Carnival PLC (CUK)

• Market cap: $22B
• 1 day: 3.27%
• 5 days: 3.84%
• 1 month: -12.84%
• 3 months: -28.10%
• 6 months: -12.89%
• Year to date: -25.58%
• 1 year: 24.89%
• 5 years: 52.23%
• 10 years: -64.59%
• Sector: Consumer Discretionary
• Industry: Travel Services

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: 87,000

Fund manager confidence

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

408% more call options, than puts

Call options by funds: $925K | Put options by funds: $182K

227% more first-time investments, than exits

New positions opened: 36 | Existing positions closed: 11

58% more capital invested

Capital invested by funds: $618M [Q3] → $978M (+$360M) [Q4]

33% more funds holding in top 10

Funds holding in top 10: 3 [Q3] → 4 (+1) [Q4]

25% more funds holding

Funds holding: 100 [Q3] → 125 (+25) [Q4]

21% more repeat investments, than reductions

Existing positions increased: 35 | Existing positions reduced: 29

3.84% more ownership

Funds ownership: 19.25% [Q3] → 23.08% (+3.84%) [Q4]