Legal & General Group Plc Lowers Stock Position in Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. $RCL

Legal & General Group Plc lessened its holdings in Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. (NYSE:RCL) by 1.4% during the fourth quarter, according to its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 1,395,726 shares of the company’s stock after selling 20,372 shares during the quarter. Legal & General Group Plc’s holdings in Royal Caribbean Cruises were worth $389,296,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Other institutional investors also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Vanguard Group Inc. lifted its position in shares of Royal Caribbean Cruises by 1.6% during the 3rd quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 30,066,167 shares of the company’s stock valued at $9,728,810,000 after acquiring an additional 461,990 shares during the period. Russell Investments Group Ltd. lifted its position in shares of Royal Caribbean Cruises by 49.3% during the 3rd quarter. Russell Investments Group Ltd. now owns 117,162 shares of the company’s stock valued at $37,931,000 after acquiring an additional 38,698 shares during the period. Crossmark Global Holdings Inc. lifted its position in shares of Royal Caribbean Cruises by 19.0% during the 3rd quarter. Crossmark Global Holdings Inc. now owns 39,123 shares of the company’s stock valued at $12,659,000 after acquiring an additional 6,253 shares during the period. WINTON GROUP Ltd lifted its position in shares of Royal Caribbean Cruises by 1,231.6% during the 3rd quarter. WINTON GROUP Ltd now owns 20,173 shares of the company’s stock valued at $6,528,000 after acquiring an additional 18,658 shares during the period. Finally, Danske Bank A S acquired a new stake in shares of Royal Caribbean Cruises during the 3rd quarter valued at approximately $48,063,000. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 87.53% of the company’s stock.

Royal Caribbean Cruises Trading Up 4.4%

Shares of Royal Caribbean Cruises stock opened at $267.37 on Wednesday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.96, a current ratio of 0.20 and a quick ratio of 0.17. Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. has a 1 year low of $232.10 and a 1 year high of $366.50. The company has a market capitalization of $71.71 billion, a P/E ratio of 16.31, a P/E/G ratio of 0.90 and a beta of 1.77. The business has a 50 day moving average price of $269.27 and a 200 day moving average price of $281.80.

Royal Caribbean Cruises (NYSE:RCL) last issued its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, April 30th. The company reported $3.60 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $3.20 by $0.40. The company had revenue of $4.45 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $4.46 billion. Royal Caribbean Cruises had a return on equity of 45.25% and a net margin of 24.36%.Royal Caribbean Cruises’s revenue was up 11.3% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the previous year, the firm posted $2.71 EPS. Royal Caribbean Cruises has set its Q2 2026 guidance at 3.830-3.930 EPS and its FY 2026 guidance at 17.100-17.500 EPS. Sell-side analysts anticipate that Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. will post 17.27 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Royal Caribbean Cruises Dividend Announcement

The firm also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Thursday, July 2nd. Shareholders of record on Wednesday, June 3rd will be issued a $1.50 dividend. The ex-dividend date is Wednesday, June 3rd. This represents a $6.00 annualized dividend and a yield of 2.2%. Royal Caribbean Cruises’s payout ratio is 36.61%.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

A number of equities research analysts have recently issued reports on RCL shares. Truist Financial reduced their price target on shares of Royal Caribbean Cruises from $318.00 to $297.00 and set a “hold” rating for the company in a research report on Friday, May 22nd. Sanford C. Bernstein restated an “outperform” rating and set a $380.00 price objective on shares of Royal Caribbean Cruises in a research report on Friday, January 30th. Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft set a $296.00 price objective on Royal Caribbean Cruises in a research report on Friday, May 1st. Weiss Ratings restated a “buy (b-)” rating on shares of Royal Caribbean Cruises in a research report on Wednesday, March 25th. Finally, Citigroup cut their price objective on Royal Caribbean Cruises from $377.00 to $348.00 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a research report on Friday, May 1st. Fifteen equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, four have assigned a Hold rating and one has assigned a Sell rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat, the company has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $344.05.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In other Royal Caribbean Cruises news, Director Arne Alexander Wilhelmsen sold 356,026 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction on Thursday, February 26th. The stock was sold at an average price of $318.39, for a total value of $113,355,118.14. Following the completion of the transaction, the director directly owned 16,681,386 shares in the company, valued at approximately $5,311,186,488.54. The trade was a 2.09% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is accessible through this link. Company insiders own 6.44% of the company’s stock.

Royal Caribbean Cruises Profile

Royal Caribbean Cruises (NYSE: RCL), operating as part of the Royal Caribbean Group, is a global cruise company that develops, markets and operates passenger cruise ships. The company operates multiple consumer-facing cruise brands that offer short- and long-duration itineraries and a range of onboard experiences. Its core activities include itineraries and voyage operations, guest services and hospitality, onboard food and beverage, entertainment and recreation programming, and the commercial activities needed to sell and support cruises through both direct and travel‑agent channels.

Royal Caribbean’s ships serve a broad set of geographies worldwide, regularly deploying vessels in the Caribbean, North America (including Alaska), Europe, Asia, Australia and South America.