Carnival Corp (CCL) stock hits $20.89: Is it a good time to buy or wait for a dip?

Carnival Corp [CCL] stock prices are up 4.87% to $20.89 at the moment. In order to assess the stock’s recent performance, you can check whether its short-term value is rising or falling. The CCL shares have gain 9.49% over the last week, with a monthly amount drifted -19.22%, and not seem to be holding up well over a long-time horizon.

From an analyst’s perspective:

Carnival Corp [NYSE: CCL] stock has seen the most recent analyst activity on February 05, 2025, when Loop Capital initiated its Hold rating and assigned the stock a price target of $25. Previously, Loop Capital started tracking the stock with Hold rating on February 05, 2025, and set its price target to $225. On December 23, 2024, Stifel reiterated its Buy rating and revised its price target to $34 on the stock. Citigroup reiterated its Buy rating and increased its price target to $31 on December 23, 2024. Barclays reiterated its recommendation of a Overweight and raised its price target to $32 on December 23, 2024. Bernstein started tracking with a Mkt Perform rating for this stock on November 26, 2024, and assigned it a price target of $26. In a note dated March 26, 2024, Mizuho initiated an Buy rating and provided a target price of $21 on this stock.

The stock price of Carnival Corp [CCL] has been fluctuating between $13.78 and $28.72 over the past year. Currently, Wall Street analysts expect the stock to reach $24.2 within the next 12 months. Carnival Corp [NYSE: CCL] shares were valued at $20.89 at the most recent close of the market. An investor can expect a potential return of 15.84% based on the average CCL price forecast.

Analyzing the CCL fundamentals

The Carnival Corp [NYSE:CCL] reported sales of 25.02B for trailing twelve months, representing a surge of 10.02%. Gross Profit Margin for this corporation currently stands at 0.39% with Operating Profit Margin at 0.14%, Pretax Profit Margin comes in at 0.08%, and Net Profit Margin reading is 0.08%. To continue investigating profitability, this company’s Return on Assets is posted at 0.04, Equity is 0.24 and Total Capital is 0.1. Upon thorough examination of the company’s fundamental financial framework, it becomes apparent that the debt-to-equity ratio stands at 3.12.

Before buying any particular stock, readers tend to pay close attention to the indicators that support and create resistance. The company’s stock is currently sitting at 20.42 points at the first support level, and at 19.95 for the second support level. However, for the 1st resistance point, the stock is sitting at 21.19, and for the 2nd resistance point, it is at 21.49.

Ratios To Look Out For

It’s worth pointing out that Carnival Corp [NYSE:CCL]’s Current Ratio is 0.26. In addition, the Quick Ratio stands at 0.22 and the Cash Ratio stands at 0.1. Considering the valuation of this stock, the price to sales ratio is 1.08, the price to book ratio is 2.95 and price to earnings (TTM) ratio is 15.01.

Transactions by insiders

Recent insider trading involved Bernstein David, Officer, that happened on Feb 18 ’25 when 80000.0 shares were purchased. Director, BAND SIR JONATHON completed a deal on Oct 29 ’24 to sell 17500.0 shares. Meanwhile, Director BAND SIR JONATHON bought 17500.0 shares on Oct 29 ’24.

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