Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. RCL SPX

Consumer Cyclical · Travel Services · United States

https://www.rclinvestor.com

Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. operates as a cruise company worldwide. The company operates cruises under the Royal Caribbean International, Celebrity Cruises, and Silversea Cruises brands, which comprise a range of itineraries. As of December 31, 2025, it operated 69 ships. Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. was founded in 1968 and is headquartered in Miami, Florida.

Market & Price

Market Cap

$76.34B

Current Price

$284.63

High / Low (52W)

$361.56 / $244.57

Beta

1.78

Valuation

Stock P/E

17.37

Industry PE

22.37

Forward P/E

14.23

PEG Ratio

1.31

Book Value

$36.58

Price to Book

7.78

P/S

4.15

EV/EBITDA

14.18

Dividend Yield

1.76%

Profitability & Returns

ROCE

18.15%

ROE

49.58%

ROA

8.08%

Profit Margin

24.36%

Op Margin

26.17%

EPS (Latest Qtr)

$3.48

EPS (TTM)

$16.39

Balance Sheet & Liquidity

Debt/Equity

2.17

Quick Ratio

0.09

Current Ratio

0.20

Debt

$21.79B

Total Assets

$41.62B

Current Assets

$2.21B

Working Capital

$-9.84B

Ownership

Promoter Holding

1.81%

Chg in Prom Hold

FII / Inst Holding

90.28%

Chg in FII Hold

Financial Snapshot

Enterprise Value

$97.83B

Total Revenue (TTM)

$18.39B

EBITDA

$6.90B

Free Cash Flow

$-194.88M

Operating Cash Flow

$6.67B

Shares Outstanding

268.19M

Gross Margin

50.91%

Payout Ratio

25.93%

Growth (CAGR)

Revenue 5Y

26.59%

Profit 5Y

99.32%

Revenue (YoY)

11.30%

Earnings (YoY)

28.90%

PROS

Strong return on equity of 49.6%.
Excellent profit margin of 24.4%.
Compounding revenue at 26.6% over 5 years.
Profit CAGR of 99.3% over 5 years.

CONS

In a downtrend (50-DMA below 200-DMA).

* The pros and cons are auto-generated from financial metrics.

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Fundamental Growth

Period: Metric:

Figures from the latest reported periods. CAGR is computed across the displayed window (quarterly CAGR is annualised assuming 4 quarters per year).

Peer comparison

Peer companies in the same sector (Consumer Cyclical).

#	Name	CMP $	P/E	Mkt Cap	Div Yld %	ROCE %	ROE %	Rev CAGR 5Y %	Profit CAGR 5Y %
1	RCL Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. SPX	284.63	17.37	$76.34B	1.76%	18.15%	49.58%	26.59%	99.32%
2	AMZN Amazon.com, Inc. NDXSPXAI	270.64	31.65	$2.91T	-	16.60%	24.29%	11.73%	984.47%
3	TSLA Tesla, Inc. NDXSPXAI	435.79	399.81	$1.64T	-	5.29%	4.90%	5.19%	-32.94%
4	HD The Home Depot, Inc. SPX	317.14	22.52	$316.23B	2.94%	28.92%	128.38%	1.52%	-6.11%
5	MCD McDonald's Corporation SPX	279.20	23.04	$198.37B	2.66%	22.63%	-	5.06%	11.50%
6	TJX The TJX Companies, Inc. SPX	154.75	30.11	$171.12B	1.24%	32.91%	61.25%	6.53%	16.24%
7	BKNG Booking Holdings Inc. NDXSPX	167.43	22.09	$129.74B	0.96%	67.24%	-	16.35%	20.90%
8	LOW Lowe's Companies, Inc. SPX	214.36	18.12	$120.26B	2.24%	29.62%	-	-3.85%	1.11%
9	PDD PDD Holdings Inc. NDX	84.44	8.87	$120.19B	-	28.69%	25.40%	49.00%	45.85%

Quarterly Results

Figures in USD.

Metric	Jun 2015	Sep 2015	Dec 2015	Mar 2016	Jun 2016	Sep 2016	Dec 2016	Mar 2017	Jun 2017	Sep 2017	Dec 2017	Mar 2018	Jun 2018	Sep 2018	Dec 2018	Mar 2019	Jun 2019	Sep 2019	Dec 2019	Mar 2020	Jun 2020	Sep 2020	Dec 2020	Mar 2021	Jun 2021	Sep 2021	Mar 2022	Jun 2022	Sep 2022	Mar 2023	Jun 2023	Sep 2023	Mar 2024	Jun 2024	Sep 2024	Mar 2025	Jun 2025	Sep 2025	Dec 2025	Mar 2026
Revenue	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2.01B	2.20B	2.57B	-	2.03B	2.34B	2.80B	2.33B	2.44B	2.81B	3.19B	2.52B	2.03B	175.60M	-33.69M	34.14M	42.01M	50.91M	456.96M	1.06B	2.18B	2.99B	2.89B	3.52B	4.16B	3.73B	4.11B	4.89B	4.00B	4.54B	5.14B	4.26B	4.45B
Cost of Revenue	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2.08B	2.28B	2.48B	2.24B	2.25B
Gross Profit	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.92B	2.25B	2.66B	2.02B	2.21B
Operating Expenses	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	974.00M	925.00M	957.00M	1.08B	1.04B
Operating Income	261.30M	258.00M	249.92M	163.13M	282.27M	734.96M	296.84M	279.52M	419.70M	737.49M	307.35M	274.15M	456.89M	799.73M	364.03M	318.83M	573.65M	890.79M	299.43M	-1.31B	-1.28B	-996.11M	-1.02B	-809.23M	-1.02B	-1.01B	-859.21M	-218.64M	298.43M	272.00M	771.00M	1.26B	750.00M	1.10B	1.63B	947.00M	1.33B	1.70B	934.00M	1.16B
EBITDA	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.41B	1.86B	2.26B	1.57B	1.72B
Interest Expense	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	249.00M	228.00M	248.00M	267.00M	278.00M
Pretax Income	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	751.00M	1.22B	1.58B	846.00M	976.00M
Tax Provision	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	16.00M	-	-	-	26.00M
Net Income	184.97M	228.79M	206.80M	99.14M	229.91M	693.26M	261.09M	214.73M	369.53M	752.84M	288.04M	218.65M	466.30M	810.39M	315.70M	249.68M	472.83M	883.24M	273.14M	-1.44B	-1.64B	-1.35B	-1.37B	-1.13B	-1.35B	-1.42B	-1.17B	-521.58M	32.97M	-48.00M	459.00M	1.01B	360.00M	854.00M	1.11B	730.00M	1.21B	1.57B	754.00M	941.00M
Diluted EPS	0.84	1.03	0.95	0.46	1.06	3.21	1.21	0.99	1.71	3.49	1.34	1.02	2.19	3.86	1.50	1.19	2.25	4.20	1.30	-6.91	-7.83	-6.29	-6.09	-4.66	-5.29	-5.59	-4.58	-2.05	0.13	-0.19	1.70	3.65	1.35	3.11	4.21	2.70	4.41	5.74	2.76	3.48

Profit & Loss (Annual)

Figures in USD.

Metric	Dec 2008	Dec 2009	Dec 2010	Dec 2011	Dec 2012	Dec 2013	Dec 2014	Dec 2015	Dec 2016	Dec 2017	Dec 2018	Dec 2019	Dec 2020	Dec 2021	Dec 2022	Dec 2023	Dec 2024	Dec 2025
Revenue	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8.50B	8.78B	9.49B	10.95B	2.21B	-	8.84B	13.90B	16.48B	17.93B
Cost of Revenue	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6.62B	7.78B	8.65B	9.08B
Gross Profit	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2.22B	6.12B	7.83B	8.85B
Operating Expenses	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2.99B	3.25B	3.73B	3.94B
Operating Income	831.98M	488.51M	802.63M	931.63M	403.11M	798.15M	941.86M	874.90M	1.48B	1.74B	1.89B	2.08B	-4.60B	-	-766.00M	2.88B	4.11B	4.91B
EBITDA	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	615.00M	4.57B	6.13B	7.08B
Interest Expense	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.36B	1.40B	1.59B	992.00M
Pretax Income	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-2.16B	1.71B	2.94B	4.37B
Tax Provision	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6.00M	46.00M	82.00M
Net Income	573.72M	152.49M	515.65M	607.42M	18.29M	473.69M	764.15M	665.78M	1.28B	1.63B	1.81B	1.88B	-5.80B	-	-2.16B	1.70B	2.88B	4.27B
Diluted EPS	2.68	0.71	2.37	2.77	0.08	2.14	3.43	3.02	5.93	7.53	8.56	8.95	-27.05	-	-8.45	6.31	11.00	15.61

Compounded Sales Growth

5 Years:	26.59%
1 Year:	11.30%

Compounded Profit Growth

5 Years:	99.32%
1 Year:	28.90%

Stock Price Performance

1 Year:	+12.39%
6 Months:	+7.77%
3 Months:	-7.98%
1 Month:	+12.05%

Balance Sheet (Annual)

Figures in USD.

Metric	Dec 2007	Dec 2008	Dec 2009	Dec 2010	Dec 2011	Dec 2012	Dec 2013	Dec 2014	Dec 2015	Dec 2016	Dec 2017	Dec 2018	Dec 2019	Dec 2020	Dec 2021	Dec 2022	Dec 2023	Dec 2024	Dec 2025
Total Assets	-	-	18.23B	19.65B	19.80B	19.83B	20.07B	20.71B	20.78B	22.31B	22.36B	27.70B	30.32B	32.47B	-	33.78B	35.13B	37.07B	41.62B
Current Assets	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3.21B	1.79B	1.71B	2.21B
Cash & Equivalents	230.78M	402.88M	284.62M	419.93M	262.19M	194.85M	204.69M	189.24M	121.56M	132.60M	120.11M	287.85M	243.74M	3.68B	-	1.94B	497.00M	388.00M	825.00M
Inventory	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	224.00M	248.00M	265.00M	264.00M
Receivables	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	531.00M	405.00M	371.00M	317.00M
Total Liabilities	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	11.66B	16.05B	17.59B	23.70B	-	30.91B	30.23B	29.34B	31.37B
Current Liabilities	-	-	2.75B	3.45B	3.07B	4.07B	4.27B	3.85B	4.29B	4.44B	4.85B	7.11B	7.95B	4.54B	-	8.57B	9.40B	9.82B	12.05B
Long Term Debt	-	-	7.66B	7.95B	7.86B	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	21.30B	19.73B	18.47B	18.16B
Total Debt	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	23.99B	22.13B	20.82B	22.04B
Total Equity	6.76B	6.80B	7.49B	7.90B	8.41B	8.31B	8.81B	8.28B	8.06B	9.12B	10.70B	11.11B	12.16B	8.76B	-	2.87B	4.72B	7.56B	10.04B
Shares Outstanding	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	283.26M	284.67M	297.37M	303.05M

Cash Flows (Annual)

Figures in USD.

Metric	Dec 2008	Dec 2009	Dec 2010	Dec 2011	Dec 2012	Dec 2013	Dec 2014	Dec 2015	Dec 2016	Dec 2017	Dec 2018	Dec 2019	Dec 2020	Dec 2021	Dec 2022	Dec 2023	Dec 2024	Dec 2025
Operating Cash Flow	1.07B	844.88M	1.66B	1.46B	1.38B	1.41B	1.74B	1.95B	2.52B	2.87B	3.48B	3.72B	-3.73B	-	481.00M	4.48B	5.26B	6.46B
Investing Cash Flow	-1.98B	-2.27B	-2.29B	-924.57M	-1.26B	-824.54M	-1.77B	-1.74B	-2.72B	-213.59M	-4.49B	-3.09B	-2.18B	-	-2.99B	-3.92B	-3.45B	-5.01B
Financing Cash Flow	1.08B	1.31B	756.96M	-676.51M	-179.62M	-576.63M	17.48M	-253.51M	243.81M	-2.68B	1.20B	-670.37M	9.35B	-	1.74B	-1.99B	-1.92B	-1.02B
Capital Expenditure	-2.22B	-2.48B	-2.19B	-1.17B	-1.29B	-763.78M	-1.81B	-1.61B	-2.49B	-564.14M	-3.66B	-3.02B	-1.97B	-	-2.71B	-3.90B	-3.27B	-5.23B
Free Cash Flow	-1.15B	-1.63B	-524.17M	282.11M	90.23M	648.29M	-67.64M	333.03M	22.33M	2.31B	-180.89M	691.70M	-5.70B	-	-2.23B	580.00M	2.00B	1.24B
Net Change in Cash	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-765.00M	-1.44B	-103.00M	435.00M
Share Buybacks	-	-	-	-	0	0	236.07M	200.00M	299.96M	225.00M	575.04M	99.58M	0	0	-	0	0	1.16B
Dividends Paid	128.04M	-	-	21.71M	117.71M	143.63M	198.95M	280.21M	346.49M	437.45M	527.49M	602.67M	326.42M	0	0	0	107.00M	824.00M

Ratios (Annual)

Figures in %.

Metric	Dec 2008	Dec 2009	Dec 2010	Dec 2011	Dec 2012	Dec 2013	Dec 2014	Dec 2015	Dec 2016	Dec 2017	Dec 2018	Dec 2019	Dec 2020	Dec 2021	Dec 2022	Dec 2023	Dec 2024	Dec 2025
Gross Margin %	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	25.2%	44.1%	47.5%	49.4%
Operating Margin %	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	17.4%	19.9%	20.0%	19.0%	-208.3%	-	-8.7%	20.7%	24.9%	27.4%
Net Margin %	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	15.1%	18.5%	19.1%	17.2%	-262.5%	-	-24.4%	12.2%	17.5%	23.8%
ROE %	8.4%	2.0%	6.5%	7.2%	0.2%	5.4%	9.2%	8.3%	14.1%	15.2%	16.3%	15.4%	-66.2%	-	-75.1%	35.9%	38.0%	42.5%
ROCE %	-	3.2%	5.0%	5.6%	2.6%	5.0%	5.6%	5.3%	8.3%	10.0%	9.2%	9.3%	-16.5%	-	-3.0%	11.2%	15.1%	16.6%

Shareholding Pattern

Insiders

1.81%

Institutions

90.28%

Public Float

91.95%

Top Institutional Holders

#	Holder	% Held	Shares	Value
1	Capital Research Global Investors	10.54%	28.26M	$8.04B
2	Capital International Investors	9.34%	25.05M	$7.13B
3	Blackrock Inc.	8.22%	22.05M	$6.28B
4	Capital World Investors	7.48%	20.06M	$5.71B
5	Vanguard Capital Management LLC	6.00%	16.08M	$4.58B
6	Vanguard Portfolio Management LLC	4.58%	12.28M	$3.50B
7	State Street Corporation	3.88%	10.42M	$2.97B
8	Geode Capital Management, LLC	2.63%	7.05M	$2.01B
9	JPMORGAN CHASE & CO	1.28%	3.43M	$977.30M
10	Morgan Stanley	1.16%	3.11M	$884.70M

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Sector	Consumer Cyclical
Industry	Travel Services
Headquarters	United States
Employees	107,950
Website	https://www.rclinvestor.com

Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. RCL SPX

Market & Price

Valuation

Profitability & Returns

Balance Sheet & Liquidity

Ownership

Financial Snapshot

Growth (CAGR)

PROS

CONS

Price Chart

Technical Trend

Fundamental Growth

Peer comparison

Quarterly Results

Profit & Loss (Annual)

Compounded Sales Growth

Compounded Profit Growth

Stock Price Performance

Balance Sheet (Annual)

Cash Flows (Annual)

Ratios (Annual)

Shareholding Pattern

Top Institutional Holders

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