Royal Caribbean Group (NYSE: RCL) is -21.89% lower on its value in year-to-date trading and has touched a low of $125.06 and a high of $277.08 in the current 52-week trading range. The question becomes, what are the chances the stock will make a comeback and enjoy potential growth. Why not look at analysts view on what the future holds for the stock. The RCL stock was last observed hovering at around $179.55 in the last trading session, with the day’s gains setting it 0.64%.
Currently trading at $180.19, the stock is -13.00% and -22.28% below its SMA20 and SMA50 respectively. However, with a daily trading volume of 3.8 million and changing 0.36% at the moment leaves the stock -11.67% off its SMA200. RCL registered 32.47% gain for a year compared to 6-month gain of 0.42%. The firm has a 50-day simple moving average (SMA 50) of $231.8472 and a 200-day simple moving average (SMA200) of $203.9991.
The stock witnessed a -13.05% loss in the last 1 month and extending the period to 3 months gives it a -21.11%, and is -13.42% down over the last 5 days. If we measure the stock’s price variations over the week and the month, we find that the volatility rates stand at 8.29% over the week and 5.54% over the month.
Royal Caribbean Group (RCL) has around 106000 employees, a market worth around $48.49B and $16.48B in sales. Current P/E ratio is 17.09 and Fwd P/E is 10.23. Profit margin for the company is 17.46%. Distance from 52-week low is 44.08% and -34.97% from its 52-week high. The company has generated returns on investments over the last 12 months (10.78%).
with sales reaching $4.02B over the same period.The EPS is expected to grow by 26.56% this year, but quarterly earnings will post 9.57% year-over-year. Quarterly sales are estimated to grow 7.74% in year-over-year returns.
Royal Caribbean Group (RCL) Top Institutional Holders
1411.0 institutions hold shares in Royal Caribbean Group (RCL), with institutional investors hold 87.71% of the company’s shares. The shares outstanding are 268.90M, and float is at 244.64M with Short Float at 5.12%. Institutions hold 87.38% of the Float.
The top institutional shareholder in the company is CAPITAL RESEARCH GLOBAL INVESTORS with over 30.27 million shares valued at $4.83 billion. The investor’s holdings represent 11.7785% of the RCL Shares outstanding. As of 2024-06-30, the second largest holder is CAPITAL INTERNATIONAL INVESTORS with 29.33 million shares valued at $4.68 billion to account for 11.4135 of the shares outstanding. The other top investors are VANGUARD GROUP INC which holds 25.81 million shares representing 10.0443% and valued at over $4.12 billion, while BLACKROCK INC. holds 6.493 of the shares totaling 16.69 million with a market value of $2.66 billion.
Royal Caribbean Group (RCL) Insider Activity
The most recent transaction is an insider sale by Liberty Jason T, the company’s President & CEO. SEC filings show that Liberty Jason T sold 58,000 shares of the company’s common stock on Feb 18 ’25 at a price of $261.95 per share for a total of $15.19 million. Following the sale, the insider now owns 0.14 million shares.
Royal Caribbean Group disclosed in a document filed with the SEC on Feb 18 ’25 that Holtz Naftali (Chief Financial Officer) sold a total of 17,000 shares of the company’s common stock. The trade occurred on Feb 18 ’25 and was made at $261.62 per share for $4.45 million. Following the transaction, the insider now directly holds 42127.0 shares of the RCL stock.
Still, SEC filings show that on Feb 18 ’25, BETHGE LAURA H (President, Celebrity Cruises) disposed off 14,992 shares at an average price of $261.86 for $3.93 million. The insider now directly holds 21,155 shares of Royal Caribbean Group (RCL).
