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After finishing at $256.30 in the prior trading day, Royal Caribbean Group (NYSE: RCL) closed at $260.09, up 1.48%. In other words, the price has increased by $1.48 from its previous closing price. On the day, 2.05 million shares were traded.
Ratios:
Our goal is to gain a better understanding of RCL by taking a closer look at its different ratios. It provided that stocks Price–to–Cash (P/C) ratio for the trailing twelve months (TTM) is standing at 175.27 whereas its Price-to-Free Cash Flow (P/FCF) for the term is 35.02. For the most recent quarter (mrq), Quick Ratio is recorded 0.15 and its Current Ratio is at 0.17. In the meantime, Its Debt-to-Equity ratio is 2.75 whereas as Long-Term Debt/Eq ratio is at 2.53.
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, Loop Capital on February 05, 2025, initiated with a Hold rating and assigned the stock a target price of $250.
On November 26, 2024, Bernstein started tracking the stock assigning a Outperform rating and target price of $290.
Citigroup reiterated its Buy rating for the stock on October 09, 2024, while the target price for the stock was revised from $204 to $253.
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 Feb 13 ’25 when Fain Richard D bought 19,500 shares for $256.68 per share.
Kulovaara Harri U sold 3,256 shares of RCL for $763,923 on Nov 20 ’24. The EVP, Maritime now owns 22,348 shares after completing the transaction at $234.62 per share. On Nov 20 ’24, another insider, Wilhelmsen Arne Alexander, who serves as the Director of the company, sold 250,000 shares for $235.45 each. As a result, the insider received 58,861,479 and left with 18,306,860 shares of the company.
Valuation Measures:
As of this moment, Royal’s Price-to-Earnings (P/E) ratio for their current fiscal year is 24.66, and their Forward P/E ratio for the next fiscal year is 14.91. The expected Price-to-Earnings-to-Growth (PEG) calculation for the next 5 years is 1.31. For the stock, the TTM Price-to-Sale (P/S) ratio is 4.24 while its Price-to-Book (P/B) ratio in mrq is 9.25.
Stock Price History:
Over the past 52 weeks, RCL has reached a high of $277.08, while it has fallen to a 52-week low of $113.10. The 50-Day Moving Average of the stock is 6.35%, while the 200-Day Moving Average is calculated to be 36.60%.
Shares Statistics:
A total of 268.90M shares are outstanding, with a floating share count of 244.35M. Insiders hold about 9.12% of the company’s shares, while institutions hold 80.14% stake in the company.
