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 announced a 0.70000 dividend on Monday, September 9th. Stockholders of record on Friday, September 20th will be given a dividend of $0.78 per share on Friday, October 11th. This represents a dividend yield of 2.8%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, September 19th. View Royal Caribbean Cruises' Dividend History.

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

Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd (NYSE:RCL) issued its earnings results on Thursday, July, 25th. The company reported $2.54 earnings per share for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates of $2.45 by $0.09. The firm had revenue of $2.81 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $2.79 billion. Royal Caribbean Cruises had a return on equity of 17.39% and a net margin of 17.82%. Royal Caribbean Cruises's quarterly revenue was up 20.1% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the previous year, the company earned $2.27 earnings per share. View Royal Caribbean Cruises' Earnings History.

Royal Caribbean Cruises is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, October 24th 2019. View Earnings Estimates for Royal Caribbean Cruises.

Royal Caribbean Cruises updated its third quarter 2019 earnings guidance on Thursday, July, 25th. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of $4.35-4.35 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus EPS estimate of $4.35.

12 equities research analysts have issued 12-month target prices for Royal Caribbean Cruises' stock. Their forecasts range from $104.00 to $158.00. On average, they expect Royal Caribbean Cruises' stock price to reach $146.00 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 28.0% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Royal Caribbean Cruises.

12 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Royal Caribbean Cruises in the last year. There are currently 1 sell rating, 3 hold ratings and 8 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 trended negative this week, InfoTrie Sentiment reports. The research firm ranks the sentiment of media coverage by monitoring more than six thousand blog and news sources. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Royal Caribbean Cruises earned a news sentiment score of -2.9 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned news stories about the company a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, meaning that recent media coverage is extremely likely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the near term. View News Stories for Royal Caribbean Cruises.

Royal Caribbean Cruises saw a increase in short interest in the month of August. As of August 15th, there was short interest totalling 3,827,600 shares, an increase of 9.0% from the July 15th total of 3,512,700 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 1,760,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 2.2 days. Approximately 2.3% of the company's stock are short sold. View Royal Caribbean Cruises' Current Options Chain.

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Royal Caribbean Cruises' stock is owned by a variety of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include Vanguard Group Inc. (8.67%), BlackRock Inc. (5.54%), BlackRock Inc. (5.54%), Primecap Management Co. CA (4.57%), Price T Rowe Associates Inc. MD (2.31%) and Baillie Gifford & Co. (2.21%). 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 Highline Capital Management L.P., Price T Rowe Associates Inc. MD, Point72 Asset Management L.P., Balyasny Asset Management LLC, Clark Capital Management Group Inc., Pictet Asset Management Ltd., Pictet Asset Management Ltd. and Prudential Financial Inc.. Company insiders that have sold Royal Caribbean Cruises company stock in the last year 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 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 Nuveen Asset Management LLC, Eminence Capital LP, BlackRock Inc., BlackRock Inc., Canada Pension Plan Investment Board, Wells Fargo & Company MN, Royal Bank of Canada and South Texas Money Management Ltd.. 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 $114.09.

Royal Caribbean Cruises has a market capitalization of $23.91 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]