For the quarter ended November 2025, Carnival (CCL) reported revenue of $6.33 billion, up 6.6% over the same period last year. EPS came in at $0.34, compared to $0.14 in the year-ago quarter.
The reported revenue represents a surprise of -0.49% over the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $6.36 billion. With the consensus EPS estimate being $0.25, the EPS surprise was +36%.
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.
As these metrics influence top- and bottom-line performance, comparing them to the year-ago numbers and what analysts estimated helps investors project a stock's price performance more accurately.
Here is how Carnival performed in the just reported quarter in terms of the metrics most widely monitored and projected by Wall Street analysts:
- ALBDs (Available lower berth days): 24.1 million compared to the 24.12 million average estimate based on five analysts.
- Occupancy percentage: 102% versus 103.2% estimated by five analysts on average.
- Passenger cruise days (PCDs): 24.6 million versus the four-analyst average estimate of 24.89 million.
- Fuel cost per metric ton consumed (excluding EUA): $573.00 versus the three-analyst average estimate of $598.13.
- Net yields (per ALBD): $203.52 compared to the $203.63 average estimate based on three analysts.
- Fuel consumption in metric tons: 700.00 Kmt versus the two-analyst average estimate of 721.18 Kmt.
- Fuel consumption in metric tons per thousand ALBDs: 28.70 Kmt versus the two-analyst average estimate of 31.99 Kmt.
- Revenues- Onboard and other: $2.28 billion versus $2.22 billion estimated by six analysts on average. Compared to the year-ago quarter, this number represents a +9.3% change.
- Revenues- Passenger ticket: $4.05 billion versus $4.13 billion estimated by six analysts on average. Compared to the year-ago quarter, this number represents a +5.2% change.
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Shares of Carnival have returned +11.9% over the past month versus the Zacks S&P 500 composite's +2.5% 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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