Oppenheimer Asset Management Inc. Has $3.46 Million Position in Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. $RCL

Oppenheimer Asset Management Inc. lifted its stake in shares of Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. (NYSE:RCL) by 39.3% during the fourth quarter, according to its most recent filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The firm owned 12,409 shares of the company’s stock after acquiring an additional 3,498 shares during the period. Oppenheimer Asset Management Inc.’s holdings in Royal Caribbean Cruises were worth $3,461,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

A number of other institutional investors also recently modified their holdings of RCL. Nordea Investment Management AB lifted its position in shares of Royal Caribbean Cruises by 135.0% during the 4th quarter. Nordea Investment Management AB now owns 1,306,784 shares of the company’s stock valued at $366,925,000 after acquiring an additional 750,723 shares during the period. Ameriprise Financial Inc. increased its stake in Royal Caribbean Cruises by 163.7% during the 3rd quarter. Ameriprise Financial Inc. now owns 1,101,544 shares of the company’s stock valued at $356,515,000 after purchasing an additional 683,896 shares in the last quarter. TD Asset Management Inc increased its stake in Royal Caribbean Cruises by 560.9% during the 3rd quarter. TD Asset Management Inc now owns 676,645 shares of the company’s stock valued at $218,949,000 after purchasing an additional 574,256 shares in the last quarter. Federated Hermes Inc. increased its stake in Royal Caribbean Cruises by 260.9% during the 3rd quarter. Federated Hermes Inc. now owns 661,025 shares of the company’s stock valued at $213,895,000 after purchasing an additional 477,883 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Vanguard Group Inc. increased its stake in Royal Caribbean Cruises by 1.6% during the 3rd quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 30,066,167 shares of the company’s stock valued at $9,728,810,000 after purchasing an additional 461,990 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 87.53% of the company’s stock.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

RCL has been the subject of a number of recent research reports. William Blair restated an “outperform” rating on shares of Royal Caribbean Cruises in a research note on Thursday, January 29th. Tigress Financial boosted their price target on shares of Royal Caribbean Cruises from $415.00 to $425.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research note on Friday, February 6th. Morgan Stanley decreased their price target on shares of Royal Caribbean Cruises from $330.00 to $310.00 and set an “equal weight” rating for the company in a research note on Thursday, April 9th. Stifel Nicolaus set a $410.00 price target on shares of Royal Caribbean Cruises in a research note on Friday. Finally, UBS Group decreased their price target on shares of Royal Caribbean Cruises from $350.00 to $321.00 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a research note on Tuesday, April 14th. Sixteen investment analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and four have assigned a Hold rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat, the stock presently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $347.10.

Key Stories Impacting Royal Caribbean Cruises

Here are the key news stories impacting Royal Caribbean Cruises this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Q1 beat and strong demand: RCL reported adjusted EPS that beat consensus (adjusted EPS ~$3.60) and revenue roughly in line, with management saying consumer demand remains healthy — a primary driver for the stock pop. PR Newswire Q1 Release
• Positive Sentiment: Capital returns: Management returned roughly $1.1 billion to shareholders in Q1 via $836M of share repurchases and dividends, which supports near?term EPS and investor sentiment. PR Newswire Q1 Release
• Positive Sentiment: Bookings resilience: Mediterranean itineraries are seeing a bounce in bookings after regional disruptions, helping revenue outlook for peak seasons. TravelPulse
• Neutral Sentiment: Analyst price-target revision: Citigroup lowered its RCL price target from $377 to $348 but kept a “buy” rating — still implying upside from current levels, though the trimmed PT reflects near?term risk. Benzinga
• Neutral Sentiment: Valuation re-checks: Several market write-ups are revisiting RCL after the post?earnings pullback, weighing the long?term lifestyle growth thesis versus short?term cost pressure. Yahoo Finance Valuation
• Negative Sentiment: Higher fuel costs & guidance trim: Management updated FY 2026 guidance to $17.10–$17.50 (and Q2 to $3.83–$3.93), citing rising fuel costs tied to Middle East tensions — the guidance revision is a headwind to margins and investor expectations. Reuters
• Negative Sentiment: Near?term itinerary & cost risk: Geopolitical disruption has forced itinerary changes and raised fuel expense — risks that could pressure margins if costs remain elevated. Quartz
• Neutral Sentiment: Noise and non?related tickers: Some headlines reference other “RCL” tickers (e.g., RCL Foods on JSE) — ignore those when evaluating Royal Caribbean Group (NYSE: RCL). Yahoo – RCL Foods

Royal Caribbean Cruises Stock Performance

NYSE RCL opened at $265.63 on Monday. Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. has a 1 year low of $223.00 and a 1 year high of $366.50. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.96, a current ratio of 0.20 and a quick ratio of 0.17. The firm has a market cap of $71.24 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 16.21, a PEG ratio of 0.94 and a beta of 1.77. The company has a fifty day moving average price of $279.53 and a 200-day moving average price of $285.47.

Royal Caribbean Cruises (NYSE:RCL) last posted its earnings results on Thursday, April 30th. The company reported $3.60 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $3.20 by $0.40. Royal Caribbean Cruises had a net margin of 24.36% and a return on equity of 45.25%. The firm had revenue of $4.45 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $4.46 billion. During the same quarter in the prior year, the business posted $2.71 EPS. The business’s revenue was up 11.3% compared to the same quarter last year. Royal Caribbean Cruises has set its Q2 2026 guidance at 3.830-3.930 EPS and its FY 2026 guidance at 17.100-17.500 EPS. As a group, equities research analysts predict that Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. will post 17.51 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Royal Caribbean Cruises Increases Dividend

The company also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Friday, April 3rd. Stockholders of record on Friday, March 6th were paid a $1.50 dividend. This represents a $6.00 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 2.3%. The ex-dividend date was Friday, March 6th. This is a positive change from Royal Caribbean Cruises’s previous quarterly dividend of $1.00. Royal Caribbean Cruises’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is currently 36.61%.

Insider Transactions at Royal Caribbean Cruises

In other news, Director Arne Alexander Wilhelmsen sold 245,476 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction on Friday, February 27th. The shares were sold at an average price of $311.54, for a total value of $76,475,593.04. Following the completion of the sale, the director owned 16,435,910 shares in the company, valued at $5,120,443,401.40. This represents a 1.47% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is available through this hyperlink. Also, insider Laura H. Bethge sold 7,854 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction on Tuesday, February 17th. The stock was sold at an average price of $326.21, for a total transaction of $2,562,053.34. Following the completion of the sale, the insider owned 32,786 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $10,695,121.06. The trade was a 19.33% decrease in their position. The SEC filing for this sale provides additional information. Insiders sold a total of 1,967,319 shares of company stock worth $626,681,935 in the last quarter. 6.44% of the stock is currently owned by corporate insiders.

About Royal Caribbean Cruises

Royal Caribbean Cruises (NYSE: RCL), operating as part of the Royal Caribbean Group, is a global cruise company that develops, markets and operates passenger cruise ships. The company operates multiple consumer-facing cruise brands that offer short- and long-duration itineraries and a range of onboard experiences. Its core activities include itineraries and voyage operations, guest services and hospitality, onboard food and beverage, entertainment and recreation programming, and the commercial activities needed to sell and support cruises through both direct and travel?agent channels.

Royal Caribbean’s ships serve a broad set of geographies worldwide, regularly deploying vessels in the Caribbean, North America (including Alaska), Europe, Asia, Australia and South America.