After weathering pandemic storm, cruise-line stocks offer upside, says Stifel

Like the rest of the travel industry, cruise operators have weathered a pandemic-related storm over the last couple of years, but they now deserve attention from investors, says analyst firm Stifel. “...

Judge Orders Cruise Companies to Pay More Than $436 Million for Docking at Seized Terminal in Cuba

Four major cruise lines say they will appeal a recent ruling that would force them to pay roughly $436 million in total damages to a company that owned a port terminal in Havana prior to the Cuban Rev...

Carnival stock is suffering its worst year on record, but looks ‘overly compelling’ to this analyst

Shares of Carnival Corp. have had a really bad year, even worse than the pandemic year of 2020. And that’s what makes Stifel Nicolaus analyst Steven Wieczynski believe the stock is now “overly compell...

Royal Caribbean Stock Could Rise 35%. How It Beat Other Cruise Lines With its Recovery.

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Norwegian Stock Is a Buy, Royal Caribbean Is a Sell, Says Analyst. Here’s Why.

Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings has strong growth opportunities, while Royal Caribbean Group will be dealing with near-term funding requirements, according to a J.P. Morgan analyst. Daniel Adam assumed...

Why this cruise stock remains JPMorgan’s favorite as leisure travel keeps roaring

The outlook for cruise stocks is still “more positive than not,” according to JPMorgan analyst Daniel Adam, but given macroeconomic and financial concerns in the sector, not all names are worth buying...

Norwegian Cruise Stock Falls After a Rare Double Downgrade

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Carnival stock dives after private sale of $1 billion in convertible debt

Shares of Carnival Corp. pulled back sharply on heavy volume Wednesday, after the cruise operator took advantage of a recent big rally to commence a private offering of debt that can be converted into...

Cruise stocks soar to pace the S&P 500, as Norwegian is upgraded to buy

Shares of cruise operators were the top-3 gainers in the S&P 500 SPX, -0.33% in afternoon trading Wednesday, with Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings Ltd. NCLH, +11.61% getting bullish backing from UBS...

Cruise Stocks Don’t Lead to Buried Treasure

Cruise-line stocks have been taking on water since Covid-19 hit, but lately investors have really abandoned ship. Hovering over $6 a share, Carnival stock hasn’t been this cheap since Boyz II Men, TLC...

Carnival’s Pricing Problems Are ‘Company Specific,’ Analyst Says

“Not all cruise operators are created equally,” wrote Stifel analyst Steven Wieczynski, saying he is upbeat about the sector despite grim news from Carnival that dragged the stocks lower last week Car...

Carnival Debt Yields in the Teens After Big Earnings Miss

Cruise line bonds have taken a fresh hit after Carnival’s weaker-than-expected financial update for its latest quarter, and yields on many debt issues now are in teens.  Carnival (ticker: CCL) shares ...

Carnival Stock Sinks as Discounting Dings Earnings

Sept. 30, 2022 12:44 pm ET Listen to article (2 minutes) Carnival shares lost more than a fifth of their value Friday as the cruise giant struggled to win over travelers without offering discounts. Ca...

Junk-Bond Yields Top 8%. It Could Be a Good Time to Buy.

High-yield bonds are finally living up to their name after the broad selloff in fixed-income markets this year. Better known as junk, the $1.5 trillion sector looks appealing, as yields have risen to ...

7 Companies at Risk of Liquidity Squeeze

Amid rising interest rates and a tightening credit market, companies with weaker balance sheets are getting squeezed by higher borrowing costs. Royal Caribbean Group (ticker: RCL) is a case in point. ...

Royal Caribbean Stock Tumbles on $900 Million Notes Offering

Text size Cruise lines had to to take out significant debt during the pandemic to stay afloat. Pau Barrena/AFP via Getty Images Royal Caribbean Group stock tumbled after the company said it had starte...

Carnival Stock Falls as Share Sale Causes ‘Panic.’ What’s Worrying the Market.

Text size Cruise liners were given a boost earlier this week after the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention lifted more Covid rules for ships. Daniel Slim/AFP via Getty Images Carnival stock was...

Carnival and Other Cruise Operators Face Too Many Headwinds. Steer Clear of the Stock.

An analyst note predicting Carnival stock could fall to zero in a worst-case scenario has revived concerns about the cruise industry. Here, a Carnival ship docked at Key West, Fla., earlier this year....

Royal Caribbean, Netflix, and 3 Other S&P 500 Stocks Hit Hard This Quarter

Text size Royal Caribbean and cruise ship competitor Carnival were the leading S&P 500 decliners during the second quarter. Sebastien Salom-Gomis/AFP via Getty Images What a quarter. A lot happene...

Carnival Stock Could Fall to $0 in a Worst-Case Scenario, Analyst Says

Text size Carnival Dream cruise ship is docked at Port B in Key West, Florida. Chandan Khanna/AFP via Getty Images Carnival stock was tumbling Wednesday after Morgan Stanley cut its price target to a ...

Cruise Lines Can’t Duck Their Debt

Cruise ships, it seems, are like ducks—elegant and effortless above the water, fighting like crazy to stay afloat beneath. On the surface, the industry is finally steaming ahead after over a year at b...

Cruise Stocks Have Sunk. Only Two Have Seen Large Insider Buys.

Text size Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings ships sit idle. The company and Carnival saw large stock buys by insiders. Tim Rue/Bloomberg All three cruise-line operators are pretty much in the same boat t...

Wall Street Is So Terrified, Stocks Might Be Ready to Rise

Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell Tom Williams-Pool/Getty Images Text size To paraphrase Monty Python, the stock market isn’t dead quite yet. Sure, it feels like the S&P 500 has nowhere to go bu...

The Cruise Crowd Is Back, Even if Investors Aren’t. Here’s Why It May Be Time to Take a Plunge.

Few sectors absorbed as much pain as the cruise industry during the pandemic, which shut down sailing operations in the U.S. from March 2020 through last June. Shares of the big three cruise operators...

Royal Caribbean may finally be confident enough to provide long-term financial guidance

Royal Caribbean Group looks poised to report the first billion-dollar quarter since the pandemic, and may finally be confident enough about the post-pandemic outlook to provide long-term financial tar...

Stock Market Today: The Dow Drops 500 Points, Tech Stocks Keep Sinking

Text size Markets see the Federal Reserve first hiking interest rates in March. Karen Bleier/AFP/Getty Images Stocks continued to slide Monday, with technology stocks getting hit the hardest as bond y...