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

Kevin Freeman

Royal Caribbean Group [RCL] stock is trading at $251.42, up 1.91%. It is a good measure of the stock’s recent performance to check whether the stock’s short-term value is rising or falling. The RCL shares have lost -4.60% over the last week, with a monthly amount drifted -16.98%, and not 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 July 22, 2025, when TD Cowen initiated its Buy rating and assigned the stock a price target of $405. Previously, Truist downgraded its rating to Hold on July 21, 2025, and kept the price target unchanged to $337. On April 25, 2025, Northcoast initiated with a Buy rating and assigned a price target of $279 on the stock. Jefferies started tracking the stock assigning a Hold rating and suggested a price target of $230 on March 31, 2025. Exane BNP Paribas initiated its recommendation with an Outperform and recommended $262 as its price target on March 27, 2025. Loop Capital upgraded its rating to Buy for this stock on March 05, 2025, but kept the price target unchanged to $250. In a note dated February 05, 2025, Loop Capital initiated a Hold rating and provided a target price of $250 on this stock.

Royal Caribbean Group [RCL] stock has fluctuated between $164.01 and $366.50 over the past year. Currently, Wall Street analysts expect the stock to reach $357.14 within the next 12 months. Royal Caribbean Group [NYSE: RCL] shares were valued at $251.42 at the most recent close of the market. An investor can expect a potential return of 42.05% based on the average RCL price forecast.

Analyzing the RCL fundamentals

Royal Caribbean Group [NYSE:RCL] reported sales of 17.44B for the trailing twelve months, which represents a growth of 5.18%. Gross Profit Margin for this corporation currently stands at 0.49% with Operating Profit Margin at 0.26%, Pretax Profit Margin comes in at 0.23%, and Net Profit Margin reading is 0.23%. To continue investigating profitability, this company’s Return on Assets is posted at 0.1, Equity is 0.47 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 2.08.

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 248.03 points at the first support level, and at 244.63 for the second support level. However, for the 1st resistance point, the stock is sitting at 254.28, and for the 2nd resistance point, it is at 257.13.

Ratios To Look Out For

For context, Royal Caribbean Group’s Current Ratio is 0.16. Further, the Quick Ratio stands at 0.14, while the Cash Ratio is 0.04. Considering the valuation of this stock, the price to sales ratio is 3.93, the price to book ratio is 6.78 and price to earnings (TTM) ratio is 16.98.

Transactions by insiders

Recent insider trading involved Montiel Maritza Gomez, Director, that happened on Nov 03 ’25 when 1100.0 shares were sold. Director, Maritza Montiel completed a deal on Nov 03 ’25 to buy 1100.0 shares. Meanwhile, Director Sorensen Vagn O sold 10300.0 shares on Aug 19 ’25.

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