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The price of Carnival Corp (NYSE: CCL) closed at $29.28 in the last session, down -1.48% from day before closing price of $29.72. In other words, the price has decreased by -$1.48 from its previous closing price. On the day, 11.86 million shares were traded. CCL stock price reached its highest trading level at $30.0 during the session, while it also had its lowest trading level at $28.935.
Ratios:
We take a closer look at CCL’s different ratios to gain a better understanding of the stock. It provided that stocks Price–to–Cash (P/C) ratio for the trailing twelve months (TTM) is standing at 17.73 whereas its Price-to-Free Cash Flow (P/FCF) for the term is 13.57. For the most recent quarter (mrq), Quick Ratio is recorded 0.27 and its Current Ratio is at 0.30. In the meantime, Its Debt-to-Equity ratio is 2.86 whereas as Long-Term Debt/Eq ratio is at 2.71.
Upgrades & Downgrades
In addition, analysts’ ratings and any changes thereto give investors an idea of the stock’s future direction. 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 $36.
On July 16, 2025, Citigroup reiterated its Buy rating and also lowered its target price recommendation from $30 to $37.
HSBC Securities Upgraded its Reduce to Hold on May 16, 2025, while the target price for the stock was maintained at $24.
Insider Transactions:
An investor can also benefit from insider trades by learning what management is thinking about the future direction of stock prices. A recent insider transaction in this stock occurred on Aug 05 ’25 when BAND SIR JONATHON bought 12,500 shares for $29.07 per share.
Bernstein David sold 105,010 shares of CCL for $2,398,533 on May 15 ’25. The CFO & CAO now owns 140,053 shares after completing the transaction at $22.84 per share. On May 15 ’25, another insider, Bernstein David, who serves as the Officer of the company, bought 105,010 shares for $22.99 each.
Valuation Measures:
Investors should consider key stock statistics when deciding whether to invest or divest. In the wake of the recent closing price, CCL now has a Market Capitalization of 39700164608 and an Enterprise Value of 64951812096. As of this moment, Carnival’s Price-to-Earnings (P/E) ratio for their current fiscal year is 15.87, and their Forward P/E ratio for the next fiscal year is 12.69. The expected Price-to-Earnings-to-Growth (PEG) calculation for the next 5 years is 0.69. For the stock, the TTM Price-to-Sale (P/S) ratio is 1.47 while its Price-to-Book (P/B) ratio in mrq is 3.84. Its current Enterprise Value per Revenue stands at 2.501 whereas that against EBITDA is 9.529.
Stock Price History:
The Beta on a monthly basis for CCL is 2.71, which has changed by 1.0899358 over the last 52 weeks, in comparison to a change of 0.21149921 over the same period for the S&P500. Over the past 52 weeks, CCL has reached a high of $31.01, while it has fallen to a 52-week low of $13.78. The 50-Day Moving Average of the stock is 9.14%, while the 200-Day Moving Average is calculated to be 22.57%.
Shares Statistics:
According to the various share statistics, CCL traded on average about 23.98M shares per day over the past 3-months and 19283030 shares per day over the past 10 days. A total of 1.17B shares are outstanding, with a floating share count of 1.08B. Insiders hold about 17.90% of the company’s shares, while institutions hold 60.03% stake in the company. Shares short for CCL as of 1752537600 were 57574194 with a Short Ratio of 2.40, compared to 1749772800 on 61515173. Therefore, it implies a Short% of Shares Outstanding of 57574194 and a Short% of Float of 5.3400002.
Dividends & Splits
Against a Trailing Annual Dividend Yield of 0.0The stock’s 5-year Average Dividend Yield is 4.21. The current Payout Ratio is 0.00% for CCL, which recently paid a dividend on 2020-02-20 with an ex-dividend date of 2020-02-20. Stock splits for the company last occurred on 1998-06-15 when the company split stock in a 2:1 ratio.
