Carnival Corp
CCL
Market cap $26.3B

19.39 USD

-0.14

0.72%

At close Apr 1, 4:00 PM EDT

After hours

19.36

-0.03

0.15%

1 day

-0.72%

5 days

-8.41%

1 month

-16.64%

3 months

-22.47%

6 months

7.60%

Year to date

-22.47%

1 year

19.25%

5 years

120.34%

10 years

-59.16%

About: Carnival is the largest global cruise company, with more than 90 ships in service at the end of fiscal 2024. Its portfolio of brands includes Carnival Cruise Lines, Holland America, Princess Cruises, and Seabourn in North America; P&O Cruises and Cunard Line in the United Kingdom; Aida in Germany; Costa Cruises in Southern Europe. It's currently folding its P&O Australia brand into Carnival. The firm also owns Holland America Princess Alaska Tours in Alaska and the Canadian Yukon. Carnival's brands attracted 14 million guests in 2024.

Employees: 100,000

Industrials Water Transportation

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Funds holding %

of 7,398 funds

0

Analysts bullish %

of 7 analysts

Fund manager confidence

Based on 2024 Q4 regulatory filings by fund managers ($100M+ AUM)

109% more first-time investments, than exits

New positions opened: 184 | Existing positions closed: 88

41% more capital invested

Capital invested by funds: $13.1B [Q3] → $18.5B (+$5.38B) [Q4]

21% more repeat investments, than reductions

Existing positions increased: 305 | Existing positions reduced: 252

9% more funds holding

Funds holding: 845 [Q3] → 923 (+78) [Q4]

2.08% more ownership

Funds ownership: 64.11% [Q3] → 66.19% (+2.08%) [Q4]

14% less funds holding in top 10

Funds holding in top 10: 14 [Q3] → 12 (-2) [Q4]

48% less call options, than puts

Call options by funds: $1.09B | Put options by funds: $2.11B

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Research analyst outlook

7 Wall Street Analysts provided 1 year price targets over the past 3 months

Low target

$21

8%

upside

Avg. target

$28

47%

upside

High target

$33

70%

upside

7 analyst ratings

4 positive

57%

2 neutral

29%

1 negative

14%

Tigress Financial Ivan Feinseth 50% 1-year accuracy 35 / 70 met price target	65%upside $32	Strong Buy Maintained	26 Mar 2025
Citigroup James Hardiman 31% 1-year accuracy 9 / 29 met price target	55%upside $30	Buy Maintained	24 Mar 2025
Mizuho Ben Chaiken 28% 1-year accuracy 16 / 57 met price target	70%upside $33	Outperform Maintained	24 Mar 2025
Loop Capital Laura Champine 46% 1-year accuracy 13 / 28 met price target	8%upside $21	Hold Maintained	24 Mar 2025
Stifel Steven Wieczynski 35% 1-year accuracy 11 / 31 met price target	60%upside $31	Buy Maintained	24 Mar 2025

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Financial journalist opinion

Based on 43 articles about CCL published over the past 30 days

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CNBC Television

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