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After finishing at $193.37 in the prior trading day, Royal Caribbean Group (NYSE: RCL) closed at $191.70, down -0.86%. In other words, the price has decreased by -$0.86 from its previous closing price. On the day, 1.74 million shares were traded. RCL stock price reached its highest trading level at $194.33 during the session, while it also had its lowest trading level at $187.58.
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 132.97 whereas its Price-to-Free Cash Flow (P/FCF) for the term is 25.83. 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, Jefferies on March 31, 2025, initiated with a Hold rating and assigned the stock a target price of $230.
On March 27, 2025, Exane BNP Paribas started tracking the stock assigning a Outperform rating and target price of $262.
Loop Capital Upgraded its Hold to Buy on March 05, 2025, while the target price for the stock was maintained at $250.
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 18 ’25 when Liberty Jason T sold 58,000 shares for $261.95 per share. The transaction valued at 15,193,336 led to the insider holds 143,214 shares of the business.
Holtz Naftali sold 17,000 shares of RCL for $4,447,528 on Feb 18 ’25. The Chief Financial Officer now owns 42,127 shares after completing the transaction at $261.62 per share. On Feb 18 ’25, another insider, BETHGE LAURA H, who serves as the President, Celebrity Cruises of the company, sold 14,992 shares for $261.86 each. As a result, the insider received 3,925,752 and left with 21,155 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 51592028160 and an Enterprise Value of 72195981312. As of this moment, Royal’s Price-to-Earnings (P/E) ratio for their current fiscal year is 18.18, and their Forward P/E ratio for the next fiscal year is 10.91. The expected Price-to-Earnings-to-Growth (PEG) calculation for the next 5 years is 0.92. For the stock, the TTM Price-to-Sale (P/S) ratio is 3.13 while its Price-to-Book (P/B) ratio in mrq is 6.82. Its current Enterprise Value per Revenue stands at 4.379 whereas that against EBITDA is 12.626.
Stock Price History:
The Beta on a monthly basis for RCL is 2.13, which has changed by 0.5018803 over the last 52 weeks, in comparison to a change of 0.05279863 over the same period for the S&P500. Over the past 52 weeks, RCL has reached a high of $277.08, while it has fallen to a 52-week low of $125.06. The 50-Day Moving Average of the stock is -14.14%, while the 200-Day Moving Average is calculated to be -6.54%.
Shares Statistics:
The stock has traded on average 3.00M shares per day over the past 3-months and 3696950 shares per day over the last 10 days, according to various share statistics. A total of 268.90M shares are outstanding, with a floating share count of 244.64M. Insiders hold about 9.10% of the company’s shares, while institutions hold 80.33% stake in the company. Shares short for RCL as of 1743379200 were 11377407 with a Short Ratio of 3.79, compared to 1740700800 on 12422744. Therefore, it implies a Short% of Shares Outstanding of 11377407 and a Short% of Float of 6.0500003.
Dividends & Splits
In the trailing 12 months, RCL’s forward annual dividend rate was 0.95, compared to 1.70 this year. Against a Trailing Annual Dividend Yield of 0.0049128616The 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 2025-03-07 with an ex-dividend date of 1741305600. Stock splits for the company last occurred on 1998-08-03 when the company split stock in a 2:1 ratio.
