Market Analysts see Carnival Corp. [CCL] gaining to $21. Time to buy?

Carnival Corp. [NYSE: CCL] traded at a low on Friday, posting a -4.07 loss after which it closed the day’ session at $14.36.

The results of the trading session contributed to over 33817876 shares changing hands. Over the past one week, the price volatility of Carnival Corp. stands at 3.38% while the volatility over the past one month is 3.59%.

The market cap for CCL stock reached $18.20 billion, with 1.12 billion shares outstanding and 947.00 million shares in the current float. Compared to the average trading volume of 32.80M shares, CCL reached a trading volume of 33817876 in the most recent trading day, which is why market watchdogs consider the stock to be active.

What do top market gurus say about Carnival Corp. [CCL]?

Based on careful and fact-backed analyses by Wall Street experts, the current consensus on the target price for CCL shares is $21.08 per share. Analysis on target price and performance of stocks is usually carefully studied by market experts, and the current Wall Street consensus on CCL stock is a recommendation set at 1.65. This rating represents a strong Buy recommendation, on the scale from 1 to 5, where 5 would mean strong sell, 4 represents Sell, 3 is Hold, and 2 indicates Buy.

Mizuho have made an estimate for Carnival Corp. shares, keeping their opinion on the stock as Buy, with their previous recommendation back on March 26, 2024. While these analysts kept the previous recommendation, Goldman raised their target price to Buy. The new note on the price target was released on March 13, 2024, representing the official price target for Carnival Corp. stock. Previously, the target price had yet another raise to $22, while Wells Fargo analysts kept a Overweight rating on CCL stock.

The Average True Range (ATR) for Carnival Corp. is set at 0.62, with the Price to Sales ratio for CCL stock in the period of the last 12 months amounting to 0.81. The Price to Book ratio for the last quarter was 2.72, with the Price to Cash per share for the same quarter was set at 1.79. Price to Free Cash Flow for CCL in the course of the last twelve months was 13.83 with Quick ratio for the last quarter at 0.32.

How has CCL stock performed recently?

Carnival Corp. [CCL] fell into the red zone at the end of the last week, falling into a negative trend and dropping by -5.03. With this latest performance, CCL shares dropped by -13.75% in over the last four-week period, additionally plugging by 13.52% over the last 6 months – not to mention a rise of 49.27% in the past year of trading.

Overbought and oversold stocks can be easily traced with the Relative Strength Index (RSI), where an RSI result of over 70 would be overbought, and any rate below 30 would indicate oversold conditions. An RSI rate of 50 would represent a neutral market momentum. The current RSI for CCL stock in for the last two-week period is set at 32.47, with the RSI for the last a single of trading hit 26.11, and the three-weeks RSI is set at 36.99 for Carnival Corp. [CCL]. The present Moving Average for the last 50 days of trading for this stock 15.82, while it was recorded at 15.09 for the last single week of trading, and 15.78 for the last 200 days.

Carnival Corp. [CCL]: Deeper insight into the fundamentals

Carnival Corp.’s liquidity data is similarly interesting compelling, with a Quick Ratio of 0.32 and a Current Ratio set at 0.36.

Insider trade positions for Carnival Corp. [CCL]

The top three institutional holders of CCL stocks are: VANGUARD GROUP INC with ownership of 1.32 billion shares, which is approximately 8.4983%. BLACKROCK INC., holding 1.04 billion shares of the stock with an approximate value of $200.69 billion in CCL stocks shares; and BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC, currently with $174.35 billion in CCL stock with ownership which is approximately 5.8386%.