Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. (RCL): Today's Featured Leisure Winner
(
) pushed the Leisure industry higher today making it today's featured leisure winner. The industry as a whole closed the day down 0.1%. By the end of trading, Royal Caribbean Cruises rose $0.50 (1.4%) to $35.80 on light volume. Throughout the day, 1,258,787 shares of Royal Caribbean Cruises exchanged hands as compared to its average daily volume of 1,906,000 shares. The stock ranged in a price between $34.95-$35.81 after having opened the day at $35.30 as compared to the previous trading day's close of $35.30. Other companies within the Leisure industry that increased today were:
(
), up 7.0%,
(
), up 4.2%,
(
), up 3.1% and
Einstein Noah Restaurant Group
(
), up 2.8%.
Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. operates as a cruise company worldwide. It owns five cruise brands comprising Royal Caribbean International, Celebrity Cruises, Pullmantur, Azamara Club Cruises, and CDF Croisieres de France. Royal Caribbean Cruises has a market cap of $7.8 billion and is part of the services sector. Shares are up 3.8% year to date as of the close of trading on Monday. Currently there are 7 analysts that rate Royal Caribbean Cruises a buy, no analysts rate it a sell, and 6 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 revenue growth, good cash flow from operations and increase in net income. However, as a counter to these strengths, we also find weaknesses including generally higher debt management risk, disappointing return on equity and poor profit margins.
- You can view the full Royal Caribbean Cruises Ratings Report.
On the negative front,
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), down 5.8%,
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), down 5.3%,
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), down 4.3% and
Diversified Restaurant Holdings
(
), down 3.2% , were all laggards within the leisure industry with
(
) being today's leisure industry laggard.
- Use our leisure section to find industry-relevant news.
- Or find some new ideas from our top rated stocks lists.
For investors not wanting singular stock exposure, ETFs may be of interest. Investors who are bullish on the leisure industry could consider
PowerShares Dynamic Leisure&Entert
(
) while those bearish on the leisure industry could consider
ProShares Ultra Sht Consumer Services
(
).
- Find other investment ideas from our top rated ETFs lists.
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