Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. (RCL): Today's Featured Leisure Laggard
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Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. operates in the cruise vacation industry worldwide. It owns five cruise brands, which comprise Royal Caribbean International, Celebrity Cruises, Pullmantur, Azamara Club Cruises, and CDF Croisieres de France. Royal Caribbean Cruises has a market cap of $7.42 billion and is part of the services sector. The company has a P/E ratio of 16.7, below the S&P 500 P/E ratio of 17.7. Shares are up 36.1% year to date as of the close of trading on Thursday. Currently there are nine analysts that rate Royal Caribbean Cruises a buy, no analysts rate it a sell, and four rate it a hold.
TheStreet Ratings rates Royal Caribbean Cruises as a
. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its attractive valuation levels, good cash flow from operations, solid stock price performance and expanding profit margins. We feel these strengths outweigh the fact that the company has had somewhat disappointing return on equity.
- You can view the full Royal Caribbean Cruises Ratings Report.
On the positive front,
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