Carnival Corporation (CCL)
Consumer Discretionary · Cruise line operators
The world's largest cruise operator, generating revenue from passenger tickets and onboard services across multiple global cruise brands.
What Carnival Corporation does
Carnival Corporation operates a fleet of cruise ships under multiple brands serving leisure travel customers globally. The company generates revenue through passenger ticket sales and onboard services including dining, entertainment, accommodations, and other amenities. Operating expenses include commissions, payroll, fuel, food costs, and depreciation of its substantial property and equipment base. The company services debt from capital-intensive ship construction and acquisition financing.
Themes: ["leisure travel"]
Fundamentals
- Price$26.72 as of 2026-07-09 close
- Market cap$36.2B as of 2026-07-10
- 1-year return-11.1% as of 2026-07-09 close
- P/E11.81 as of 2026-07-10
- Net margin+11.2% as of 2026-07-10
- Gross margin+54.9% as of 2026-07-10
- ROE+24.4% as of 2026-07-10
- Debt / equity1.92 as of 2026-07-10
- Revenue growth (YoY)+5.2% as of 2026-07-10
- Revenue CAGR (3y)+29.8% SEC XBRL
- Beta2.34 as of 2026-07-10
Dividend: yield +2.3%; 5-year non-decreasing per-share dividend streak (SEC XBRL).
Key risks (from latest filing)
["Fuel price volatility and energy cost exposure, evidenced by fuel expense fluctuation from $465M to $397M over comparable quarters"]
Competitors & peers
Fundamentals: Finnhub, as of 2026-07-10. Filings: SEC EDGAR. Prices are delayed daily-close data.
Last updated 2026-07-09.
Informational only — NOT financial advice. All figures are delayed daily-close data from SEC EDGAR & Finnhub, shown with their as-of date.