A share price of Carnival Corp [CCL] is currently trading at $29.04, up 0.24%. One of the good ways to gauge the recent performance is if the stock’s short-term value is rising or falling. The CCL shares have gain 0.73% over the last week, with a monthly amount glided 29.59%, and 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 July 16, 2025, when Citigroup reiterated its Buy rating and also boosted its price target to $37 from $30. Previously, HSBC Securities upgraded its rating to Hold on May 16, 2025, and kept the price target unchanged to $24. On April 25, 2025, Northcoast initiated with a Neutral rating. Morgan Stanley upgraded its rating to a Equal-Weight but stick to its price target of $21 on April 10, 2025. Exane BNP Paribas initiated its recommendation with a Outperform and recommended $26 as its price target on March 27, 2025. Loop Capital started tracking with a Hold rating for this stock on February 05, 2025, and assigned it a price target of $25. In a note dated February 05, 2025, Loop Capital initiated an Hold rating and provided a target price of $225 on this stock.
Carnival Corp experienced fluctuations in its stock price throughout the past year between $13.78 and $30.46. Currently, Wall Street analysts expect the stock to reach $28.75 within the next 12 months. Carnival Corp [NYSE: CCL] shares were valued at $29.04 at the most recent close of the market. An investor can expect a potential drop of -1.0% based on the average CCL price forecast.
Analyzing the CCL fundamentals
Trailing Twelve Months sales for Carnival Corp [NYSE:CCL] were 25.97B which represents 9.46% growth. 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 0.27 and Total Capital is 0.11. An extended analysis of the company’s primary financial structure reveals a debt-to-equity ratio of2.86.
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 28.74 points at the first support level, and at 28.45 for the second support level. However, for the 1st resistance point, the stock is sitting at 29.42, and for the 2nd resistance point, it is at 29.81.
Ratios To Look Out For
To put it in perspective, the Current Ratio for Carnival Corp [NYSE:CCL] is 0.30. Also, the Quick Ratio is 0.27, while the Cash Ratio stands at 0.17. Considering the valuation of this stock, the price to sales ratio is 1.45, the price to book ratio is 3.81 and price to earnings (TTM) ratio is 15.74.
Transactions by insiders
Recent insider trading involved Bernstein David, CFO & CAO, that happened on May 15 ’25 when 0.11 million shares were sold. Officer, Bernstein David completed a deal on May 15 ’25 to buy 0.11 million shares. Meanwhile, Officer Bernstein David bought 80000.0 shares on Feb 18 ’25.
