Navigating Carnival Corporation's Stock Performance

By Naomi Wentworth • Wednesday, October 29 10:11 • Permanent Link

Large-cap Consumer Discretionary company Carnival has moved 0.2% so far today on a volume of 340,218, compared to its average of 1,688,159. In contrast, the S&P 500 index moved 0.0%.

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

Carnival has moved 25.8% over the last year, and the S&P 500 logged a change of 18.5%
Based on its trailing earnings per share of 1.94, Carnival has a trailing 12 month Price to Earnings (P/E) ratio of 13.0 while the S&P 500 average is 29.3
CUK has a forward P/E ratio of 15.1 based on its forward 12 month price to earnings (EPS) of $1.68 per share
Its Price to Book (P/B) ratio is 2.78 compared to its sector average of 2.93
Carnival Corporation & plc, a cruise company, provides leisure travel services in North America, Australia, Europe, and internationally.
Based in Miami, the company has 115,000 full time employees and a market cap of $34.79 Billion.

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