an earnings per share basis. Royal Caribbean Cruises employs 85,400 workers across the globe.

The official website for Royal Caribbean Cruises is www.rclinvestor.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]