Carnival Corp (NYSE: CCL): Retirees Don’t Worry About Volatility

Carnival Corp (NYSE:CCL) currently has a daily average trading volume of 25.99M but it saw 23029034 shares traded in last market. With a market cap of 25.59B USD, the company’s current market price of $19.69 came rising about 0.82 while comparing to the previous closing price of $19.53. In past 52 weeks, the stock remained buoying in the range of price level as high as $28.72 and as low as $13.78.

Taking a look at 20-day trading activity of Carnival Corp (CCL) gives us an average price of $18.52, while its current price level is -31.44% below from 52-week high level whereas it is 42.89% above from lowest level seen by the stock during that period. Simple moving average of 50 days or SMA-50 of the stock’s closing price is $19.64 while that of 200 days or SMA-200 reads an average of $21.17. A closer look into the stock’s movement over the week reveals that its volatility is standing at 2.94% during that period while stretching the period over a month that increases to 5.07%. It is also necessary to take a look into other indicators of a stock too, to get a better idea about its price movement. And in doing so, we find stock’s 14-day relative strength index (RSI) standing at 55.59 which implies that the stock is in neutral territory.

Morgan Stanley upgraded its recommendation for the stock as a “Equal-Weight” from “Underweight” on April 10, 2025 while assigning a price target of $21. Exane BNP Paribas also issued its recommendations for the stock as it initiated the price target for the stock is $26.

Over the week, CCL’s stock price is moving 7.36% up while it is 19.84% when we observe its performance for the past one month. Year-to-date it is -20.99% down and over the past year, the stock is showing an upside performance of 36.36%.

Currently, Carnival Corp’s total number of outstanding shares is 1.17B with 7.60% of that held by the insiders while 66.24% of its common stock has been owned by the institutions. Company’s return on investment (ROI) stands at 5.72% and return on equity (ROE) at 25.87%. It has a price to earnings ratio (P/E ratio) of 13.11 while having a 9.12 of forward P/E ratio. Stock’s beta reads 2.53. Stock has a price to book (P/B) ratio of 2.81 while price to sale or P/S ratio amounts to 1.01. Its return on asset (ROA) is 4.18% on average.