How to buy Royal Caribbean Cruises stock (RCL)

Royal Caribbean Cruises is a travel services business based in the US. Royal Caribbean Cruises shares (RCL) are listed on the NYSE and all prices are listed in US Dollars. Its last market close was $200.91 – an increase of 0.49% over the previous week. Royal Caribbean Cruises employs 98,100 staff and has a trailing 12-month revenue of around $15.3 billion.

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Royal Caribbean Cruises stock price (NYSE: RCL)

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Royal Caribbean Cruises shares at a glance

• Key figures

Information last updated 2024-10-24.

Latest market close	$200.91
52-week range	$83.06 - $204.37
50-day moving average more info button	$173.52
200-day moving average more info button	$148.10
Wall St. target price	$195.64
PE ratio more info button	21.9346
Dividend yield more info button	$0 (0.79%)
Earnings per share (TTM) more info button	$9.17

Is it a good time to buy Royal Caribbean Cruises stock?

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Royal Caribbean Cruises price performance over time

Historical closes compared with the close of $200.91 from 2024-10-25

1 week (2024-10-21)	0.50%
1 month (2024-09-27)	13.16%
3 months (2024-07-26)	30.83%
6 months (2024-04-26)	42.90%

1 year (2023-10-27)	142.62%
2 years (2022-10-25)	294.72%
3 years (2021-10-28)	138.47%
5 years (2019-10-28)	81.95%

Is Royal Caribbean Cruises stock undervalued or overvalued?

Valuing Royal Caribbean Cruises stock is incredibly difficult, and any metric has to be viewed as part of a bigger picture of Royal Caribbean Cruises's overall performance. However, analysts commonly use some key metrics to help gauge the value of a stock.

Royal Caribbean Cruises's P/E ratio

Royal Caribbean Cruises's current share price divided by its per-share earnings (EPS) over a 12-month period gives a "trailing price/earnings ratio" of roughly 22x. In other words, Royal Caribbean Cruises shares trade at around 22x recent earnings.

That's relatively low compared to, say, the trailing 12-month P/E ratio for the NASDAQ 100 at the end of 2019 (27.29). The low P/E ratio could mean that investors are pessimistic about the outlook for the shares or simply that they're under-valued.

Royal Caribbean Cruises's PEG ratio

Royal Caribbean Cruises's "price/earnings-to-growth ratio" can be calculated by dividing its P/E ratio by its growth – to give 0.6432. A low ratio can be interpreted as meaning the shares offer better value, while a higher ratio can be interpreted as meaning the shares offer worse value.

The PEG ratio provides a broader view than just the P/E ratio, as it gives more insight into Royal Caribbean Cruises's future profitability. By accounting for growth, it could also help you if you're comparing the share prices of multiple high-growth companies.

Royal Caribbean Cruises's EBITDA

Royal Caribbean Cruises's EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation) is $5.2 billion.

The EBITDA is a measure of a Royal Caribbean Cruises's overall financial performance and is widely used to measure a its profitability.

Royal Caribbean Cruises financials

Revenue TTM	$15.3 billion
Operating margin TTM	26.81%
Gross profit TTM	$2.4 billion
Return on assets TTM	6.61%
Return on equity TTM	51.65%
Profit margin	16.31%
Book value	$23.34
Market Capitalization more info button	$51.8 billion

TTM: trailing 12 months

Royal Caribbean Cruises's environmental, social and governance track record

Environmental, social and governance (known as ESG) criteria are a set of three factors used to measure the sustainability and social impact of companies like Royal Caribbean Cruises.

When it comes to ESG scores, lower is better, and lower scores are generally associated with lower risk for would-be investors.

Royal Caribbean Cruises's total ESG risk score

Total ESG risk: 21.81

Socially conscious investors use ESG scores to screen how an investment aligns with their worldview, and Royal Caribbean Cruises's overall score of 21.81 (as at 12/31/2018) is pretty good – landing it in it in the 26th percentile of companies rated in the same sector.

ESG scores are increasingly used to estimate the level of risk a company like Royal Caribbean Cruises is exposed to within the areas of "environmental" (carbon footprint, resource use etc.), "social" (health and safety, human rights etc.), and "governance" (anti-corruption, tax transparency etc.).

Royal Caribbean Cruises's environmental score

Environmental score: 7/100

Royal Caribbean Cruises's social score

Social score: 8.31/100

Royal Caribbean Cruises's governance score

Governance score: 2/100

Royal Caribbean Cruises's controversy score

Controversy score: 3/5

ESG scores also evaluate any incidences of controversy that a company has been involved in. Royal Caribbean Cruises scored a 3 out of 5 for controversy – a middle-of-the-table result reflecting that Royal Caribbean Cruises hasn't always managed to keep its nose clean.

Environmental, social, and governance (ESG) summary

Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd was last rated for ESG on: 2019-01-01.

Total ESG score	21.81
Total ESG percentile	26.14
Environmental score	7
Social score	8.31
Governance score	2
Level of controversy	3

Royal Caribbean Cruises share dividends

Dividend payout ratio: 3.97% of net profits

Recently Royal Caribbean Cruises has paid out, on average, around 0% of net profits as dividends. That has enabled analysts to estimate a "forward annual dividend yield" of 0% of the current stock value. This means that over a year, based on recent payouts (which are sadly no guarantee of future payouts), Royal Caribbean Cruises shareholders could enjoy a 0% return on their shares, in the form of dividend payments. In Royal Caribbean Cruises's case, that would currently equate to about $0 per share.

While Royal Caribbean Cruises's payout ratio might seem low, this can signify that Royal Caribbean Cruises is investing more in its future growth.

Royal Caribbean Cruises's most recent dividend payout was on 10 October 2024. The latest dividend was paid out to all shareholders who bought their shares by 19 September 2024 (the "ex-dividend date").

Have Royal Caribbean Cruises's shares ever split?

Royal Caribbean Cruises's shares were split on a 2:1 basis on 2 August 1998 . So if you had owned 1 share the day before before the split, the next day you'd have owned 2 shares. This wouldn't directly have changed the overall worth of your Royal Caribbean Cruises shares – just the quantity. However, indirectly, the new 50% lower share price could have impacted the market appetite for Royal Caribbean Cruises shares which in turn could have impacted Royal Caribbean Cruises's share price.

Royal Caribbean Cruises share price volatility

Over the last 12 months, Royal Caribbean Cruises's shares have ranged in value from as little as $83.0559 up to $204.37. A popular way to gauge a stock's volatility is its "beta".

Beta is a measure of a share's volatility in relation to the market. The market (NYSE average) beta is 1, while Royal Caribbean Cruises's is 2.622. This would suggest that Royal Caribbean Cruises's shares are significantly more volatile than the average for this exchange and represent a higher risk.

Royal Caribbean Cruises overview

Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. operates as a cruise company worldwide. The company operates cruises under the Royal Caribbean International, Celebrity Cruises, and Silversea Cruises brands, which comprise a range of itineraries. As of February 21, 2024, it operated 65 ships. Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. was founded in 1968 and is headquartered in Miami, Florida. .

Frequently asked questions

What percentage of Royal Caribbean Cruises is owned by insiders or institutions?
Currently 7.876% of Royal Caribbean Cruises shares are held by insiders and 83.716% by institutions. How many people work for Royal Caribbean Cruises?
Latest data suggests 98,100 work at Royal Caribbean Cruises. When does the fiscal year end for Royal Caribbean Cruises?
Royal Caribbean Cruises's fiscal year ends in December. Where is Royal Caribbean Cruises based?
Royal Caribbean Cruises's address is: 1050 Caribbean Way, Miami, FL, United States, 33132-2096 What is Royal Caribbean Cruises's ISIN number?
Royal Caribbean Cruises's international securities identification number is: LR0008862868 What is Royal Caribbean Cruises's CUSIP number?
Royal Caribbean Cruises's Committee on Uniform Securities Identification Procedures number is: V7780T103