Royal Caribbean Group [NYSE: RCL] gained 4.06% or 2329715.66 points to close at $2330000.0 with a heavy trading volume of 3836072 shares.
It opened the trading session at $281.45, the shares rose to $295.95 and dropped to $285.46, the range by which the price of stock traded the whole day. The daily chart for RCL points out that the company has recorded 24.10% gains over the past six months.
If we look at the average trading volume of 2.33M shares, RCL reached to a volume of 3836072 in the most recent trading day, which is why market watchdogs consider the stock to be active.
Here is what top equities market gurus are saying about Royal Caribbean Group [RCL]:
Based on careful and fact-backed analyses by Wall Street experts, the current consensus on the target price for RCL shares is $273.33 per share. Analysis on target price and performance of stocks is usually carefully studied by market experts, and the current Wall Street consensus on RCL stock is a recommendation set at 1.59. 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.
Northcoast have made an estimate for Royal Caribbean Group shares, keeping their opinion on the stock as Buy, with their previous recommendation back on April 25, 2025. While these analysts kept the previous recommendation, Jefferies raised their target price to Hold. The new note on the price target was released on March 31, 2025, representing the official price target for Royal Caribbean Group stock. Previously, the target price had yet another raise to $262, while Exane BNP Paribas analysts kept a Outperform rating on RCL stock.
The Price to Book ratio for the last quarter was 10.09, with the Price to Cash per share for the same quarter was set at 1.42. Price to Free Cash Flow for RCL in the course of the last twelve months was 38.08 with Quick ratio for the last quarter at 0.15.
Trading performance analysis for RCL stock
Royal Caribbean Group [RCL] gain into the green zone at the end of the last week, gaining into a positive trend and gaining by 10.50. With this latest performance, RCL shares gained by 15.79% in over the last four-week period, additionally plugging by 24.10% over the last 6 months – not to mention a rise of 28.26% in the past year of trading.
Royal Caribbean Group [RCL]: A deeper dive into fundamental analysis
Operating Margin for any stock indicates how profitable investing would be, and Royal Caribbean Group [RCL] shares currently have an operating margin of 25.99% and a Gross Margin at 38.77%. Royal Caribbean Group’s Net Margin is presently recorded at 19.38%.
Return on Equity for this stock inclined to 8.94%, with Return on Assets sitting at 8.94%.
Royal Caribbean Group [RCL]: An earnings per share (EPS) analysis
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 RCL. When it comes to the mentioned value, analysts are expecting to see the 5-year EPS growth rate for Royal Caribbean Group go to 20.04%.
An analysis of Institutional ownership at Royal Caribbean Group [RCL]
There are presently around $87.86%, or 88.09% of RCL stock, in the hands of institutional investors. The top three institutional holders of RCL stocks are: CAPITAL RESEARCH GLOBAL INVESTORS with ownership of 30.27 million shares, which is approximately 11.7785%. CAPITAL INTERNATIONAL INVESTORS, holding 29.33 million shares of the stock with an approximate value of $$4.68 billion in RCL stocks shares; and CAPITAL INTERNATIONAL INVESTORS, currently with $$4.12 billion in RCL stock with ownership which is approximately 10.0443%.
