Carnival Corporation CCL

22.25 0.46 2.11% as of 25 Sep
Market cap
$30.1B
P/E
9.6×
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Carnival Corporation (CCL) Free cash flow margin

Carnival Corporation's free cash flow margin over the twelve months to 31 May 2026 was 11.8%, up 0.8 percentage points from fiscal 2025 (11.0%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from −386.0% (fiscal 2021) to 14.3% (fiscal 2015); the current reading is higher than 64% of that period. That is above the Travel Services industry median of 3.21% and above the Consumer Cyclical sector median of 2.68%.

Free cash flow margin, annual

Annual

Period Free cash flow margin Change (points)
FY2025 11.0% 5.59
FY2024 5.42% (0.77)
FY2023 6.19% 59.94
FY2022 −53.8% 332.26
FY2021 −386.0% (214.66)
FY2020 −171.4% (171.70)
FY2019 0.35% (11.24)
FY2018 11.6% (1.99)
FY2017 13.6% 0.78
FY2016 12.8% (1.52)

Against its own ten years

Low −386.0% High 14.3%
Ten-year median 6.19%
Current reading's percentile 64

Free cash flow margin against peers

Company Free cash flow margin
ABNB Airbnb, Inc. compare 36.9%
BKNG Booking Holdings Inc. compare 33.8%
EXPE Expedia Group, Inc. compare 28.4%
VIK Viking Holdings Ltd. compare 16.6%
CCL Carnival Corporation 11.8%
GBTG Global Business Travel Group, Inc. compare 3.21%
TCOM Trip.com Group Limited Sponsored ADR compare 0.00%
RCL Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. compare −2.23%
NCLH Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings Ltd. compare −11.7%
Travel Services industry median 3.21%
Consumer Cyclical sector median 2.68%
Market median 0.00%

What Free cash flow margin is

Free Cash Flow Margin tells an investor how much of each sale turns into cash the company keeps after paying for investment in its assets.

(Operating Cash Flow + Property, Plant, Equipment Change (Net) + Intangible Assets Change (Net)) ÷ Revenue

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