Carnival Corp [NYSE: CCL] traded at a low on Friday, posting a -1.78 loss after which it closed the day’ session at $24.90.
The results of the trading session contributed to over 28919832 shares changing hands. Over the past one week, the price volatility of Carnival Corp stands at 3.24% while the volatility over the past one month is 3.01%.
The market cap for CCL stock reached $30.64 billion, with 1.12 billion shares outstanding and 998.28 million shares in the current float. Compared to the average trading volume of 27.22M shares, CCL reached a trading volume of 28919832 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 $23.57 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 1.72. 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 0.74, with the Price to Sales ratio for CCL stock in the period of the last 12 months amounting to 1.25. The Price to Book ratio for the last quarter was 3.67, with the Price to Cash per share for the same quarter was set at 1.24. Price to Free Cash Flow for CCL in the course of the last twelve months was 25.03 with Quick ratio for the last quarter at 0.23.
How has CCL stock performed recently?
Carnival Corp [CCL] gain into the green zone at the end of the last week, gaining into a positive trend and gaining by 2.43. With this latest performance, CCL shares gained by 19.08% in over the last four-week period, additionally plugging by 64.57% over the last 6 months – not to mention a rise of 72.08% 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 70.64, with the RSI for the last a single of trading hit 68.07, and the three-weeks RSI is set at 70.68 for Carnival Corp [CCL]. The present Moving Average for the last 50 days of trading for this stock 21.15, while it was recorded at 24.99 for the last single week of trading, and 17.27 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 0.23 and a Current Ratio set at 0.27.
Earnings analysis for Carnival Corp [CCL]
With the latest financial reports released by the company, Carnival Corp posted -0.07/share EPS, while the average EPS was predicted by analysts to be reported at -0.13/share. When compared, the two values demonstrate that the company surpassed the estimates by a Surprise Factor of 0.06. The progress of the company may be observed through the prism of EPS growth rate, while Wall Street analysts are focusing on predicting the 5-year EPS growth rate for CCL.
Insider trade positions for Carnival Corp [CCL]
There are presently around $62.52%, or 67.70%% of CCL stock, in the hands of institutional investors. The top three institutional holders of CCL stocks are: VANGUARD GROUP INC with ownership of 113.84 million shares, which is approximately 8.985%. BLACKROCK INC., holding 68.77 million shares of the stock with an approximate value of $$1.29 billion in CCL stocks shares; and BLACKROCK INC., currently with $$732.41 million in CCL stock with ownership which is approximately 3.088%.
