Investors may find better financial performance in Carnival Corp (CCL)

Carnival Corp [CCL] stock is trading at $22.13, up 9.61%. 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 13.14% over the last week, with a monthly amount glided 25.74%, and seem to be holding up well over a long-time horizon.

From an analyst’s perspective:

Previously, Morgan Stanley upgraded its rating to Equal-Weight on April 10, 2025, and kept the price target unchanged to $21. On March 27, 2025, Exane BNP Paribas initiated with a Outperform rating and assigned a price target of $26 on the stock. Loop Capital started tracking the stock assigning a Hold rating and suggested a price target of $25 on February 05, 2025. Loop Capital initiated its recommendation with a Hold and recommended $225 as its price target on February 05, 2025. Stifel reiterated a Buy rating for this stock on December 23, 2024, and upped its price target to $34. In a note dated December 23, 2024, Citigroup reiterated an Buy rating on this stock and boosted its target price from $30 to $31.

Carnival Corp [CCL] stock has fluctuated between $13.78 and $28.72 over the past year. Currently, Wall Street analysts expect the stock to reach $27.67 within the next 12 months. Carnival Corp [NYSE: CCL] shares were valued at $22.13 at the most recent close of the market. An investor can expect a potential return of 25.03% based on the average CCL price forecast.

Analyzing the CCL fundamentals

Carnival Corp [NYSE:CCL] reported sales of 25.43B for the trailing twelve months, which represents a growth of 7.47%. Gross Profit Margin for this corporation currently stands at 0.38% with Operating Profit Margin at 0.15%, 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. An extended analysis of the company’s primary financial structure reveals a debt-to-equity ratio of3.09.

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 21.67 points at the first support level, and at 21.21 for the second support level. However, for the 1st resistance point, the stock is sitting at 22.47, and for the 2nd resistance point, it is at 22.82.

Ratios To Look Out For

For context, Carnival Corp’s Current Ratio is 0.23. In addition, the Quick Ratio stands at 0.18 and the Cash Ratio stands at 0.07. Considering the valuation of this stock, the price to sales ratio is 1.14, the price to book ratio is 3.16 and price to earnings (TTM) ratio is 14.74.

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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