How to buy Carnival shares in the UK

Carnival Corporation and plc is a British-American leisure company, best known for its cruise line. The company travels to 700 global destinations, and serves 13 million guests each year. Nearly half of those lucky to go on a cruise will be travelling on one of the company’s 9 cruise line brands. Here's everything you need to know about investing in the world’s largest leisure company, which is listed on the LSE.

How to buy shares in Carnival

Open a brokerage account. Choose from our top broker picks or compare brokers in depth. Then, complete an application.
Fund your account. Add money to your account via bank transfer, debit card or credit card.
Search the platform by ticker symbol. CCL in this case.
Choose an order type. Place a market order or limit order with your preferred number of shares or dollar amount.
Submit the order. It's that simple.

The whole process can take as little as 15 minutes. You'll need a smartphone or computer, an internet connection, your passport or driving licence and a means of payment.

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Quantity of shares

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Alternative ways to invest in Carnival

Buying shares in just one company is generally considered a riskier bet than investing in a range of investments - AKA a "diversified portfolio". Experts generally recommend holding a mix of investments in specific assets and funds. Funds are ready-made portfolios of multiple companies' shares (potentially including Carnival), and the idea is that drops in the value of one constituent company's share price might be offset by rises in others.

Carnival is a major part of the London stock exchange, so it's included in many global funds and investment trusts, as well as tracker-style exchange traded funds (ETFs).

ETF	5-year performance (to August 2024)	1-year performance (to August 2024)	Link to invest
Invesco S&P 500 (SPXP)	94.07%	22.23%	Invest with XTBCapital at risk
Xtrackers S&P 500 Swap (XSPX)	93.77%	22.24%	Invest with XTBCapital at risk
iShares Core S&P 500 (CSP1)	91.84%	21.98%	Invest with XTBCapital at risk
HSBC S&P 500 (HSPX)	80.38%	20.63%	Invest with XTBCapital at risk
Vanguard S&P 500 (VUSA)	79.29%	20.60%	Invest with XTBCapital at risk
SPDR S&P 500 ETF (SPX5)	79.17%	20.61%	Invest with XTBCapital at risk

Fund	5-year performance (to August 2024)	1-year performance (to August 2024)	Link to invest
Invesco FTSE 250 UCITS ETF (S250)	18.99%	10.17%	Invest with HLCapital at risk
HSBC FTSE 250 UCITS ETF GBP (HMCX)	3.85%	6.59%	Invest with XTBCapital at risk
iShares FTSE 250 UCITS ETF (MIDD)	3.81%	6.82%	Invest with eToroCapital at risk
Vanguard FTSE 250 UCITS ETF Distributing (VMID)	3.47%	6.98%	Invest with XTBCapital at risk
Xtrackers FTSE 250 UCITS ETF 1D (XMCX)	1.99%	5.85%	Invest with XTBCapital at risk

Is it a good time to buy Carnival stock?

Review technicals and fundamentals to help you determine if now's a good time for you to invest.

Technical analysis

View Carnival's price performance, share price volatility, historical data and technicals.

Use our graph to track the performance of CCL stock over time.

Historical closes compared with the last close of 1.00

1 week (2024-12-12)	-99.93%
1 month (2024-11-19)	-99.92%
3 months (2024-09-19)	-99.92%
6 months (2024-06-19)	-99.91%
1 year (2023-12-19)	-99.88%
2 years (2022-12-19)	-99.85%
3 years (2021-12-19)	-99.93%
5 years (2019-12-19)	-99.97%

The gauge below shows real-time ratings that are based on 26 popular indicators such as moving averages, for specific time periods. It's not a recommendation but is simply technical analysis that can form part of your research.

Finder might not agree with the analysis and we take no responsibility. We also give no representations or warranty on the accuracy or completeness of the information provided on this page.

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Carnival's shares were split on a 1:3.32889 basis on 21 April 2003. So if you had owned 3.32889 shares the day before before the split, the next day you'd have owned 1 share. This wouldn't directly have changed the overall worth of your Carnival shares – just the quantity. However, indirectly, the new 232.9% higher share price could have impacted the market appetite for Carnival shares which in turn could have impacted Carnival's share price.
It's as easy to sell Carnival as it is to buy! Here's how to sell Carnival shares that you already own.
1. Open your investment app. If you've got one with desktop access, you can log in online
2. Go to your portfolio. This should be in the main menu
3. Find your shares. You may be able to search your portfolio
4. Choose how many you'd like to sell. You'll be able to review the price and see how much you'll receive
5. Sell your Carnival shares. Your investment platform will let you know when your shares are sold

Carnival financials

Revenue TTM	£24.5 billion
Operating margin TTM	27.61%
Gross profit TTM	£10.7 billion
Return on assets TTM	4.25%
Return on equity TTM	20.12%
Profit margin	6.39%
Book value	6.79p
Market capitalisation	£23.7 billion
EBITDA	£5.9 billion

TTM: trailing 12 months

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