At the time of writing, Carnival Corp [CCL] stock is trading at $25.76, up 1.58%. Until recently, the best way to gauge how the stock has performed was to look at its short-term value. The CCL shares have lost -3.84% over the last week, with a monthly amount drifted -10.74%, 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 November 18, 2025, when Wells Fargo initiated its Overweight rating and assigned the stock a price target of $37. Previously, TD Cowen started tracking the stock with Buy rating on July 22, 2025, and set its price target to $36. On July 16, 2025, Citigroup reiterated its Buy rating and revised its price target to $37 on the stock. HSBC Securities upgraded its rating to a Hold but stick to its price target of $24 on May 16, 2025. Northcoast initiated its recommendation with a Neutral. Morgan Stanley upgraded its rating to Equal-Weight for this stock on April 10, 2025, but kept the price target unchanged to $21. In a note dated March 27, 2025, Exane BNP Paribas initiated an Outperform rating and provided a target price of $26 on this stock.
For the past year, the stock price of Carnival Corp fluctuated between $15.07 and $32.80. Currently, Wall Street analysts expect the stock to reach $33.88 within the next 12 months. Carnival Corp [NYSE: CCL] shares were valued at $25.76 at the most recent close of the market. An investor can expect a potential return of 31.52% based on the average CCL price forecast.
Analyzing the CCL fundamentals
According to Carnival Corp [NYSE:CCL], the company’s sales were 26.23B for trailing twelve months, which represents an 3.25% jump. Gross Profit Margin for this corporation currently stands at 0.39% with Operating Profit Margin at 0.16%, Pretax Profit Margin comes in at 0.1%, and Net Profit Margin reading is 0.1%. To continue investigating profitability, this company’s Return on Assets is posted at 0.05, Equity is 0.26 and Total Capital is 0.11. An extended analysis of the company’s primary financial structure reveals a debt-to-equity ratio of2.34.
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 25.37 points at the first support level, and at 24.97 for the second support level. However, for the 1st resistance point, the stock is sitting at 26.08, and for the 2nd resistance point, it is at 26.40.
Ratios To Look Out For
It is important to note that Carnival Corp [NYSE:CCL] has a current ratio of 0.31. As well, the Quick Ratio is 0.27, while the Cash Ratio is 0.15. Considering the valuation of this stock, the price to sales ratio is 1.28, the price to book ratio is 2.83 and price to earnings (TTM) ratio is 13.41.
Transactions by insiders
Recent insider trading involved BAND SIR JONATHON, Director, that happened on Aug 05 ’25 when 12500.0 shares were sold. Director, BAND SIR JONATHON completed a deal on Aug 05 ’25 to buy 12500.0 shares. Meanwhile, CFO & CAO Bernstein David sold 0.11 million shares on May 15 ’25.
