Carnival Corporation

CCL Consumer Cyclical Travel Services

Carnival Corporation’s revenue for fiscal 2025 (year ended November 2025) was $26.6 billion, up 6.40% from fiscal 2024.

Revenue
+3.46%
EPS
0.00%
Free cash flow
−3.26%
Total debt
−9.70%

Quarter to August 2026, against a year earlier

29.61 0.17 +0.58%
Market cap
$39.8B
P/E
12.8×
Fwd P/E
13.1×
Dividend yield
2.03%
F-score
8/9
Altman Z
1.24
Beneish M
−2.69
Dividend safety
56/100

Carnival Corporation (CCL) Free cash flow margin

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Carnival Corporation's free cash flow margin over the twelve months to 31 August 2026 was 11.6%, up 0.5 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 7.89% and above the Consumer Cyclical sector median of 3.20%.

Free cash flow margin, annual

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Annual newest first

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 36.0%
BKNG Booking Holdings Inc. compare 32.8%
EXPE Expedia Group, Inc. compare 23.1%
VIK Viking Holdings Ltd. compare 16.6%
MMYT MakeMyTrip Limited compare 15.9%
CCL Carnival Corporation 11.6%
RCL Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. compare 7.89%
TCOM Trip.com Group Limited Sponsored ADR compare 0.00%
NCLH Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings Ltd. compare −5.55%
Travel Services industry median 7.89%
Consumer Cyclical sector median 3.20%
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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