NYSE:RCL - Royal Caribbean Cruises Stock Price, Price Target & More

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, May 9th. Shareholders of record on Monday, June 4th will be given a dividend of $0.60 per share on Tuesday, July 3rd. This represents a $2.40 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 2.19%. The ex-dividend date is Friday, June 1st. View Royal Caribbean Cruises' Dividend History.

Royal Caribbean Cruises declared that its Board of Directors has authorized a share repurchase program on Wednesday, May 9th 2018, which permits the company to buyback $1,000,000,000.00 in outstanding 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 programs are often an indication that the company's board believes its shares are undervalued.

Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd (NYSE:RCL) released its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, April, 26th. The company reported $1.09 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the Zacks' consensus estimate of $0.97 by $0.12. The company earned $2.03 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $2.04 billion. Royal Caribbean Cruises had a net margin of 18.52% and a return on equity of 15.85%. The business's revenue was up 1.0% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the prior year, the firm earned $0.99 EPS. View Royal Caribbean Cruises' Earnings History.

Royal Caribbean Cruises is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, August, 7th 2018. View Earnings Estimates for Royal Caribbean Cruises.

Royal Caribbean Cruises issued an update on its FY18 earnings guidance on Thursday, April, 26th. The company provided EPS guidance of $8.70-8.90 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus earnings per share estimate of $8.79.

14 brokerages have issued twelve-month price objectives for Royal Caribbean Cruises' shares. Their forecasts range from $115.00 to $155.00. On average, they anticipate Royal Caribbean Cruises' stock price to reach $137.4286 in the next twelve months. View Analyst Ratings for Royal Caribbean Cruises.

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Media stories about RCL stock have trended somewhat positive this week, Accern reports. The research group identifies negative and positive news coverage by reviewing more than 20 million news and blog sources in real-time. Accern ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of negative one to positive one, with scores nearest to one being the most favorable. Royal Caribbean Cruises earned a media sentiment score of 0.13 on Accern's scale. They also assigned news coverage about the company an impact score of 46.77 out of 100, meaning that recent news coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an impact on the company's share price in the near future.

Royal Caribbean Cruises' stock is owned by a number of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include BlackRock Inc. (5.14%), Baillie Gifford & Co. (3.29%), Dimensional Fund Advisors LP (1.15%), American Century Companies Inc. (1.14%), Barrow Hanley Mewhinney & Strauss LLC (1.12%) and Northern Trust Corp (0.92%). 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, Vagn O Sorensen, Wilhelmsen A S A and William K Reilly. View Institutional Ownership Trends for Royal Caribbean Cruises.

RCL stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Baillie Gifford & Co., Carillon Tower Advisers Inc., Scout Investments Inc., NorthCoast Asset Management LLC, Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA, Columbus Circle Investors, BlackRock Inc. and Swiss National Bank. Company insiders that have sold Royal Caribbean Cruises company stock in the last year include Adam M Goldstein, Bernt Reitan, Bradley H Stein, Harri U Kulovaara, Jason T Liberty, Lawrence R Pimentel, Lisa Lutoff-Perlo, Michael W Bayley and Richard D Fain. View Insider Buying and Selling for Royal Caribbean Cruises.

RCL stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Rockefeller Capital Management L.P., Summit Trail Advisors LLC, Wells Fargo & Company MN, State Treasurer State of Michigan, Barrow Hanley Mewhinney & Strauss LLC, Millennium Management LLC, State of Wisconsin Investment Board and Roystone Capital Management LP. Company insiders that have bought Royal Caribbean Cruises stock in the last two years include Richard D Fain and Vagn O Sorensen. 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 $109.80.

Royal Caribbean Cruises has a market capitalization of $22.59 billion and generates $8.78 billion in revenue each year. The company earns $1.63 billion in net income (profit) each year or $7.53 on an earnings per share basis. Royal Caribbean Cruises employs 66,000 workers across the globe.

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]