Norwegian Cruise LineNCLH
About: Norwegian Cruise Line is the world's third-largest publicly traded cruise company by berths (around 66,500). It operates 32 ships across three brands—Norwegian, Oceania, and Regent Seven Seas—offering both freestyle and luxury cruising. The company redeployed its entire fleet as of May 2022. With 13 passenger vessels on order among its brands through 2036, representing 41,000 incremental berths, Norwegian is increasing capacity faster than its peers, expanding its brand globally. Norwegian sails to around 700 global destinations.
Employees: 41,700
Fund manager confidence
Based on 2024 Q4 regulatory disclosures by fund managers ($100M+ AUM)
173% more first-time investments, than exits
New positions opened: 164 | Existing positions closed: 60
140% more funds holding in top 10
Funds holding in top 10: 5 [Q3] → 12 (+7) [Q4]
37% more capital invested
Capital invested by funds: $6.55B [Q3] → $8.99B (+$2.45B) [Q4]
19% more repeat investments, than reductions
Existing positions increased: 203 | Existing positions reduced: 171
17% more funds holding
Funds holding: 564 [Q3] → 659 (+95) [Q4]
6.75% more ownership
Funds ownership: 72.67% [Q3] → 79.43% (+6.75%) [Q4]
32% less call options, than puts
Call options by funds: $494M | Put options by funds: $730M
Research analyst outlook
12 Wall Street Analysts provided 1 year price targets over the past 3 months
12 analyst ratings
Goldman Sachs Lizzie Dove 43% 1-year accuracy 13 / 30 met price target | 25%upside $20 | Buy Maintained | 23 Apr 2025 |
Barclays Brandt Montour 40% 1-year accuracy 35 / 87 met price target | 43%upside $23 | Overweight Maintained | 22 Apr 2025 |
Loop Capital Laura Champine 50% 1-year accuracy 14 / 28 met price target | 56%upside $25 | Buy Upgraded | 21 Apr 2025 |
Stifel Steven Wieczynski 44% 1-year accuracy 16 / 36 met price target | 87%upside $30 | Buy Maintained | 16 Apr 2025 |
Morgan Stanley Stephen Grambling 45% 1-year accuracy 15 / 33 met price target | 31%upside $21 | Equal-Weight Maintained | 10 Apr 2025 |
Financial journalist opinion
Based on 44 articles about NCLH published over the past 30 days









