Royal Caribbean
About: Royal Caribbean is the world's second-largest cruise company by revenues, operating 67 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 Q1 regulatory disclosures by fund managers ($100M+ AUM)
42% more repeat investments, than reductions
Existing positions increased: 440 | Existing positions reduced: 309
36% more first-time investments, than exits
New positions opened: 152 | Existing positions closed: 112
16% more call options, than puts
Call options by funds: $1.52B | Put options by funds: $1.31B
2% more funds holding
Funds holding: 1,020 [Q4 2024] → 1,037 (+17) [Q1 2025]
0.11% more ownership
Funds ownership: 79.26% [Q4 2024] → 79.37% (+0.11%) [Q1 2025]
11% less capital invested
Capital invested by funds: $49.6B [Q4 2024] → $43.9B (-$5.68B) [Q1 2025]
14% less funds holding in top 10
Funds holding in top 10: 14 [Q4 2024] → 12 (-2) [Q1 2025]
Research analyst outlook
13 Wall Street Analysts provided 1 year price targets over the past 3 months
13 analyst ratings
B of A Securities Andrew Didora | 6%upside $355 | Neutral Maintained | 23 Jul 2025 |
TD Cowen Kevin Kopelman | 21%upside $405 | Buy Initiated | 22 Jul 2025 |
Truist Securities Patrick Scholes | 1%upside $337 | Hold Downgraded | 21 Jul 2025 |
Citigroup James Hardiman | 17%upside $390 | Buy Maintained | 16 Jul 2025 |
Barclays Brandt Montour | 7%upside $358 | Overweight Maintained | 9 Jul 2025 |
Financial journalist opinion
Based on 42 articles about RCL published over the past 30 days









