How to Buy Carnival Stock
Carnival Corp Ltd
Carnival is a travel company located in Florida, United States, which is part of the Industrials sector, and is traded under the ticker CCL on the NYSE exchange.
Carnival stock last closed at $26.18, down 0.76% from the previous day, and has increased 15.83% in one year. It has overperformed other stocks in the Travel Services industry by 0.13 percentage points. Carnival stock is currently +21.02% from its 52-week low of $21.63, and -23.07% from its 52-week high of $34.03.
At the moment, there are 1.43B shares of CCL outstanding. The market cap of CCL is $37.39B. In the past 24 hours, 33.29M CCL shares were traded.
How to Buy Carnival Stock
Not sure how to invest in Carnival stock? Here's how.
- Decide where to buy Carnival stock: You need to pick a stock brokerage, but don't worry - we've sifted through dozens of online brokerages and apps to help you choose where to buy Carnival stock.
- Create your brokerage account: Sign up for 0% commission trading with the highest-rated brokerage we've identified.
- Deposit money your brokerage account: Select your payment method and add your info.
- Analyze Carnival stock: The Carnival ticker symbol is CCL. Is Carnival stock a good investment? Should you buy shares of CCL? How do CCL's underlying business fundamentals look? Do top analysts think Carnival is a good buy? Why has CCL's stock price moved recently? (Hint: Our stock analysis website can help you figure out if CCL is a good stock to buy).
- Make your CCL purchase: Decide if you will purchase CCL shares at the current market price or use a limit order to buy CCL shares at a given price.
- Get the latest news on your CCL position: Create a watchlist to keep tabs on your investment in Carnival stock.
Step 1: Decide where to buy Carnival stock
You will need an online brokerage account to access the NYSE market and buy CCL shares.
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Open eToro AccountStep 2: Create your brokerage account
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Step 4: Analyze Carnival stock
Once you have decided on the best place to buy Carnival stock, it's important to analyze their stock prior to investing, so you actually understand the risk as well as the opportunity.
Carnival shares quick numbers
Carnival Due Diligence Checks
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You can see all of the due diligence checks on CCL's stock page.
Is CCL stock overvalued?
You can use many financial metrics, analyses, models, and charts to gauge CCL's fair value.
Using relative valuations ratios:
- CCL may be undervalued based on its P/E ratio of 11.14x, relative to Travel Services industry P/E ratio of 21.36x
- CCL may be undervalued based on its P/B ratio of 2.87x, relative to Travel Services industry P/B ratio of 8.62x
- CCL may be overvalued based on its PEG ratio of 1.17x
You can access additional valuation research on CCL's stock here.
CCL Financial Overview
Passed Health Checks:
- CCL profit margin has gone up from 8.1% to 11.5% in the past year.
- CCL's operating cash flow of $6.56B allows it to safely service it's debt of $26.61B.
Failed Health Checks:
- There are more short-term liabilities than short-term assets on the CCL balance sheet.
- CCL earnings of $4.38B is not sufficient to cover its interest payments.
- CCL has a relatively high debt to equity ratio of 2.96.
- Total CCL debt is higher than 5 years ago, relative to shareholder equity.
- There are more long-term liabilities than short-term assets on the CCL balance sheet.
Is Carnival stock a Buy, Hold, or Sell, according to Wall Street analysts?
Out of 17 Equities analysts who give ratings on CCL, the consensus analyst rating on CCL is a Strong Buy
It's important to keep in mind that analyst ratings are not stock recommendations, nor are they investment advice.
Latest CCL Analyst Recommendations
Ali Naqvi, a bottom 16% analyst from HSBC upgrades CCL to a strong buy rating and lowers their CCL price target from $33.60 to $30.10, on Mar 30, 2026.
HSBC's Ali Naqvi upgraded their rating on Carnival (NYSE: CCL) from Hold to Strong Buy on 2026/03/30. The analyst also lowered their price target by 10.4% from $33.6 to $30.1.
Carnival reported its Q1 2026 earnings.
Upgrading the stock because "the risk/reward skews up on intact fundamentals" as they cut their estimates and price target on higher fuel costs, Naqvi big-pictured that the print evidenced "continued resilient" demand, improving operating discipline, and the positive impact of deleveraging.
Earnings Report
For Q1 2026, Carnival reported:
- EPS of $0.20, which beat the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $0.18 and Q1 2025's $0.13.
- Revenue of $6.17B, which beat the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $6.11B and Q1 2025's $5.81B.
Management guided:
For Q2 2026:
- EPS of $0.34.
For FY 2026:
- EPS of $2.21, down from the prior $2.48.
CEO Josh Weinstein commented: “We delivered a strong start to the year, with record first-quarter operating results that exceeded our guidance, driven by healthy fundamentals and solid execution across the business.
"This performance supported an increase to our full-year operational outlook of nearly $150 million, helping to mitigate the impact of higher fuel prices.
“We remain on track to deliver solid yield growth, continued cost discipline, and $7 billion in adjusted EBITDA this year, underscoring the strength of demand across our portfolio, progress on our long-term strategy, and the advancements we have made positioning the business to perform across a range of environments.
“With this strong foundation in place, we are focused on the next chapter of value creation for Carnival.
"Today, we are introducing PROPEL: Powering Growth and Returns, Responsibly — our new set of long-term targets.
"At its core, PROPEL is about converting strong demand into higher returns, earnings growth, and cash flow while maintaining disciplined capacity growth and a strong balance sheet.”
Ben Chaiken, a bottom 5% analyst from Mizuho maintains CCL with a buy rating and raises their CCL price target from $38.00 to $39.00, on Mar 27, 2026.
Patrick Scholes, a top 6% analyst from Truist Securities maintains CCL with a hold rating and lowers their CCL price target from $34.00 to $30.00, on Mar 24, 2026.
Brandt Montour, a top 14% analyst from Barclays maintains CCL with a strong buy rating and lowers their CCL price target from $37.00 to $36.00, on Mar 24, 2026.
Christopher Stathoulopoulos, a top 6% analyst from Susquehanna maintains CCL with a strong buy rating and lowers their CCL price target from $40.00 to $30.00, on Mar 23, 2026.
You can dive deeper into what analysts are forecasting on the Carnival stock forecast page.
CCL Technical Indicators
CCL Growth Metrics
Last year, CCL earnings were $3.10B. In the past two year, CCL's earnings have grown by 170.99% per year. This was faster than the Travel Services industry average of 81.07%.
Last year, CCL revenue was $26.98B. During the last five year, CCL's revenue has grown by 100.57% per year. This was faster than the Travel Services industry average of 59.07%.
Learn more about CCL's earnings and revenue performance here.
What are CCL executives and large shareholders up to?
In the last year, executives and large shareholders at CCL have sold more shares than they have bought.
Sir Jonathon Band, Director of CCL, was the latest CCL insider to sell. They sold $91,564.98 worth of CCL shares on May 11, 2026.
Get more info about who owns CCL stock here.
Does CCL provide a stable income stream?
Carnival pays a dividend of 1.15%, compared to the Travel Services industry's average dividend yield of 4.38%. If you owned $1,000 worth of CCL stock, you would have received $11.46 last year.
Carnival dividend payments have not consistently grown over the past decade and have not remained stable.
Get more info about Carnival dividend yield and history here.
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Step 5: Make your CCL purchase
You have two primary options:
- Market order: A market order is an order to buy or sell a security at the best possible price.
Market orders are usually sufficient. - Limit order: A limit order is an order to buy or sell a stock at a specific price (or better).
If you want to be sure you're buying or selling at an exact price limit, place a limit order.
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Step 6: Get the latest news on your CCL position
Now that you own some CCL shares, you'll want to keep up with your new shares.
Start a watchlist to monitor your CCL stock.
CCL Feed
How to Buy Stock in Carnival
To reiterate, here are the 6 steps to buy Carnival stock:
- Decide where to buy Carnival stock
- Create your brokerage account
- Deposit money your brokerage account
- Analyze Carnival stock
- Make your CCL purchase
- Get the latest news on your CCL position
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