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Carnival Corp (NYSE: CCL) closed the day trading at $17.99 up 0.67% from the previous closing price of $17.87. In other words, the price has increased by $0.67 from its previous closing price. On the day, 17.69 million shares were traded. CCL stock price reached its highest trading level at $18.215 during the session, while it also had its lowest trading level at $17.69.
Ratios:
For a better understanding of CCL, 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 28.08 whereas its Price-to-Free Cash Flow (P/FCF) for the term is 11.79. For the most recent quarter (mrq), Quick Ratio is recorded 0.18 and its Current Ratio is at 0.23. In the meantime, Its Debt-to-Equity ratio is 3.09 whereas as Long-Term Debt/Eq ratio is at 2.91.
On March 27, 2025, Exane BNP Paribas started tracking the stock assigning a Outperform rating and target price of $26.
On February 05, 2025, Loop Capital started tracking the stock assigning a Hold rating and target price of $25.Loop Capital initiated its Hold rating on February 05, 2025, with a $25 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 Feb 18 ’25 when Bernstein David bought 80,000 shares for $25.88 per share.
BAND SIR JONATHON sold 17,500 shares of CCL for $380,100 on Oct 29 ’24. The Director now owns 65,789 shares after completing the transaction at $21.72 per share. On Oct 29 ’24, another insider, BAND SIR JONATHON, who serves as the Director of the company, bought 17,500 shares for $20.91 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 24211482624 and an Enterprise Value of 51935977472. As of this moment, Carnival’s Price-to-Earnings (P/E) ratio for their current fiscal year is 11.98, and their Forward P/E ratio for the next fiscal year is 8.36. The expected Price-to-Earnings-to-Growth (PEG) calculation for the next 5 years is 0.59. For the stock, the TTM Price-to-Sale (P/S) ratio is 0.92 while its Price-to-Book (P/B) ratio in mrq is 2.57. Its current Enterprise Value per Revenue stands at 2.043 whereas that against EBITDA is 8.137.
Stock Price History:
The Beta on a monthly basis for CCL is 2.46, which has changed by 0.27407932 over the last 52 weeks, in comparison to a change of 0.0635103 over the same period for the S&P500. Over the past 52 weeks, CCL has reached a high of $28.72, while it has fallen to a 52-week low of $13.78. The 50-Day Moving Average of the stock is -15.86%, while the 200-Day Moving Average is calculated to be -14.81%.
Shares Statistics:
Over the past 3-months, CCL traded about 26.03M shares per day on average, while over the past 10 days, CCL traded about 33944790 shares per day. A total of 1.17B shares are outstanding, with a floating share count of 1.08B. Insiders hold about 17.86% of the company’s shares, while institutions hold 57.43% stake in the company. Shares short for CCL as of 1743379200 were 59242846 with a Short Ratio of 2.28, compared to 1740700800 on 60096613. Therefore, it implies a Short% of Shares Outstanding of 59242846 and a Short% of Float of 5.4899998.
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 1582156800. Stock splits for the company last occurred on 1998-06-15 when the company split stock in a 2:1 ratio.
