Carnival
CCL
26.15
-0.43
-1.62%
Carnival
US · CCL
#628 by market cap
Listed 1970
26.15
-0.43
-1.62%
Live - 5344 symbols - heartbeat 393s ago
· 2026-10-08 07:40
Pre-market
25.48
-2.56%
After-hours
26.21
+0.23%
Overnight
25.83
-1.22%
- Market cap
- 35.16B
- P/E (TTM)i
- 11.52
- P/Bi
- 2.48
- EPSi
- 2.02
- Div yieldi
- 1.72%
- 52W posi
- 39%
Reader sentiment
Are you bullish or bearish on CCL?
Anonymous reader poll. Unscientific, not investment advice.
✦ Quant Financial Health how this is computed
Weak
- Altman Z-Score is 1.26, below the 1.8 "distress zone" threshold.
- Most reliable for industrial/manufacturing companies; less meaningful for banks, insurers and other financials.
Revenue annual, last 8 years
Latest year +6.40% YoY
Margins
- Gross margin
- 40.10%
- Operating margin
- 16.84%
- Net margin
- 10.37%
Key ratios & quality
- Enterprise valuei
- 60.05B
- Altman Z-Scorei
- 1.26
Altman Z-Score below ~1.8 suggests financial distress risk, above ~3.0 suggests low risk; the model is most reliable for industrial/manufacturing companies and less meaningful for banks and other financial firms.
Income statement
| Line item | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | 18.88B | 20.83B | 5.60B | 1.91B | 12.17B | 21.59B | 25.02B | 26.62B |
| Gross profit | 7.79B | 7.92B | -2.65B | -2.75B | 412.00M | 7.28B | 9.38B | 10.67B |
| Selling & admin expenses | 2.45B | 2.48B | 1.88B | 1.89B | 2.52B | 2.95B | 3.25B | 3.40B |
| Research & development | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Operating profit | 3.32B | 3.28B | -6.77B | -6.87B | -4.38B | 1.96B | 3.57B | 4.48B |
| Pretax profit | 3.21B | 3.06B | -10.25B | -9.52B | -6.08B | -62.00M | 1.92B | 2.77B |
| Tax | 54.00M | 71.00M | -17.00M | -21.00M | 14.00M | 13.00M | -1.00M | 12.00M |
| Net profit | 3.15B | 2.99B | -10.24B | -9.50B | -6.09B | -75.00M | 1.92B | 2.76B |
| Basic EPS | 4 | 4 | -13 | -8 | -5 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Diluted EPS | 4.44 | 4.32 | -13.20 | -8.46 | -5.16 | -0.06 | 1.44 | 2.02 |
| Line item | 2025-05 | 2025-08 | 2025-11 | 2026-02 | 2026-05 | 2026-08 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | 6.33B | 8.15B | 6.33B | 6.17B | 6.66B | 8.44B |
| Gross profit | 2.44B | 3.77B | 2.42B | 2.23B | 2.44B | 3.81B |
| Selling & admin expenses | 816.00M | 779.00M | 960.00M | 924.00M | 863.00M | 834.00M |
| Research & development | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Operating profit | 934.00M | 2.27B | 735.00M | 606.00M | 852.00M | 2.22B |
| Pretax profit | 585.00M | 1.86B | 395.00M | 280.00M | 555.00M | 1.94B |
| Tax | 17.00M | 6.00M | -18.00M | 17.00M | 17.00M | 16.00M |
| Net profit | 568.00M | 1.85B | 413.00M | 263.00M | 538.00M | 1.92B |
| Basic EPS | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Diluted EPS | 0.42 | 1.33 | 0.31 | 0.19 | 0.39 | 1.40 |
Balance sheet
| Line item | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total current assets | 2.23B | 2.06B | 10.56B | 10.13B | 7.49B | 5.27B | 3.38B | 4.22B |
| Cash & ST investments | 982.00M | 518.00M | 9.51B | 9.14B | 4.03B | 2.42B | 1.21B | 1.93B |
| Inventory | 450.00M | 427.00M | 335.00M | 356.00M | 428.00M | 528.00M | 507.00M | 505.00M |
| Total assets | 42.40B | 45.06B | 53.59B | 53.34B | 51.70B | 49.12B | 49.06B | 51.69B |
| Total current liabilities | 9.20B | 9.13B | 8.69B | 10.41B | 10.61B | 11.48B | 11.62B | 13.09B |
| Short-term debt | 2.43B | 1.83B | 4.98B | 4.86B | 2.74B | 2.24B | 1.70B | 2.78B |
| Long-term debt | 7.90B | 9.68B | 22.13B | 28.51B | 31.95B | 28.48B | 25.94B | 24.04B |
| Total liabilities | 17,958,000,000.00 | 19,693,000,000.00 | 33,038,000,000.00 | 41,200,000,000.00 | 44,639,000,000.00 | 42,237,000,000.00 | 39,805,000,000.00 | 39,403,000,000.00 |
| Total equity | 24.44B | 25.37B | 20.56B | 12.14B | 7.06B | 6.88B | 9.25B | 12.28B |
| Retained earnings | 25.07B | 26.65B | 16.08B | 6.45B | 269.00M | 185.00M | 2.10B | 4.82B |
| Line item | 2025-05 | 2025-08 | 2025-11 | 2026-02 | 2026-05 | 2026-08 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total current assets | 4.35B | 3.87B | 4.22B | 3.72B | 4.49B | 3.42B |
| Cash & ST investments | 2.15B | 1.76B | 1.93B | 1.42B | 2.24B | 1.22B |
| Inventory | 476.00M | 475.00M | 505.00M | 510.00M | 552.00M | 528.00M |
| Total assets | 51.17B | 50.83B | 51.69B | 51.57B | 52.23B | 50.97B |
| Total current liabilities | 12.92B | 11.44B | 13.09B | 12.42B | 13.43B | 12.48B |
| Short-term debt | 1.57B | 1.60B | 2.78B | 1.67B | 1.64B | 2.20B |
| Long-term debt | 25.86B | 25.06B | 24.04B | 23.79B | 23.42B | 21.88B |
| Total liabilities | 41,157,000,000.00 | 38,903,000,000.00 | 39,403,000,000.00 | 38,518,000,000.00 | 39,245,000,000.00 | 36,764,000,000.00 |
| Total equity | 10.01B | 11.93B | 12.28B | 13.05B | 12.98B | 14.21B |
| Retained earnings | 2.54B | 4.40B | 4.82B | 4.73B | 5.00B | 6.71B |
Cash flow
| Line item | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating cash flow | 5.55B | 5.48B | -6.30B | -4.11B | -1.67B | 4.28B | 5.92B | 6.22B |
| Depreciation & amortization | 2.02B | 2.16B | 2.24B | 2.23B | 2.28B | 2.37B | 2.56B | 2.79B |
| Free cash flow | 1.80B | 46.00M | -9.92B | -7.72B | -6.61B | 997.00M | 1.30B | 2.61B |
| Dividends paid | -1.36B | -1.39B | -689.00M | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Stock buybacks / issuance | -1.47B | -599.00M | 3.24B | 1.01B | 1.18B | -- | -- | -- |
| Ending cash balance | 996.00M | 530.00M | 9.69B | 8.98B | 6.04B | 2.44B | 1.23B | 1.96B |
| Line item | 2025-05 | 2025-08 | 2025-11 | 2026-02 | 2026-05 | 2026-08 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating cash flow | 2.39B | 1.38B | 1.52B | 1.26B | 2.63B | 1.41B |
| Depreciation & amortization | 692.00M | 718.00M | 726.00M | 696.00M | 723.00M | 753.00M |
| Free cash flow | 1.54B | 736.00M | 12.00M | 697.00M | 1.76B | 712.00M |
| Dividends paid | 0 | 0 | -- | -208.00M | -206.00M | -204.00M |
| Stock buybacks / issuance | -- | 0 | -- | -- | -- | -548.00M |
| Ending cash balance | 2.17B | 1.79B | 1.96B | 1.46B | 2.26B | 1.24B |
Returns & efficiency
| Line item | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ROE %i | 12.96 | 12.01 | -44.58 | -58.11 | -63.44 | -1.06 | 23.75 | 25.63 |
| ROA %i | 7.58 | 6.84 | -20.75 | -17.77 | -11.60 | -0.15 | 3.90 | 5.48 |
| ROIC %i | 9.77 | 8.85 | -21.82 | -16.54 | -11.05 | 3.15 | 8.20 | 10.34 |
| 5-year avg ROE %i | 9.68 | 11.08 | 0.70 | -13.32 | -28.23 | -31.04 | -28.69 | -14.65 |
| EBIT margin %i | 18.01 | 15.68 | -167.29 | -415.15 | -36.74 | 9.28 | 14.67 | 15.48 |
| FCF / sales %i | 9.53 | 0.22 | -- | -- | -- | 4.62 | 5.18 | 9.79 |
| Current ratioi | 0.24 | 0.23 | 1.22 | 0.97 | 0.71 | 0.46 | 0.29 | 0.32 |
| Quick ratioi | 0.15 | 0.11 | 1.13 | 0.90 | 0.42 | 0.26 | 0.15 | 0.20 |
| Debt / assetsi | 24.35 | 25.53 | 52.95 | 64.88 | 69.40 | 64.92 | 58.86 | 54.16 |
| LT debt / equityi | 32.31 | 38.14 | 113.86 | 244.96 | 469.17 | 430.82 | 293.72 | 205.27 |
| Interest coveragei | 17.53 | 15.85 | -10.46 | -4.95 | -2.78 | 0.97 | 2.09 | 3.05 |
| Revenue CAGR (3Y) %i | 6.31 | 8.31 | -31.64 | -53.42 | -16.40 | 56.87 | 135.82 | 29.81 |
| Net income CAGR (3Y) %i | 21.51 | 2.47 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| FCF CAGR (3Y) %i | -7.18 | -71.89 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Line item | 2025-05 | 2025-08 | 2025-11 | 2026-02 | 2026-05 | 2026-08 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ROE %i | 30.02 | 25.73 | 25.63 | 27.87 | 26.72 | 24.02 |
| ROA %i | 5.01 | 5.25 | 5.48 | 6.19 | 5.94 | 6.16 |
| ROIC %i | 10.54 | 10.22 | 10.34 | 11.12 | 10.83 | 10.73 |
| 5-year avg ROE %i | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| EBIT margin %i | 15.77 | 15.61 | 15.48 | 16.25 | 15.74 | 15.75 |
| FCF / sales %i | 10.80 | 11.11 | 9.79 | 11.07 | 11.72 | 11.51 |
| Current ratioi | 0.34 | 0.34 | 0.32 | 0.30 | 0.33 | 0.27 |
| Quick ratioi | 0.21 | 0.21 | 0.20 | 0.17 | 0.21 | 0.15 |
| Debt / assetsi | 55.99 | 54.81 | 54.16 | 51.60 | 50.11 | 49.37 |
| LT debt / equityi | 270.57 | 220.20 | 205.27 | 191.34 | 189.18 | 161.81 |
| Interest coveragei | 2.64 | 2.85 | 3.05 | 3.47 | 3.56 | 3.69 |
| Revenue CAGR (3Y) %i | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Net income CAGR (3Y) %i | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| FCF CAGR (3Y) %i | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
✦ Quant Revenue Concentration how this is computed
Lead segment, long tail
- North America is the largest reported line at 65.71% of revenue, across 4 reported segments.
- Europe follows at 30.89%, so the top line still matters most but isn’t the whole story.
Revenue breakdown most recent period
Business
North America65.71%
Europe30.89%
Tour and Other2.26%
Cruise Support1.14%
Quote time 2026-10-08 07:40:15 · For reference only, not investment advice and not tailored to your situation.