Key Focus for Carnival Investors – A Must-Read

By Tamara Parker • Wednesday, May 28 09:58 • Permanent Link

Join us for a quick overview of Carnival, a Marine Shipping company whose shares moved -1.6% today. Here are some facts about the stock that should help you see the bigger picture:

Carnival has moved 55.1% over the last year, and the S&P 500 logged a change of 12.4%
CCL has an average analyst rating of buy and is -16.29% away from its mean target price of $27.73 per share
Its trailing earnings per share (EPS) is $1.55
Carnival has a trailing 12 month Price to Earnings (P/E) ratio of 15.0 while the S&P 500 average is 29.3
Its forward earnings per share (EPS) is $1.72 and its forward P/E ratio is 13.5
The company has a Price to Book (P/B) ratio of 3.31 in contrast to the S&P 500's average ratio of 4.74
Carnival is part of the Consumer Discretionary sector, which has an average P/E ratio of 20.93 and an average P/B of 2.93
The company has a free cash flow of $951.5 Million, which refers to the total sum of all its inflows and outflows of cash over the last quarter
Carnival Corporation & plc, a cruise company, provides leisure travel services in North America, Australia, Europe, and internationally. The company operates through four segments: NAA Cruise Operations, Europe Cruise Operations, Cruise Support, and Tour and Other. It operates port destinations and islands, as well as owns and operates hotels, lodges, glass-domed railcars, and motorcoaches. The company offers its services under the AIDA Cruises, Carnival Cruise Line, Costa Cruises, Cunard, Holland America Line, P&O Cruises (Australia), P&O Cruises (UK), Princess Cruises, and Seabourn brands. It sells its cruises through travel agents, tour operators, vacation planners, websites, and onboard future cruise consultants. Carnival Corporation & plc was founded in 1972 and is headquartered in Miami, Florida.

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