CCL — Carnival Corporation

Stock analysis, trade plans, and proprietary indicators by Trend Edge.

Trend Edge Setup Score

Trend Edge rates CCL Bullish with a Setup Score of 27, net conviction 20, actionability 36. How the Setup Score works →

Total Setup Score27
Directional BiasBullish
Net Conviction20
Actionability36 (in range)

Key signals behind this score

About Carnival Corporation

Carnival Corporation Ltd., a cruise company, provides leisure travel services. The company operates through four segments: North America 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, Hol… Read full Trend Edge analysis →

Trend Edge Proprietary Indicators

Key Metrics

Current Price$26.35
Market Cap$35.13B
Float1.25B
Shares Outstanding1.34B
P/E (Forward)8.43
P/E (TTM)11.51
Price/Sales (TTM)1.27
vs. Analyst Target+28.8% to analyst PT
Profit Margin11.37%
Operating Margin (TTM)26.43%
Revenue (TTM)$27.59B
Earnings Growth (YoY)5.00%
Dividend Rate0.5%
Analyst Target Price$33.93 (29 analysts)

Financial History

Annual Revenue & Earnings History

YearRevenueNet IncomeGross ProfitEBITDA
2020 $5.59B -$10.24B -$2.65B -$7.12B
2021 $1.91B -$9.50B -$2.75B -$5.69B
2022 $12.17B -$6.09B $412M -$2.20B
2023 $21.59B -$74.0M $7.28B $4.37B
2024 $25.02B $1.92B $9.38B $6.23B
2025 $26.62B $2.76B $7.88B $6.91B

Recent Quarterly Revenue & Net Income

QuarterRevenueNet Income
Nov 2025 $6.33B $422M
Feb 2026 $6.17B $258M
May 2026 $6.66B $537M
Aug 2026 $8.44B $1.92B

Ownership & Float

Insider Ownership7.2%
Institutional Ownership72.9%
Short Float3.4%
% of All Funds Holding11.58%
Number of Funds Holding1,019

Current Moving Averages

Trend Edge tracks near-term, medium-term, cyclical, and secular moving averages across weekly and monthly timeframes to identify trend structure at every horizon.

TimeframeSMAValueTrend Context
Weekly10-Week SMA$25.01Near-term / short-term trend
Weekly40-Week SMA$27.27Medium-term trend
Weekly80-Week SMA$26.93Cyclical trend (business cycle)
Weekly200-Week SMA$20.59Secular trend (multi-year)
Monthly10-Month SMA$27.32Near-term monthly trend
Monthly20-Month SMA$26.91Medium-term monthly trend
Monthly40-Month SMA$22.61Secular monthly trend

Volume Shelves — Support & Resistance

Trend Edge identifies volume shelves: price zones where historically elevated trading volume creates structural support or resistance. A volume shelf forms when a disproportionate share of cumulative volume was transacted at a specific price level, making it a high-conviction anchor for future price reactions.

Price LevelTypeVolume RatioAge
$28.80 resistance 1.49x 6 months ago
$23.10 support 1.10x 15 months ago

Historical Earnings Reactions (126 events)

TimeframeAvg ReturnMedianWin RateBestWorst
Gap 0.54% 0.36% 64.29% 10.90% -6.12%
1 Day 0.84% 0.42% 54.76% 20.00% -7.08%
1 Week 0.95% 0.30% 53.17% 44.10% -16.15%
2 Weeks 1.03% 0.79% 56.80% 30.30% -21.54%
1 Month 0.99% 1.84% 57.60% 29.02% -23.73%

Next earnings: December 18, 2026 (66 days away)

Seasonality & Day-of-Week Patterns

Monthly Seasonality

MonthAvg ReturnWin RateSamples
Jan1.9%51.3%39
Feb-0.8%46.2%39
Mar-1.5%46.2%39
Apr1.0%48.7%39
May1.2%51.3%39
Jun1.8%56.4%39
Jul-0.1%48.7%39
Aug-0.1%52.5%40
Sep0.4%60.0%40
Oct-0.0%56.4%39
Nov3.3%64.1%39
Dec6.2%69.2%39

Day-of-Week Tendencies

DayAvg ReturnWin RateSamples
Monday -0.12% 44.9% 1861
Tuesday 0.18% 48.6% 2026
Wednesday 0.09% 48.0% 2024
Thursday 0.06% 48.3% 1987
Friday 0.06% 48.5% 1975

Top Institutional Holders

Institutional holder breakdown coming soon.

Total institutional ownership: 72.9%

Insider Transactions — Smart Summary

Total insider ownership: 7.2%

12-Month Insider Activity Summary

Total Filings4
Net Value-$13.2M
Net Shares Change-75,947
% of Float-0.0%
C-Suite Filings2
Clusters Detected0

Key Insiders

NameTitleNet ValueFilingsActivity
Bernstein David CFO & CAO -$12.0M 1 1 sell
deynes bettina alejandra Chief Human Resources Officer -$1.2M 1 1 sell
BAND SIR JONATHON -$314,265.6 1 1 sell
SUBOTNICK STUART -$16,255.457 1 1 sell

Significant Filings

DateInsiderTitleNet ValuePrice After
2026-06-01 deynes bettina alejandra Chief Human Resources Officer -$1.2M Transaction at $28.10, now -6.2%
2026-02-12 Bernstein David CFO & CAO -$12.0M Transaction at $33.22, now -20.7%
2026-05-12 SUBOTNICK STUART -$16,255.457 Transaction at $25.80, now +2.1%
2026-04-02 BAND SIR JONATHON -$314,265.6 Transaction at $26.19, now +0.6%

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AI Consult Analysis

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