Royal CaribbeanRCL
About: Royal Caribbean is the world's second-largest cruise company, operating 66 ships across five global and partner brands in the cruise vacation industry. Brands the company operates include Royal Caribbean International, Celebrity Cruises, and Silversea. The company also has a 50% investment in a joint venture that operates TUI Cruises and Hapag-Lloyd Cruises. The selection of brands in the portfolio allows Royal to compete on the basis of innovation, quality of ships and service, variety of itineraries, choice of destinations, and price. The company completed the divestiture of its Azamara brand in 2021 and plans to launch its new Celebrity River Cruise brand in 2027.
Employees: 106,000
Fund manager confidence
Based on 2024 Q4 regulatory filings by fund managers ($100M+ AUM)
121% more first-time investments, than exits
New positions opened: 170 | Existing positions closed: 77
33% more capital invested
Capital invested by funds: $37.2B [Q3] → $49.4B (+$12.2B) [Q4]
27% more funds holding in top 10
Funds holding in top 10: 11 [Q3] → 14 (+3) [Q4]
17% more repeat investments, than reductions
Existing positions increased: 358 | Existing positions reduced: 306
5% more funds holding
Funds holding: 935 [Q3] → 980 (+45) [Q4]
2.44% less ownership
Funds ownership: 81.49% [Q3] → 79.06% (-2.44%) [Q4]
37% less call options, than puts
Call options by funds: $1.74B | Put options by funds: $2.76B
Research analyst outlook
16 Wall Street Analysts provided 1 year price targets over the past 3 months
16 analyst ratings
Tigress Financial Ivan Feinseth 77% 1-year accuracy 53 / 69 met price target | 41%upside $330 | Buy Maintained | 7 Feb 2025 |
Loop Capital Laura Champine 59% 1-year accuracy 16 / 27 met price target | 7%upside $250 | Hold Initiated | 4 Feb 2025 |
UBS Robin Farley 80% 1-year accuracy 8 / 10 met price target | 28%upside $301 | Buy Maintained | 4 Feb 2025 |
Morgan Stanley Jamie Rollo 0% 1-year accuracy 0 / 3 met price target | 4%downside $225 | Equal-Weight Maintained | 3 Feb 2025 |
Macquarie Paul Golding 65% 1-year accuracy 31 / 48 met price target | 28%upside $300 | Outperform Maintained | 30 Jan 2025 |
Financial journalist opinion
Based on 52 articles about RCL published over the past 30 days
