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Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd (RCL) is a publicly traded travel services business based in the US which employs around 98,100 staff. Royal Caribbean Cruises is listed on the NYSE and traded in US dollars. Its current price of $238.43 is 32.7% up on its price a month ago ($179.63).
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Alternative ways to invest in Royal Caribbean Cruises
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 Royal Caribbean Cruises), and the idea is that drops in the value of one constituent company's share price might be offset by rises in others.
Royal Caribbean Cruises is a major part of the NYSE, so it's included in many global funds and investment trusts, as well as tracker-style exchange traded funds (ETFs).
| ETF | Icon | 5-year performance (to August 2024) | 1-year performance (to August 2024) | Link to invest |
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| 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 |
Is it a good time to buy Royal Caribbean Cruises stock?
Review technicals and fundamentals to help you determine if now's a good time for you to invest.
Technical analysis
View Royal Caribbean Cruises's price performance, share price volatility, historical data and technicals.
Use our graph to track the performance of RCL stock over time.
Historical closes compared with the last close of $238.43
| 1 week (2024-12-13) | 18.50% |
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| 1 month (2024-11-20) | 32.73% |
| 3 months (2024-09-20) | 55.63% |
| 6 months (2024-06-20) | 69.99% |
| 1 year (2023-12-20) | 190.67% |
| 2 years (2022-12-20) | 369.52% |
| 3 years (2021-12-20) | 181.46% |
| 5 years (2019-12-20) | 118.05% |
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.
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Is Royal Caribbean Cruises under- or over-valued?
Valuing a stock is incredibly difficult, and any metric has to be viewed as part of a bigger picture of overall performance. However, analysts commonly use some key metrics to help gauge value. Check out the Royal Caribbean Cruises P/E ratio, PEG ratio and EBITDA.
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's shares trade at around 22x recent earnings.
That's relatively high compared to, say, the trailing 12-month P/E ratio for the United States stock markets on average as of November 09, 2023 (20.44). The high P/E ratio could mean that investors are optimistic about the outlook for the shares or simply that they're over-valued.
However, Royal Caribbean Cruises's P/E ratio is best considered in relation to those of others within the industry or those of similar companies.
- Carnival (CCL.LSE): 20.20
- Norwegian Cruise Line (NCLH.US): 22.02
Royal Caribbean Cruises's "price/earnings-to-growth ratio" can be calculated by dividing its P/E ratio by its growth – to give 0.6503. A PEG ratio below 1 can be interpreted as meaning the shares are not overvalued given the current rate of growth.
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.
However, it's sensible to consider Royal Caribbean Cruises's PEG ratio in relation to those of similar companies.
- Carnival (CCL.LSE): 0.04
- Norwegian Cruise Line (NCLH.US): 0.33
Royal Caribbean Cruises's EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation) is a whopping $5.2 billion (£4.2 billion).
The EBITDA is a measure of Royal Caribbean Cruises's overall financial performance and is widely used to measure a its profitability.
To put that into context you can compare it against similar companies.
- Carnival (CCL.LSE): £5.9 billion
- Norwegian Cruise Line (NCLH.US): USD$2.3 billion
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