Carnival Corp [NYSE: CCL] slipped around -0.44 points on Friday, while shares priced at $28.66 at the close of the session, down -1.51%.
Carnival Corp stock is now 60.11% up from its year-to-date (YTD) trading value. CCL Stock saw the intraday high of $29.19 and lowest of $28.65 per share. The company’s 52-week high price is 30.46, which means current price is +90.18% above from all time high which was touched on 07/07/25.
Compared to the average trading volume of 24.88M shares, CCL reached a trading volume of 14558032 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 $30.22 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 1.61. 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.
HSBC Securities have made an estimate for Carnival Corp shares, keeping their opinion on the stock as Hold, with their previous recommendation back on May 16, 2025. While these analysts kept the previous recommendation, Northcoast raised their target price to Neutral. The new note on the price target was released on April 25, 2025, representing the official price target for Carnival Corp stock. Previously, the target price had yet another raise to $21, while Morgan Stanley analysts kept a Equal-Weight rating on CCL stock.
The Price to Book ratio for the last quarter was 3.76, with the Price to Cash per share for the same quarter was set at 1.65. Price to Free Cash Flow for CCL in the course of the last twelve months was 13.30 with Quick ratio for the last quarter at 0.27.
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 -4.34. With this latest performance, CCL shares gained by 16.93% in over the last four-week period, additionally plugging by 20.22% over the last 6 months – not to mention a rise of 15.01% in the past year of trading.
Carnival Corp [CCL]: Deeper insight into the fundamentals
Operating Margin for any stock indicates how profitable investing would be, and Carnival Corp [CCL] shares currently have an operating margin of 16.23% and a Gross Margin at 28.99%. Carnival Corp’s Net Margin is presently recorded at 9.72%.
Return on Equity for this stock inclined to 5.01%, with Return on Assets sitting at 5.01%.
Earnings analysis for Carnival Corp [CCL]
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. When it comes to the mentioned value, analysts are expecting to see the 5-year EPS growth rate for Carnival Corp go to 22.53%.
Insider trade positions for Carnival Corp [CCL]
There are presently around $67.70%, or 73.26% 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%.
