Take This Into Account Before Investing in RCL

By Scott Lee • Friday, April 21 09:44 • Permanent Link

Royal Caribbean Cruises logged a -1.3% change during today's morning session, and is now trading at a price of $61.45 per share. The S&P 500 index moved 0.0%. RCL's trading volume is 147,971 compared to the stock's average volume of 3,521,027.

Royal Caribbean Cruises trades -21.68% away from its average analyst target price of $78.46 per share. The 13 analysts following the stock have set target prices ranging from $55.0 to $100.0, and on average have given D/B/A Royal Caribbean Cruises a rating of buy.

Anyone interested in buying RCL should be aware of the facts below:

Royal Caribbean Cruises has moved -23.8% over the last year, and the S&P 500 logged a change of -3.3%
Based on its trailing earnings per share of -8.45, D/B/A Royal Caribbean Cruises has a trailing 12 month Price to Earnings (P/E) ratio of -7.3 while the S&P 500 average is 15.97
RCL has a forward P/E ratio of 10.2 based on its forward 12 month price to earnings (EPS) of $6.02 per share
The company has a price to earnings growth (PEG) ratio of -0.11 — a number near or below 1 signifying that Royal Caribbean Cruises is fairly valued compared to its estimated growth potential
Its Price to Book (P/B) ratio is 5.5 compared to its sector average of 3.12
Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. operates as a cruise company worldwide.
Based in Miami, the company has 102,400 full time employees and a market cap of $15,714,732,032.

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