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

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

Royal Caribbean Cruises declared a 0.70000 dividend on Monday, September 9th. Investors 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 of this dividend is Thursday, September 19th. View Royal Caribbean Cruises' Dividend History.

Royal Caribbean Cruises announced that its Board of Directors has authorized a share 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 shares through open market purchases. Shares buyback plans are usually a sign that the company's board believes its shares are undervalued.

Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd (NYSE:RCL) released its earnings results on Thursday, July, 25th. The company reported $2.54 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $2.45 by $0.09. The firm earned $2.81 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $2.79 billion. Royal Caribbean Cruises had a net margin of 17.82% and a return on equity of 17.39%. The business's revenue was up 20.1% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the previous year, the company posted $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 issued an update on 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 earnings per share estimate of $4.35.

11 Wall Street analysts have issued 12-month price targets for Royal Caribbean Cruises' shares. Their forecasts range from $104.00 to $158.00. On average, they expect Royal Caribbean Cruises' share price to reach $145.56 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 33.0% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Royal Caribbean Cruises.

11 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Royal Caribbean Cruises in the last year. There are currently 1 sell rating, 2 hold ratings and 8 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View Analyst Ratings for Royal Caribbean Cruises.

Media stories about RCL stock have been trending negative on Wednesday, InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis reports. InfoTrie identifies positive and negative press 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 nearest to five being the most favorable. Royal Caribbean Cruises earned a news impact score of -2.4 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave headlines about the company a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, indicating that recent press 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 increase in short interest in September. As of September 30th, there was short interest totalling 3,610,000 shares, an increase of 7.1% from the August 30th total of 3,370,000 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 1,720,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 2.1 days. Currently, 2.1% of the company's stock are sold short. View Royal Caribbean Cruises' Current Options Chain.

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Royal Caribbean Cruises' stock is owned by many different of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include Scout Investments Inc. (0.11%), Grassi Investment Management (0.04%), Rothschild Investment Corp IL (0.04%), Abner Herrman & Brock LLC (0.04%), State of Alaska Department of Revenue (0.03%) and Security National Bank (0.01%). 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 Abner Herrman & Brock LLC, JCIC Asset Management Inc., First United Bank Trust, Delphi Management Inc. MA, Crossmark Global Holdings Inc., Wealthfront Advisers LLC, Adirondack Trust Co. and First Hawaiian Bank. 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 acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Grassi Investment Management, State of Alaska Department of Revenue, Scout Investments Inc., CX Institutional, Gradient Investments LLC, Hendley & Co. Inc., Security National Bank and Lucia Wealth Services 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 $109.48.

Royal Caribbean Cruises has a market capitalization of $22.94 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]