Royal Caribbean (RCL) reported $4.54 billion in revenue for the quarter ended June 2025, representing a year-over-year increase of 10.4%. EPS of $4.38 for the same period compares to $3.21 a year ago.
The reported revenue represents a surprise of -0.25% over the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $4.55 billion. With the consensus EPS estimate being $4.10, the EPS surprise was +6.83%.
While investors closely watch year-over-year changes in headline numbers -- revenue and earnings -- and how they compare to Wall Street expectations to determine their next course of action, some key metrics always provide a better insight into a company's underlying performance.
Since these metrics play a crucial role in driving the top- and bottom-line numbers, comparing them with the year-ago numbers and what analysts estimated about them helps investors better project a stock's price performance.
Here is how Royal Caribbean performed in the just reported quarter in terms of the metrics most widely monitored and projected by Wall Street analysts:
- APCD (Available passenger cruise days): 12,942.38 Days compared to the 12,923.00 Days average estimate based on five analysts.
- Net Yields: $283.56 compared to the $282.52 average estimate based on four analysts.
- Occupancy Rate: 110.3% versus the four-analyst average estimate of 109.6%.
- Passenger Cruise Days: 14,277.89 Days compared to the 14,167.96 Days average estimate based on four analysts.
- Net Cruise Costs Excluding Fuel per APCD: $126.76 compared to the $129.25 average estimate based on three analysts.
- Net Cruise Costs per APCD: $148.34 versus the three-analyst average estimate of $151.33.
- Passengers Carried: 2.25 million versus 2.34 million estimated by two analysts on average.
- Revenues- Onboard and other: $1.34 billion versus the seven-analyst average estimate of $1.33 billion. The reported number represents a year-over-year change of +9.5%.
- Revenues- Passenger ticket: $3.2 billion versus the seven-analyst average estimate of $3.21 billion. The reported number represents a year-over-year change of +10.8%.
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Shares of Royal Caribbean have returned +12.4% over the past month versus the Zacks S&P 500 composite's +3.6% change. The stock currently has a Zacks Rank #3 (Hold), indicating that it could perform in line with the broader market in the near term.
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