Royal Caribbean International is a major global cruise line headquartered in Miami and originally founded in 1968. Today it's the world's largest cruise line by revenue.
Royal Caribbean Cruises (RCL) shares dropped as a result of the coronavirus outbreak, which severely affected tourism and cruise industries. However with demand for tourism picking up again, RCL shares have soared as of 2023.
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Royal Caribbean Cruises's shares were split on a 2:1 basis on 2 August 1998. So if you had owned 1 share the day before the split, the next day you would own 2 shares. This wouldn't directly have changed the overall worth of your Royal Caribbean Cruises shares – just the quantity. However, indirectly, the new 50% lower share price could have impacted the market appetite for Royal Caribbean Cruises shares which in turn could have impacted Royal Caribbean Cruises's share price.
| 52-week range | US$62.15 - US$141.7 |
|---|---|
| 50-day moving average | US$128.4826 |
| 200-day moving average | US$110.9895 |
| Target price | US$149.11 |
| PE ratio | 21.7032 |
| Dividend yield | N/A (0%) |
| Earnings per share (TTM) | US$6.3 |
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Historical closes compared with the last close of $137.47
| 1 week (2024-04-19) | 6.39% |
|---|---|
| 1 month (2024-03-26) | 0.44% |
| 3 months (2024-01-26) | 11.35% |
| 6 months (2023-10-26) | 65.87% |
| 1 year (2023-04-25) | 127.64% |
|---|---|
| 2 years (2022-04-25) | 66.87% |
| 3 years (2021-04-26) | 58.12% |
| 5 years (2019-04-26) | 13.46% |
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Valuing Royal Caribbean Cruises stock is incredibly difficult, and any metric has to be viewed as part of a bigger picture of Royal Caribbean Cruises's overall performance. However, analysts commonly use some key metrics to help gauge the value of a stock.
Royal Caribbean Cruises's current share price divided by its per-share earnings (EPS) over a 12-month period gives a "trailing price/earnings ratio" of roughly 22x. In other words, Royal Caribbean Cruises shares trade at around 22x recent earnings.
That's relatively low compared to, say, the trailing 12-month P/E ratio for the NASDAQ 100 at the end of 2019 (27.29). The low P/E ratio could mean that investors are pessimistic about the outlook for the shares or simply that they're under-valued.
Royal Caribbean Cruises's "price/earnings-to-growth ratio" can be calculated by dividing its P/E ratio by its growth – to give 0.5864. A low ratio can be interpreted as meaning the shares offer better value, while a higher ratio can be interpreted as meaning the shares offer worse value.
The PEG ratio provides a broader view than just the P/E ratio, as it gives more insight into Royal Caribbean Cruises's future profitability. By accounting for growth, it could also help you if you're comparing the share prices of multiple high-growth companies.
Royal Caribbean Cruises's EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation) is US$4.3 billion (£3.5 billion).
The EBITDA is a measure of a Royal Caribbean Cruises's overall financial performance and is widely used to measure stock profitability.
Over the last 12 months, Royal Caribbean Cruises's shares have ranged in value from as little as US$62.15 up to US$141.7. A popular way to gauge a stock's volatility is its "beta".
Beta measures a share's volatility in relation to the market. The market (NYSE average) beta is 1, while Royal Caribbean Cruises's is 2.534. This would suggest that Royal Caribbean Cruises's shares are significantly more volatile than the average for this exchange and represent a higher risk.
| Revenue TTM | US$13.9 billion |
|---|---|
| Operating margin TTM | 17.42% |
| Gross profit TTM | US$2.4 billion |
| Return on assets TTM | 5.25% |
| Return on equity TTM | 43.87% |
| Profit margin | 12.21% |
| Book value | 18.423 |
| Market capitalisation | US$35.2 billion |
TTM: trailing 12 months
We're not expecting Royal Caribbean Cruises to pay a dividend over the next 12 months.
Environmental, social and governance (known as ESG) criteria are a set of three factors used to measure the sustainability and social impact of companies like Royal Caribbean Cruises.
When it comes to ESG scores, lower is better, and lower scores are generally associated with lower risk for would-be investors.
Total ESG risk: 21.81
Socially conscious investors use ESG scores to screen how an investment aligns with their worldview, and Royal Caribbean Cruises's overall score of 21.81 (as at 12/31/2018) is pretty good – landing it in it in the 26th percentile of companies rated in the same sector.
ESG scores are increasingly used to estimate the level of risk a company like Royal Caribbean Cruises is exposed to within the areas of "environmental" (carbon footprint, resource use etc.), "social" (health and safety, human rights etc.), and "governance" (anti-corruption, tax transparency etc.).
Environmental score: 7/100
Social score: 8.31/100
Governance score: 2/100
Controversy score: 3/5
ESG scores also evaluate any incidences of controversy that a company has been involved in. Royal Caribbean Cruises scored a 3 out of 5 for controversy – a middle-of-the-table result reflecting that Royal Caribbean Cruises hasn't always managed to keep its nose clean.
Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd was last rated for ESG on: 2019-01-01.
| Total ESG score | 21.81 |
|---|---|
| Total ESG percentile | 26.14 |
| Environmental score | 7 |
| Social score | 8.31 |
| Governance score | 2 |
| Level of controversy | 3 |
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 February 21, 2024, it operated 65 ships. Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. was founded in 1968 and is headquartered in Miami, Florida.
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