Carnival Corp
About: Carnival is the largest global cruise company, with more than 90 ships in service at the end of fiscal 2024. 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's currently folding 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
Fund manager confidence
Based on 2025 Q1 regulatory disclosures by fund managers ($100M+ AUM)
21% more repeat investments, than reductions
Existing positions increased: 323 | Existing positions reduced: 266
8% more funds holding in top 10
Funds holding in top 10: 12 [Q4 2024] → 13 (+1) [Q1 2025]
7% more first-time investments, than exits
New positions opened: 133 | Existing positions closed: 124
0.12% less ownership
Funds ownership: 66.18% [Q4 2024] → 66.06% (-0.12%) [Q1 2025]
2% less funds holding
Funds holding: 931 [Q4 2024] → 912 (-19) [Q1 2025]
19% less capital invested
Capital invested by funds: $18.5B [Q4 2024] → $15.1B (-$3.44B) [Q1 2025]
48% less call options, than puts
Call options by funds: $640M | Put options by funds: $1.22B
Research analyst outlook
9 Wall Street Analysts provided 1 year price targets over the past 3 months
9 analyst ratings
Stifel Steven Wieczynski | 38%upside $33 | Buy Maintained | 11 Jun 2025 |
Citigroup James Hardiman | 17%upside $28 | Buy Maintained | 5 Jun 2025 |
Loop Capital Laura Champine | 8%downside $22 | Hold Maintained | 3 Jun 2025 |
Truist Securities Patrick Scholes | 13%upside $27 | Hold Maintained | 19 May 2025 |
Macquarie Paul Golding | 9%upside $26 | Outperform Maintained | 9 May 2025 |
Financial journalist opinion
Based on 49 articles about CCL published over the past 30 days









