Royal Caribbean
About: Royal Caribbean is the world's second-largest cruise company by revenues, operating 68 ships across five global and partner brands in the cruise vacation industry. Brands the company operates include Royal Caribbean International, Celebrity Cruises, and Silversea. The company also has a 50% investment in a joint venture that operates TUI Cruises and Hapag-Lloyd Cruises. The selection of brands in the portfolio allows Royal to compete on the basis of innovation, quality of ships and service, variety of itineraries, choice of destinations, and price. The company completed the divestiture of its Azamara brand in 2021 and plans to launch its new Celebrity River Cruise brand in 2027.
Employees: 106,000
Fund manager confidence
Based on 2025 Q2 regulatory disclosures by fund managers ($100M+ AUM)
120% more first-time investments, than exits
New positions opened: 211 | Existing positions closed: 96
75% more funds holding in top 10
Funds holding in top 10: 12 [Q1] → 21 (+9) [Q2]
61% more capital invested
Capital invested by funds: $43.9B [Q1] → $70.8B (+$26.9B) [Q2]
33% more repeat investments, than reductions
Existing positions increased: 447 | Existing positions reduced: 336
32% more call options, than puts
Call options by funds: $2.18B | Put options by funds: $1.64B
10% more funds holding
Funds holding: 1,042 [Q1] → 1,141 (+99) [Q2]
3.83% more ownership
Funds ownership: 79.38% [Q1] → 83.21% (+3.83%) [Q2]
Research analyst outlook
12 Wall Street Analysts provided 1 year price targets over the past 3 months
12 analyst ratings
Tigress Financial
Ivan Feinseth
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$415
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Buy
Maintained
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21 Aug 2025 |
UBS
Robin Farley
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$353
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Buy
Maintained
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8 Aug 2025 |
Citigroup
James Hardiman
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$399
|
Buy
Maintained
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30 Jul 2025 |
JP Morgan
Matthew Boss
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$367
|
Overweight
Maintained
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30 Jul 2025 |
Susquehanna
Christopher Stathoulopoulos
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$385
|
Positive
Maintained
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30 Jul 2025 |
Stifel
Steven Wieczynski
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$420
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Buy
Maintained
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30 Jul 2025 |
B of A Securities
Andrew Didora
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$355
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Neutral
Maintained
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23 Jul 2025 |
TD Cowen
Kevin Kopelman
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$405
|
Buy
Initiated
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22 Jul 2025 |
Truist Securities
Patrick Scholes
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$337
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Hold
Downgraded
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21 Jul 2025 |
Barclays
Brandt Montour
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$358
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Overweight
Maintained
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9 Jul 2025 |
Jefferies
David Katz
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$315
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Hold
Maintained
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7 Jul 2025 |
Bernstein
Richard Clarke
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$360
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Outperform
Maintained
|
2 Jul 2025 |
Financial journalist opinion
Based on 28 articles about RCL published over the past 30 days