Royal Caribbean Cruises (NYSE:RCL) Updates FY 2025 Earnings Guidance

Royal Caribbean Cruises (NYSE:RCL) updated its FY 2025 earnings guidance on Tuesday. The company provided EPS guidance of 14.350-14.650 for the period, compared to the consensus EPS estimate of 14.410. The company issued revenue guidance of -. Royal Caribbean Cruises also updated its Q1 2025 guidance to 2.430-2.530 EPS.

Royal Caribbean Cruises Price Performance

Shares of Royal Caribbean Cruises stock opened at $264.71 on Wednesday. Royal Caribbean Cruises has a 52 week low of $113.10 and a 52 week high of $269.96. The company has a current ratio of 0.19, a quick ratio of 0.16 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 2.63. The stock has a market cap of $71.17 billion, a PE ratio of 27.21, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 0.50 and a beta of 2.59. The company’s 50-day moving average price is $237.87 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $199.52.

Royal Caribbean Cruises (NYSE:RCL) last announced its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, January 28th. The company reported $1.63 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $1.50 by $0.13. Royal Caribbean Cruises had a net margin of 16.21% and a return on equity of 52.92%. During the same period in the previous year, the company posted $1.25 EPS. As a group, sell-side analysts anticipate that Royal Caribbean Cruises will post 11.66 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Royal Caribbean Cruises Cuts Dividend

The business also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Monday, January 13th. Stockholders of record on Friday, December 27th were paid a dividend of $0.55 per share. This represents a $2.20 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 0.83%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Friday, December 27th. Royal Caribbean Cruises’s dividend payout ratio is presently 22.61%.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

RCL has been the subject of several analyst reports. Sanford C. Bernstein assumed coverage on Royal Caribbean Cruises in a report on Tuesday, November 26th. They set an “outperform” rating and a $290.00 target price for the company. The Goldman Sachs Group lowered their price objective on shares of Royal Caribbean Cruises from $275.00 to $270.00 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a research report on Friday, January 24th. StockNews.com raised Royal Caribbean Cruises from a “sell” rating to a “hold” rating in a research report on Tuesday, November 26th. Truist Financial lifted their price objective on shares of Royal Caribbean Cruises from $204.00 to $272.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research note on Monday, December 2nd. Finally, Macquarie increased their target price on shares of Royal Caribbean Cruises from $189.00 to $250.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a research report on Wednesday, October 30th. Three research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and fourteen have issued a buy rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, the stock has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $252.31.

Insider Buying and Selling

In other Royal Caribbean Cruises news, EVP Harri U. Kulovaara sold 3,256 shares of the stock in a transaction on Wednesday, November 20th. The stock was sold at an average price of $234.62, for a total value of $763,922.72. Following the transaction, the executive vice president now directly owns 22,348 shares in the company, valued at approximately $5,243,287.76. This trade represents a 12.72 % decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through this hyperlink. Also, Director Arne Alexander Wilhelmsen sold 230,000 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction on Tuesday, November 19th. The shares were sold at an average price of $233.62, for a total value of $53,732,600.00. Following the transaction, the director now directly owns 18,556,860 shares in the company, valued at $4,335,253,633.20. This trade represents a 1.22 % decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Insiders sold a total of 372,609 shares of company stock valued at $87,647,208 over the last ninety days. 7.95% of the stock is owned by company insiders.

Royal Caribbean Cruises Company Profile

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.