Norwegian Cruise Line
NCLH
About: Norwegian Cruise Line is the world's third-largest publicly traded cruise company by berths (around 71,000). It operates 34 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 38,400 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 2025 Q2 regulatory disclosures by fund managers ($100M+ AUM)
60% more funds holding in top 10
Funds holding in top 10: 5 [Q1] → 8 (+3) [Q2]
26% more repeat investments, than reductions
Existing positions increased: 225 | Existing positions reduced: 178
9% more capital invested
Capital invested by funds: $6.62B [Q1] → $7.19B (+$566M) [Q2]
0.13% less ownership
Funds ownership: 79.41% [Q1] → 79.28% (-0.13%) [Q2]
4% less funds holding
Funds holding: 635 [Q1] → 608 (-27) [Q2]
14% less call options, than puts
Call options by funds: $416M | Put options by funds: $483M
17% less first-time investments, than exits
New positions opened: 81 | Existing positions closed: 98
Research analyst outlook
11 Wall Street Analysts provided 1 year price targets over the past 3 months
11 analyst ratings
Stifel
Steven Wieczynski
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$37
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Buy
Maintained
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11 Sep 2025 |
Tigress Financial
Ivan Feinseth
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$38
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Strong Buy
Maintained
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27 Aug 2025 |
UBS
Robin Farley
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$27
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Neutral
Maintained
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26 Aug 2025 |
Morgan Stanley
Stephen Grambling
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$26
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Equal-Weight
Maintained
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4 Aug 2025 |
Mizuho
Ben Chaiken
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$29
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Outperform
Maintained
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1 Aug 2025 |
Barclays
Brandt Montour
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$31
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Overweight
Maintained
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1 Aug 2025 |
Susquehanna
Christopher Stathoulopoulos
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$25
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Neutral
Maintained
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1 Aug 2025 |
B of A Securities
Andrew Didora
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$27
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Neutral
Maintained
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23 Jul 2025 |
TD Cowen
Kevin Kopelman
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$31
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Buy
Initiated
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22 Jul 2025 |
Citigroup
James Hardiman
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$30
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Buy
Maintained
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16 Jul 2025 |
Jefferies
David Katz
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$29
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Buy
Maintained
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7 Jul 2025 |
Financial journalist opinion
Based on 28 articles about NCLH published over the past 30 days