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

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

Royal Caribbean Cruises declared a quarterly dividend on Monday, December 9th. Shareholders of record on Friday, December 20th will be paid a dividend of $0.78 per share on Monday, January 6th. This represents a $3.12 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 2.41%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, December 19th. This is a boost from Royal Caribbean Cruises's previous quarterly dividend of $0.70. View Royal Caribbean Cruises' Dividend History.

Royal Caribbean Cruises declared that its Board of Directors has initiated a share buyback program on Wednesday, May 9th 2018, which allows the company to repurchase $1,000,000,000.00 in outstanding shares, according to EventVestor. This repurchase authorization allows the company to reacquire up to 4.5% of its shares through open market purchases. Shares repurchase programs are usually an indication that the company's leadership believes its shares are undervalued.

Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd (NYSE:RCL) announced its earnings results on Wednesday, October, 30th. The company reported $4.27 earnings per share for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $4.31 by $0.04. The company earned $3.19 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $3.22 billion. Royal Caribbean Cruises had a net margin of 17.85% and a return on equity of 17.67%. Royal Caribbean Cruises's revenue for the quarter was up 14.0% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter last year, the firm posted $3.98 earnings per share. View Royal Caribbean Cruises' Earnings History.

Royal Caribbean Cruises is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, January 29th 2020. View Earnings Estimates for Royal Caribbean Cruises.

Royal Caribbean Cruises issued an update on its fourth quarter earnings guidance on Wednesday, October, 30th. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of approx $1.40 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus EPS estimate of $1.47.

10 analysts have issued 12-month target prices for Royal Caribbean Cruises' shares. Their forecasts range from $127.00 to $160.00. On average, they anticipate Royal Caribbean Cruises' stock price to reach $147.30 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 13.6% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Royal Caribbean Cruises.

10 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Royal Caribbean Cruises in the last year. There are currently 1 sell rating, 1 hold rating and 8 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View Analyst Ratings for Royal Caribbean Cruises.

Headlines about RCL stock have trended very negative recently, InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis reports. The research group rates the sentiment of media coverage by analyzing 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 nearest to five being the most favorable. Royal Caribbean Cruises earned a news sentiment score of -3.0 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned news headlines about the company a news buzz of 0.0 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. View News Stories for Royal Caribbean Cruises.

Royal Caribbean Cruises saw a decline in short interest in the month of December. As of December 31st, there was short interest totalling 4,340,000 shares, a decline of 10.3% from the December 15th total of 4,840,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 1,530,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 2.8 days. Currently, 2.5% of the company's shares are sold short. View Royal Caribbean Cruises' Current Options Chain.

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

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other Royal Caribbean Cruises investors own include NVIDIA (NVDA), Alibaba Group (BABA), Walt Disney (DIS), CVS Health (CVS), Exxon Mobil (XOM), Netflix (NFLX), Home Depot (HD), Micron Technology (MU), AT&T (T) and Carnival (CCL).

Royal Caribbean Cruises' stock is owned by a variety of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include Scout Investments Inc. (0.34%), Calamos Advisors LLC (0.17%), Grassi Investment Management (0.04%), Janney Capital Management LLC (0.03%), Abner Herrman & Brock LLC (0.03%) and Nisa Investment Advisors LLC (0.03%). Company insiders that own Royal Caribbean Cruises stock include Bernt Reitan, Bradley H Stein, 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 Calamos Advisors LLC, Janney Capital Management LLC, Cozad Asset Management Inc., Nisa Investment Advisors LLC, Meag Munich Ergo Kapitalanlagegesellschaft MBH, Abner Herrman & Brock LLC, State of Alaska Department of Revenue and Zurcher Kantonalbank Zurich Cantonalbank . Company insiders that have sold Royal Caribbean Cruises company stock in the last year include Bradley H Stein, Harri U Kulovaara, Henry L Pujol, Jason T Liberty, Lawrence R Pimentel, Lisa Lutoff-Perlo, Maritza Gomez Montiel, 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 Scout Investments Inc., Beech Hill Advisors Inc., Pennsylvania Trust Co, Coronation Fund Managers Ltd., Red Spruce Capital LLC, Advisors Capital Management LLC, Assenagon Asset Management S.A. and Norman Fields Gottscho Capital Management LLC. Company insiders that have bought Royal Caribbean Cruises stock in the last two years include Richard D Fain and Stephen R Jr Howe. 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, Robinhood, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of RCL stock can currently be purchased for approximately $129.68.

Royal Caribbean Cruises has a market capitalization of $27.18 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 77,100 workers across the globe.View Additional Information About Royal Caribbean Cruises.

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]