Royal Caribbean Cruises (NYSE:RCL) Updates FY 2025 Earnings Guidance

Royal Caribbean Cruises (NYSE:RCL) issued an update on its FY 2025 earnings guidance on Tuesday morning. The company provided earnings per share guidance of 14.350-14.650 for the period, compared to the consensus earnings per share estimate of 14.410. The company issued revenue guidance of -. Royal Caribbean Cruises also updated its Q1 2025 guidance to 2.430-2.530 EPS.

Royal Caribbean Cruises Stock Performance

Shares of NYSE RCL opened at $268.77 on Thursday. The stock has a market cap of $72.27 billion, a PE ratio of 27.62, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 0.50 and a beta of 2.59. Royal Caribbean Cruises has a 1 year low of $113.10 and a 1 year high of $271.31. The firm has a fifty day moving average price of $238.47 and a 200-day moving average price of $200.21. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 2.63, a current ratio of 0.19 and a quick ratio of 0.16.

Royal Caribbean Cruises (NYSE:RCL) last issued its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, January 28th. The company reported $1.63 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.50 by $0.13. Royal Caribbean Cruises had a return on equity of 52.92% and a net margin of 16.21%. During the same period last year, the firm posted $1.25 earnings per share. Equities analysts anticipate that Royal Caribbean Cruises will post 11.66 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Royal Caribbean Cruises Cuts Dividend

The business also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Monday, January 13th. Shareholders of record on Friday, December 27th were issued a $0.55 dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Friday, December 27th. This represents a $2.20 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 0.82%. Royal Caribbean Cruises’s dividend payout ratio is currently 22.61%.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

A number of research analysts have recently weighed in on the company. Argus raised their price objective on Royal Caribbean Cruises from $280.00 to $305.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research report on Wednesday. JPMorgan Chase & Co. upped their price objective on Royal Caribbean Cruises from $253.00 to $295.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a report on Friday, January 17th. Barclays upped their price target on shares of Royal Caribbean Cruises from $287.00 to $308.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a research note on Wednesday. Susquehanna upped their target price on shares of Royal Caribbean Cruises from $245.00 to $305.00 and gave the company a “positive” rating in a research report on Wednesday. Finally, Tigress Financial lifted their price target on Royal Caribbean Cruises from $210.00 to $270.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research report on Thursday, November 7th. Three analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and fourteen have issued a buy rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat.com, Royal Caribbean Cruises presently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $271.06.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In other Royal Caribbean Cruises news, Director Arne Alexander Wilhelmsen sold 139,353 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Thursday, November 21st. The stock was sold at an average price of $237.89, for a total value of $33,150,685.17. Following the completion of the sale, the director now owns 18,167,507 shares in the company, valued at approximately $4,321,868,240.23. The trade was a 0.76 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through this hyperlink. Also, EVP Harri U. Kulovaara sold 3,256 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Wednesday, November 20th. The stock was sold at an average price of $234.62, for a total value of $763,922.72. Following the sale, the executive vice president now directly owns 22,348 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $5,243,287.76. The trade was a 12.72 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Insiders have sold a total of 372,609 shares of company stock worth $87,647,208 in the last ninety days. 7.95% of the stock is owned by corporate insiders.

Royal Caribbean Cruises Company Profile

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.