Royal Caribbean Cruises is a travel company located in Florida, United States, which is part of the Industrials sector, and is traded under the ticker RCL on the NYSE exchange.
Royal Caribbean Cruises stock last closed at $136.73, up 0.04% from the previous day, and has increased 119.08% in one year. It has overperformed other stocks in the Travel Services industry by 0.85 percentage points. Royal Caribbean Cruises stock is currently +130.3% from its 52-week low of $59.37, and -3.51% from its 52-week high of $141.70.
As of Apr 24, 2024, there are 256.65M shares of RCL outstanding. The market value of RCL is $35.09B. In the last 24 hours, 2.99M RCL shares were traded.
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Out of 13 Wall Street analysts who give forecasts on RCL, the consensus analyst rating on RCL is a Strong Buy
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Steven Wieczynski, a top 17% analyst from Stifel Nicolaus maintains RCL with a strong buy rating and raises their RCL price target from $170.00 to $174.00, on Feb 22, 2024.
Stifel Nicolaus's Steven Wieczynski raised their price target on Royal Caribbean Cruises (NYSE: RCL) by 2.4% from $170 to $174 on 2024/02/22. The analyst maintained their Strong Buy rating on the stock.
Wieczynski's price target hike followed Royal Caribbean Cruises' 2024/02/21-dated FY 2024 guidance update, noting that the company "just provided its initial FY guidance on 2024/02/01."
The analyst believes that the most recent guide should "put to bed" any negative theories about cruise demand and price weakness.
"2024 might see several beats and increases once again," Wieczynski predicted.
Management's FY 2024 updated guidance:
President & CEO Jason Liberty commented: "Since our last earnings call, robust demand for our vacation experiences has significantly exceeded our initial expectations.
"As a result, we are increasing our 2024 guidance on a stronger revenue outlook, and we expect to achieve all Trifecta goals in 2024."
Trifecta refers to Royal Caribbean Cruises' multi-year Adjusted EBITDA per APCD (Available Passenger Cruise Days), EPS, and ROIC end-of-2025 goals that management announced in 2022/11. Under the Trifecta Program, management targets to achieve Adjusted EBITDA per APCD of at least $100, EPS of at least $10, and ROIC of 13%+.
Robin Shoemaker, a top 41% analyst from UBS maintains RCL with a strong buy rating and raises their RCL price target from $148.00 to $154.00, on Feb 16, 2024.
Jamie Rollo, a bottom 12% analyst from Morgan Stanley maintains RCL with a hold rating and raises their RCL price target from $100.00 to $115.00, on Feb 7, 2024.
Christopher Stathoulopoulos, a top 15% analyst from Susquehanna maintains RCL with a strong buy rating and raises their RCL price target from $120.00 to $150.00, on Jan 31, 2024.
John Staszak, a top 16% analyst from Argus Research maintains RCL with a strong buy rating and raises their RCL price target from $95.00 to $142.00, on Dec 21, 2023.
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Last year, RCL earnings were $1.70B. Over the last 5 year, RCL's earnings have gone up by -5.07% per year. This was slower than the Travel Services industry average of 48.82%.
Last year, RCL revenue was $13.90B. During the last five year, RCL's revenue has gone up by 7.92% per year. This was slower than the Travel Services industry average of 11.35%.
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In the last year, insiders at RCL have sold more shares than they have bought.
Michael W. Bayley, PresCEO Royal Caribbean Intl of RCL, was the latest RCL insider to sell. They sold $4,329,705.30 worth of RCL stock on Mar 24, 2024.
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No, Royal Caribbean Cruises doesn't provide an income stream by paying out dividends.
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