Stock · RCL · Consumer Cyclical
United States · Large Cap · listed since 1993 · Revenue 12 mo. $18.7B
Price as of 11/06/2026
Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. operates as a cruise company worldwide.
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 December 31, 2025, it operated 69 ships. Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. was founded in 1968 and is headquartered in Miami, Florida.
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Summary
53.4 of 100
Mean of the six area values. Each area value is the mean of the stock's ranks among the companies in its sector. 50 is the middle of the sector, not a share of companies beaten.
Analysis
What the price requires
If free cash flow stays at €1.1B (2025), it supports €12.3B. The remaining €62.8B of the market value assume it grows 25.2% a year for 10 years and not at all afterwards.
Required FCF growth per year
25.2%
no growth afterwards
Price to operating cash flow 13.0×, above its usual range.
Middle half of 15 quarters: 8.9× to 12.4×, median 10.2×.
Measures only against its own past, not against what the company is worth. Price as of 11/06/2026.
with respect to the priced-in expectation
No indication in the stored figures.
with respect to the priced-in expectation
Since the last quarter
Q1 → Q2 2026
5 more unchanged: Revenue, 12 mo., Gross margin, EBIT margin, Net debt, Shares outstanding
Derivation
Each area value is the average of its metrics' ranks within the sector (0 to 100, 50 is the middle). For metrics where lower is better, the rank is mirrored. The overall value is the average of the area values.
Price as of 11/06/2026.
| Metric | Stock | Sector median | Position in sector |
|---|---|---|---|
| Return on equity | 42.57% | 11.07% | Rank 91 |
| Return on capital (Greenblatt) | 13.52% | 17.91% | Rank 37 |
| EBIT margin | 27.37% | 10.89% | Rank 92 |
| FCF margin | 6.89% | 8.07% | Rank 44 |
| Gross margin | 46.84% | 34.00% | Rank 68 |
| Metric | Stock | Sector median | Position in sector |
|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth, 1 year | 8.80% | 5.10% | Rank 68 |
| Earnings growth, 3 years per yeardoes not count towards the rank | – | 8.34% | |
| Earnings growth, 5 years per yeardoes not count towards the rank | – | 15.10% | |
| Sustainable growth (ROE × retained earnings) | 29.16% | 4.34% | Rank 100 |
| Metric | Stock | Sector median | Position in sector |
|---|---|---|---|
| Earnings yield | 4.78% | 4.32% | Rank 55 |
| FCF yield | 1.48% | 4.17% | Rank 17 |
| EV/saleslower is better | 5.88 | 1.95 | Rank 10 |
| EV/EBITlower is better | 21.47 | 16.88 | Rank 33 |
| Metric | Stock | Sector median | Position in sector |
|---|---|---|---|
| Share price, 1 year | 19.42% | −4.35% | Rank 82 |
| Share price, 6 months | 19.35% | 3.63% | Rank 81 |
| Share price, 3 months | 7.37% | 2.92% | Rank 72 |
| Distance from 52-week high | −6.00% | −15.83% | Rank 76 |
| Metric | Stock | Sector median | Position in sector |
|---|---|---|---|
| Accruals (Sloan)lower is better | 7.17% | 0.39% | Rank 12 |
| Change in share countlower is better | −2.15% | −0.37% | Rank 69 |
| Dividend streak in years | 1 | 4 | Rank 29 |
| Price reaction to results, market-adjusted | 4.80% | 0.16% | Rank 83 |
| Metric | Stock | Sector median | Position in sector |
|---|---|---|---|
| Equity ratio | 24.12% | 40.59% | Rank 19 |
| Net debt/EBITDAlower is better | 3.09 | 0.99 | Rank 21 |
| Debt to equitylower is better | 2.26 | 0.49 | Rank 12 |
| Volatility, 1 yearlower is better | 47.72% | 33.42% | Rank 9 |
Ten years in figures
| Year | Revenue, $B | EBIT margin | FCF | Shares | Net debt, $B |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 8.5 | 17.4% | $22.3M | 216M | 9.3 |
| 2017 | 8.8 | 19.9% | $2.3B | 216M | 7.4 |
| 2018 | 9.5 | 20.0% | −$180.9M | 212M | 10.5 |
| 2019 | 11.0 | 19.0% | $691.7M | 210M | 11.5 |
| 2020 | 2.2 | −208.3% | −$5.7B | 214M | 16.3 |
| 2021 | 1.5 | −252.6% | −$4.1B | 252M | 19.0 |
| 2022 | 8.8 | −8.7% | −$2.2B | 255M | 22.1 |
| 2023 | 13.9 | 20.7% | $580.0M | 283M | 21.6 |
| 2024 | 16.5 | 24.9% | $2.0B | 279M | 20.4 |
| 2025 | 17.9 | 27.4% | $1.2B | 273M | 21.8 |
1 of 7 StockScorer Score rules met · How the score is built
Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd mainly meets criteria in the Profitability category. Result from 18 strategies checked.
Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd is rated here with the StockScorer Score strategy, the flagship rule set. It compares return and cash-flow metrics with the median of the company's own sector and checks growth and price trend.
1 of 7 rules met
1 of 11 points
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Selected fundamental metrics for Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd.
| Metric | Stock | Sector |
|---|---|---|
| P/E ratio | 20.9 | 21.6 |
| P/B ratio | 8.9 | 2.4 |
| Return on equity (ROE) | 42.6% | 11.1% |
| Equity ratio | 24.1% | 40.6% |
| Debt-to-equity (D/E) | 2.26 | 0.49 |
| Dividend yield | 1.7% | 2.2% |
How comparable stocks in the same sector score in the StockScorer model.
| Symbol | Company | Rating |
|---|---|---|
| RCL | Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltdthis page | |
| ABNB | Airbnb Inc | High8.2 |
| BKNG | Booking Holdings Inc | High6.4 |
| CCL | Carnival Corporation | Low4.5 |
| EXPE | Expedia Group Inc. | locked |
| VIK | Viking Holdings Ltd | locked |
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