Carnival Corp
CCL
Market cap $42.2B

31.16 USD

-0.09

0.29%

Updated Aug 26, 9:34 AM EDT

1 day

-0.29%

5 days

6.35%

1 month

4.81%

3 months

32.03%

6 months

29.19%

Year to date

24.59%

1 year

87.71%

5 years

103.93%

10 years

-36.21%

About: Carnival is the largest global cruise company, with more than 90 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 14 million guests in 2024.

Employees: 100,000

Consumer Discretionary Travel Services

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Funds holding %

of 7,429 funds

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Analysts bullish %

of 11 analysts

Fund manager confidence

Based on 2025 Q2 regulatory disclosures by fund managers ($100M+ AUM)

105% more first-time investments, than exits

New positions opened: 166 | Existing positions closed: 81

53% more capital invested

Capital invested by funds: $15.1B [Q1] → $23.1B (+$8.06B) [Q2]

46% more funds holding in top 10

Funds holding in top 10: 13 [Q1] → 19 (+6) [Q2]

36% more repeat investments, than reductions

Existing positions increased: 369 | Existing positions reduced: 272

6% more funds holding

Funds holding: 922 [Q1] → 980 (+58) [Q2]

4.37% more ownership

Funds ownership: 66.11% [Q1] → 70.49% (+4.37%) [Q2]

44% less call options, than puts

Call options by funds: $798M | Put options by funds: $1.42B

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Research analyst outlook

11 Wall Street Analysts provided 1 year price targets over the past 3 months

Low target

$22

29%

downside

Avg. target

$33

4%

upside

High target

$38

22%

upside

11 analyst ratings

8 positive

73%

3 neutral

27%

0 negative

0%

Tigress Financial Ivan Feinseth	22%upside $38	Buy Maintained	29 Jul 2025
B of A Securities Nicholas Thomas	22%upside $38	Buy Maintained	23 Jul 2025
TD Cowen Kevin Kopelman	16%upside $36	Buy Initiated	22 Jul 2025
Truist Securities Patrick Scholes	1%downside $31	Hold Maintained	21 Jul 2025
Citigroup James Hardiman	19%upside $37	Buy Maintained	16 Jul 2025

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Financial journalist opinion

Based on 43 articles about CCL published over the past 30 days

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Should Value Investors Buy Carnival (CCL) Stock?

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