Royal Caribbean Cruises (NYSE:RCL) Reaches New 12-Month Low – Time to Sell?

Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. (NYSE:RCL)’s share price hit a new 52-week low during trading on Thursday . The company traded as low as $232.10 and last traded at $254.1580, with a volume of 6640933 shares traded. The stock had previously closed at $247.20.

Trending Headlines about Royal Caribbean Cruises

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

• Positive Sentiment: Royal Caribbean announced a new partnership with Affirm to offer flexible, interest-free installment payments for cruise bookings in the UK and Canada, which could support bookings and customer conversion. Article Title
• Neutral Sentiment: RCL has been one of the most-searched stocks on Zacks, signaling elevated investor interest, though this is not a direct catalyst for earnings or operations. Article Title
• Negative Sentiment: Mexico’s rejection of the company’s “Perfect Day” project could hurt Royal Caribbean’s growth plans and raises regulatory risk around a key investment opportunity. Article Title
• Negative Sentiment: Several analysts at Zacks Research lowered earnings estimates for Royal Caribbean, suggesting some slowing in expected profitability versus prior forecasts. Article Title

Analysts Set New Price Targets

A number of brokerages have commented on RCL. William Blair restated an “outperform” rating on shares of Royal Caribbean Cruises in a research report on Thursday, January 29th. Stifel Nicolaus set a $410.00 price objective on shares of Royal Caribbean Cruises in a research report on Friday, May 1st. Mizuho set a $380.00 price objective on shares of Royal Caribbean Cruises in a research report on Friday, May 1st. TD Cowen cut their price target on shares of Royal Caribbean Cruises from $350.00 to $337.00 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a report on Friday, May 15th. Finally, Morgan Stanley cut 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 report on Thursday, April 9th. Fifteen equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and four have given a Hold rating to the company’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the company has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $347.21.

Royal Caribbean Cruises Price Performance

The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.96, a quick ratio of 0.17 and a current ratio of 0.20. The company’s fifty day simple moving average is $270.62 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $282.05. The stock has a market capitalization of $68.17 billion, a PE ratio of 15.51, a P/E/G ratio of 0.87 and a beta of 1.77.

Royal Caribbean Cruises (NYSE:RCL) last posted its earnings results on Thursday, April 30th. The company reported $3.60 earnings per share for the quarter, beating 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 the consensus estimate of $4.46 billion. During the same period last year, the firm posted $2.71 EPS. The firm’s revenue for the quarter was up 11.3% on a year-over-year basis. 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, sell-side analysts predict that Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. will post 17.28 EPS for the current year.

Royal Caribbean Cruises Announces Dividend

The business also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Thursday, July 2nd. Investors of record on Wednesday, June 3rd will be given a $1.50 dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Wednesday, June 3rd. This represents a $6.00 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 2.4%. Royal Caribbean Cruises’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is currently 36.61%.

Insider Activity

In related news, Director Arne Alexander Wilhelmsen sold 245,476 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction that occurred 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 sale, the director directly owned 16,435,910 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $5,120,443,401.40. This trade represents a 1.47% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at the SEC website. Insiders have sold 1,245,155 shares of company stock valued at $393,013,089 over the last 90 days. 6.44% of the stock is currently owned by company insiders.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On Royal Caribbean Cruises

Several institutional investors have recently bought and sold shares of the business. Cadia Private Client LLC purchased a new stake in shares of Royal Caribbean Cruises during the first quarter valued at approximately $275,000. Western Wealth Management LLC purchased a new stake in shares of Royal Caribbean Cruises during the first quarter valued at approximately $152,000. Bank of America Corp DE raised its stake in shares of Royal Caribbean Cruises by 7.3% during the first quarter. Bank of America Corp DE now owns 1,120,613 shares of the company’s stock valued at $308,370,000 after purchasing an additional 76,372 shares during the period. Edgestream Partners L.P. purchased a new stake in shares of Royal Caribbean Cruises during the first quarter valued at approximately $1,787,000. Finally, Strategic Investment Advisors MI raised its stake in shares of Royal Caribbean Cruises by 16.6% during the first quarter. Strategic Investment Advisors MI now owns 7,707 shares of the company’s stock valued at $2,122,000 after purchasing an additional 1,096 shares during the period. 87.53% of the stock is currently owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Royal Caribbean Cruises Company Profile

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.