XNYS · Travel Services
Last stored close · Sep 18, 2026
Close · Sep 18, 2026
$21.84-1.49%
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TickerWhale Score
41/100
Weak
Score components
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Carnival Corporation Ltd (Paired Stock) scores 41 out of 100 overall, which we rate weak. Valuation is its strongest area and Technical its weakest.
What helps
- Valuation
- Risk
What to watch
- Technical
- Quality & growth
- Sentiment Signal
Quality & growth
30%19Weak
- Revenue growth 5.2%
- EPS growth 21.7%
Valuation
25%90Strong
- P/E 9.9
- EV/Sales 1.9
Carnival is the largest global cruise company, with nearly 100 ships in service. Its portfolio of brands includes Carnival Cruise Lines, Holland America, Princess Cruises, and Seabourn in North America; P&O Cruises and Cunard Line in the United Kingdom; Aida in Germany; Costa Cruises in Southern Europe. It recently folded its P&O Australia brand into Carnival. The firm also owns Holland America Princess Alaska Tours in Alaska and the Canadian Yukon. Carnival's brands attracted nearly 14 million guests in 2025.
#348 by market cap in our coverage · ~117,000 employees · Listed 1987-07-24 · www.carnivalcorp.com
Price history
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Market intelligence
Peer position
#156 / 203sector rank by TickerWhale Score
TickerWhale Score 41 vs sector average 49.1 (-8.1)
Revenue growth (industry)Top 86%
Gross margin (industry)Top 100%
Return on equity (industry)Top 100%
P/E (industry)Cheaper than 86%
Technical analysis
our read · what classic indicators sayTickerWhale technical read
7/100Weak vs universe
Ranks 7th of 100 covered names on our technical composite — the composite itself scores 19/100 · 25% of the TickerWhale Score
Classic chart indicators
Sell
3 buy · 5 sell · 0 neutral of 8 votes
TickerWhale rates CCL's technical setup weak — 7th percentile of the covered universe. Classic chart indicators lean sell, pointing the same way.
Moving averages
0 / 9constructive
- vs 200-day-21.0%
- vs 50-day-15.6%
Momentum
Constructive
- RSI (14)27 · buy
- Stochasticbuy
- CCIsell
- Williams %Rbuy
Trend
Weak
- ADX (14) trend strength48· trending
- MACD (12,26,9)sell(histogram -0.063)
How the classic verdict is reached
Moving averages (9) agree on sell — 0 buy vs 9 sell — and carry one vote between them.
Oscillators (7) vote individually: 3 buy · 4 sell · 0 neutral.
Result — 3 buy vs 5 sell of 8 votes = Sell. Neutral votes never decide the verdict.
Fundamentals & valuation
2026-09-18 · revised_latestValuation multiples
- P/E (TTM)9.9
- P/S (TTM)1.1
- P/B2.3
- EV/EBITDA—
- EV/Sales1.9
- PEG0.46
Profitability & returns
- Gross margin39.7%
- Net margin11.2%
- ROE23.6%
- Debt/Equity1.92
Growth
- Revenue growth (YoY)5.2%
- EPS growth (YoY)21.7%
Green favourable · red stretched — multiples and D/E vs industry peers, margins and growth vs absolute thresholds.
Market capitalisation — $30.3B
Fundamentals history
Reported statement totals across recent periods.
| Metric | Nov '25 | Nov '24 | Nov '23 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $26.6B | $25.0B | $21.6B |
| Gross profit | $10.7B | $9.4B | $7.3B |
| Operating income | $4.5B | $3.6B | $2.0B |
| Net income | $2.8B | $1.9B | -$74M |
| EPS (diluted) | $2.02 | $1.44 | $-0.06 |
| Free cash flow | $2.9B | $1.4B | $1.3B |
| Cash | $1.9B | $1.2B | $2.4B |
| Total debt | $28.0B | $28.9B | $31.9B |
| Equity | $12.3B | $9.3B | $6.9B |
| Net debt | $26.1B | $27.7B | $29.5B |
| Debt / equity | 2.28 | 3.12 | 4.63 |
| Liabilities / assets | 0.76 | 0.81 | 0.86 |
Fundamentals are stored revised/latest (ADR-009): each period reflects the most recent vendor refresh, NOT point-in-time as-reported values. Do not use this series to claim what was known on a past date.
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Peers
| Company | Score | Pulse | P/E | P/E fwd | P/B | EV/Sales | Price | Chg | Estimate | Upside | Rev. gr. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CCLCurrentCarnival Corporation Ltd (Paired Stock) | 41 | 19 | 9.9 | — | 2.3 | 1.9 | $21.84 | -1.49% | +5.2% | ||
| ACAArcosa | 79 | 78 | 14.6 | — | 2.4 | 3.0 | $145.84 | +0.27% | +9.7% | ||
| IESCIES Holdings | 79 | 46 | 14.3 | — | 5.3 | 1.6 | $322.16 | +1.58% | +22.7% | ||
| KFYKorn Ferry | 79 | 55 | 14.3 | — | 2.0 | 1.2 | $76.78 | -0.44% | +6.9% | ||
| GEOGeo Group | 76 | 70 | 14.4 | — | 2.8 | 2.0 | $31.76 | -1.18% | +15.3% | ||
| DALDelta Air Lines | 74 | 54 | 13.3 | — | 2.4 | 0.9 | $79.62 | +0.24% | +10.3% |
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