XNYS · Travel Services
Last stored close · Nov 10, 2026
Close · Nov 10, 2026
$30.74-0.23%
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TickerWhale Score
58/100
Positive
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Carnival Corporation Ltd (Paired Stock) scores 58 out of 100 overall, which we rate positive. Technical is its strongest area and Quality & growth its weakest.
What helps
- Technical
- Valuation
- Risk
What to watch
- Quality & growth
Quality & growth
30%12Weak
- Revenue growth 5.2%
- EPS growth 20.9%
Valuation
25%84Strong
- P/E 13.4
- EV/Sales 2.3
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.
#279 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
#46 / 202sector rank by TickerWhale Score
TickerWhale Score 58 vs sector average 50.1 (+7.9)
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
85/100Strong vs universe
Ranks 85th of 100 covered names on our technical composite — the composite itself scores 77/100 · 25% of the TickerWhale Score
Classic chart indicators
Buy
5 buy · 2 sell · 1 neutral of 8 votes
TickerWhale rates CCL's technical setup strong — 85th percentile of the covered universe. Classic chart indicators lean buy, pointing the same way.
Moving averages
9 / 9constructive
- vs 200-day+13.3%
- vs 50-day+20.4%
Momentum
Mixed
- RSI (14)65 · neutral
- Stochasticsell
- CCIbuy
- Williams %Rsell
Trend
Constructive
- ADX (14) trend strength41· trending
- MACD (12,26,9)buy(histogram 0.181)
How the classic verdict is reached
Moving averages (9) agree on buy — 9 buy vs 0 sell — and carry one vote between them.
Oscillators (7) vote individually: 4 buy · 2 sell · 1 neutral.
Result — 5 buy vs 2 sell of 8 votes = Buy. Neutral votes never decide the verdict.
Fundamentals & valuation
2026-11-10 · revised_latestValuation multiples
- P/E (TTM)13.4
- P/S (TTM)1.5
- P/B3.0
- EV/EBITDA—
- EV/Sales2.3
- PEG0.64
Profitability & returns
- Gross margin39.5%
- Net margin11.4%
- ROE23.1%
- Debt/Equity1.69
Growth
- Revenue growth (YoY)5.2%
- EPS growth (YoY)20.9%
Green favourable · red stretched — multiples and D/E vs industry peers, margins and growth vs absolute thresholds.
Market capitalisation — $42.1B
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) | 58 | 77 | 13.4 | — | 3.0 | 2.3 | $30.74 | -0.23% | +5.2% | ||
| AERAercap Holdings | 81 | 90 | 8.2 | — | 1.5 | 7.7 | $175.85 | +0.24% | +12.2% | ||
| DALDelta Air Lines | 79 | 81 | 18.5 | — | 2.7 | 1.0 | $92.20 | +0.44% | +14.1% | ||
| GEOGeo Group | 77 | 71 | 14.5 | — | 2.8 | 2.0 | $31.94 | +5.97% | +15.3% | ||
| KFYKorn Ferry | 75 | 54 | 14.1 | — | 2.0 | 1.2 | $75.98 | +1.17% | +6.9% | ||
| LUVSouthwest Airlines Company | 71 | 74 | 27.3 | — | 3.2 | 0.8 | $46.32 | +0.04% | +9.5% |
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