Royal Caribbean Cruises (NYSE:RCL) Updates Q1 2025 Earnings Guidance

Royal Caribbean Cruises (NYSE:RCL) updated its first quarter 2025 earnings guidance on Tuesday. The company provided EPS guidance of 2.430-2.530 for the period, compared to the consensus EPS estimate of 2.360. The company issued revenue guidance of -. Royal Caribbean Cruises also updated its FY 2025 guidance to 14.350-14.650 EPS.

Royal Caribbean Cruises Price Performance

Shares of NYSE:RCL opened at $264.71 on Wednesday. Royal Caribbean Cruises has a twelve month low of $113.10 and a twelve month high of $269.96. The company has a current ratio of 0.19, a quick ratio of 0.16 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 2.63. The company has a market cap of $71.17 billion, a PE ratio of 27.21, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 0.50 and a beta of 2.59. The company’s 50 day moving average is $237.87 and its 200 day moving average is $199.52.

Royal Caribbean Cruises (NYSE:RCL) last released its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, January 28th. The company reported $1.63 earnings per share for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.50 by $0.13. Royal Caribbean Cruises had a net margin of 16.21% and a return on equity of 52.92%. During the same period last year, the company earned $1.25 EPS. On average, sell-side analysts forecast that Royal Caribbean Cruises will post 11.66 EPS for the current year.

Royal Caribbean Cruises Cuts Dividend

The business also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Monday, January 13th. Shareholders of record on Friday, December 27th were paid a dividend of $0.55 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Friday, December 27th. This represents a $2.20 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 0.83%. Royal Caribbean Cruises’s payout ratio is currently 22.61%.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

RCL has been the topic of several analyst reports. Bank of America raised their target price on Royal Caribbean Cruises from $210.00 to $240.00 and gave the stock a “neutral” rating in a report on Wednesday, November 13th. Truist Financial raised their price objective on shares of Royal Caribbean Cruises from $204.00 to $272.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research note on Monday, December 2nd. Barclays boosted their target price on shares of Royal Caribbean Cruises from $245.00 to $287.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a research note on Friday, December 13th. Tigress Financial raised their price target on shares of Royal Caribbean Cruises from $210.00 to $270.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research report on Thursday, November 7th. Finally, The Goldman Sachs Group decreased their price objective on shares of Royal Caribbean Cruises from $275.00 to $270.00 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a research report on Friday, January 24th. Three investment analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and fourteen have given a buy rating to the company. According to MarketBeat, the company has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $252.31.

Insider Transactions at Royal Caribbean Cruises

In other Royal Caribbean Cruises news, EVP Harri U. Kulovaara sold 3,256 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Wednesday, November 20th. The shares were sold at an average price of $234.62, for a total value of $763,922.72. Following the transaction, the executive vice president now directly owns 22,348 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $5,243,287.76. This trade represents a 12.72 % decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is available through this hyperlink. Also, Director Arne Alexander Wilhelmsen sold 230,000 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Tuesday, November 19th. The shares were sold at an average price of $233.62, for a total value of $53,732,600.00. Following the completion of the sale, the director now owns 18,556,860 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $4,335,253,633.20. This trade represents a 1.22 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Insiders have sold 372,609 shares of company stock valued at $87,647,208 over the last ninety days. Insiders own 7.95% of the company’s stock.

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.