Investor’s Toolkit: Key Ratios for Assessing Royal Caribbean Group (RCL)’s Performance

Kevin Freeman

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Royal Caribbean Group (NYSE: RCL) closed the day trading at $278.11 down -0.44% from the previous closing price of $279.33. In other words, the price has decreased by -$0.44 from its previous closing price. On the day, 1.61 million shares were traded. RCL stock price reached its highest trading level at $286.48 during the session, while it also had its lowest trading level at $275.71.

Ratios:

For a better understanding of RCL, let’s look at its different ratios. It provided that stocks Price–to–Cash (P/C) ratio for the trailing twelve months (TTM) is standing at 175.57 whereas its Price-to-Free Cash Flow (P/FCF) for the term is 37.27. For the most recent quarter (mrq), Quick Ratio is recorded 0.14 and its Current Ratio is at 0.16. In the meantime, Its Debt-to-Equity ratio is 2.08 whereas as Long-Term Debt/Eq ratio is at 1.77.

Upgrades & Downgrades

In the most recent recommendation for this company, TD Cowen on July 22, 2025, initiated with a Buy rating and assigned the stock a target price of $405.

On July 21, 2025, Truist Downgraded its rating to Hold which previously was Buy but kept the price unchanged to $337.

On April 25, 2025, Northcoast started tracking the stock assigning a Buy rating and target price of $279.Northcoast initiated its Buy rating on April 25, 2025, with a $279 target price.

Insider Transactions:

The insider trade also gives investors a glimpse into the future direction of stock prices, which can be beneficial to investors. A recent insider transaction in this stock occurred on Nov 03 ’25 when Montiel Maritza Gomez sold 1,100 shares for $281.76 per share. The transaction valued at 309,936 led to the insider holds 14,234 shares of the business.

Maritza Montiel bought 1,100 shares of RCL for $309,933 on Nov 03 ’25. On Aug 19 ’25, another insider, Sorensen Vagn O, who serves as the Director of the company, sold 10,300 shares for $330.04 each. As a result, the insider received 3,399,412 and left with 16,407 shares of the company.

Valuation Measures:

Investors should consider key stock statistics when deciding whether to invest or divest. In the wake of the recent closing price, RCL now has a Market Capitalization of 75844198400 and an Enterprise Value of 96583204864. As of this moment, Royal’s Price-to-Earnings (P/E) ratio for their current fiscal year is 18.78, and their Forward P/E ratio for the next fiscal year is 15.70. The expected Price-to-Earnings-to-Growth (PEG) calculation for the next 5 years is 0.79. For the stock, the TTM Price-to-Sale (P/S) ratio is 4.35 while its Price-to-Book (P/B) ratio in mrq is 7.50. Its current Enterprise Value per Revenue stands at 5.539 whereas that against EBITDA is 15.372.

Stock Price History:

The Beta on a monthly basis for RCL is 1.92, which has changed by 0.15516317 over the last 52 weeks, in comparison to a change of 0.15507638 over the same period for the S&P500. Over the past 52 weeks, RCL has reached a high of $366.50, while it has fallen to a 52-week low of $164.01. The 50-Day Moving Average of the stock is 1.78%, while the 200-Day Moving Average is calculated to be -2.68%.

Shares Statistics:

Over the past 3-months, RCL traded about 2.32M shares per day on average, while over the past 10 days, RCL traded about 2077550 shares per day. A total of 272.19M shares are outstanding, with a floating share count of 253.53M. Insiders hold about 7.03% of the company’s shares, while institutions hold 82.63% stake in the company. Shares short for RCL as of 1767139200 were 11239597 with a Short Ratio of 4.84, compared to 1764288000 on 10328367. Therefore, it implies a Short% of Shares Outstanding of 11239597 and a Short% of Float of 4.9799999999999995.

Dividends & Splits

RCL’s forward annual dividend rate is 3.50, up from 3.05 a year ago. Against a Trailing Annual Dividend Yield of 0.010918985. The stock’s 5-year Average Dividend Yield is 2.52. The current Payout Ratio is 8.68% for RCL, which recently paid a dividend on 2025-12-26 with an ex-dividend date of 2025-12-26. Stock splits for the company last occurred on 1998-08-03 when the company split stock in a 2:1 ratio.

Earnings Estimates

Current recommendations for the stock of the company come from 21.0 analysts. The consensus estimate for the next quarter is $3.04, with high estimates of $3.35 and low estimates of $2.88.

Analysts are recommending an EPS of between $15.76 and $15.58 for the fiscal current year, implying an average EPS of $15.65. EPS for the following year is $17.72, with 25.0 analysts recommending between $18.3 and $17.12.

Revenue Estimates

21 analysts predict $4.28B in revenue. The current quarter. It ranges from a high estimate of $4.38B to a low estimate of $4.22B. As of. The current estimate, Royal Caribbean Group’s year-ago sales were $3.76BFor the next quarter, 21 analysts are estimating revenue of $4.4B. There is a high estimate of $4.49B for the next quarter, whereas the lowest estimate is $4.29B.

A total of 25 analysts have provided revenue estimates for RCL’s current fiscal year. The highest revenue estimate was $18.06B, while the lowest revenue estimate was $17.89B, resulting in an average revenue estimate of $17.95B. In the same quarter a year ago, actual revenue was $16.48BBased on 25 analysts’ estimates, the company’s revenue will be $19.62B in the next fiscal year. The high estimate is $20.26B and the low estimate is $19.11B.

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