Analyzing Royal Caribbean Group (RCL)’s Gross, Operating, Pretax, and Net Margins

Royal Caribbean Group [RCL] stock is trading at $228.75, down -0.52%. One of the good ways to gauge the recent performance is if the stock’s short-term value is rising or falling. The RCL shares have gain 5.75% over the last week, with a monthly amount glided 21.26%, and seem to be holding up well over a long-time horizon.

From an analyst’s perspective:

Royal Caribbean Group [NYSE: RCL] stock has seen the most recent analyst activity on April 25, 2025, when Northcoast initiated its Buy rating and assigned the stock a price target of $279. Previously, Jefferies started tracking the stock with Hold rating on March 31, 2025, and set its price target to $230. On March 27, 2025, Exane BNP Paribas initiated with a Outperform rating and assigned a price target of $262 on the stock. Loop Capital upgraded its rating to a Buy but stick to its price target of $250 on March 05, 2025. Loop Capital initiated its recommendation with a Hold and recommended $250 as its price target on February 05, 2025. Bernstein started tracking with a Outperform rating for this stock on November 26, 2024, and assigned it a price target of $290. In a note dated October 09, 2024, Citigroup reiterated an Buy rating on this stock and boosted its target price from $204 to $253.

Royal Caribbean Group [RCL] stock has fluctuated between $130.08 and $277.08 over the past year. Currently, Wall Street analysts expect the stock to reach $266 within the next 12 months. Royal Caribbean Group [NYSE: RCL] shares were valued at $228.75 at the most recent close of the market. An investor can expect a potential return of 16.28% based on the average RCL price forecast.

Analyzing the RCL fundamentals

Royal Caribbean Group [NYSE:RCL] reported sales of 16.76B for the trailing twelve months, which represents a growth of 7.27%. Gross Profit Margin for this corporation currently stands at 0.48% with Operating Profit Margin at 0.26%, Pretax Profit Margin comes in at 0.2%, and Net Profit Margin reading is 0.19%. To continue investigating profitability, this company’s Return on Assets is posted at 0.09, Equity is 0.45 and Total Capital is 0.16. Upon thorough examination of the company’s fundamental financial framework, it becomes apparent that the debt-to-equity ratio stands at 2.53.

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 226.07 points at the first support level, and at 223.40 for the second support level. However, for the 1st resistance point, the stock is sitting at 231.46, and for the 2nd resistance point, it is at 234.17.

Ratios To Look Out For

For context, Royal Caribbean Group’s Current Ratio is 0.18. Also, the Quick Ratio is 0.15, while the Cash Ratio stands at 0.04. Considering the valuation of this stock, the price to sales ratio is 3.71, the price to book ratio is 7.80 and price to earnings (TTM) ratio is 19.21.

Transactions by insiders

Recent insider trading involved Liberty Jason T, President & CEO, that happened on Feb 18 ’25 when 58000.0 shares were sold. Chief Financial Officer, Holtz Naftali completed a deal on Feb 18 ’25 to sell 17000.0 shares. Meanwhile, President, Celebrity Cruises BETHGE LAURA H sold 14992.0 shares on Feb 18 ’25.

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