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. In the quarter to August 2026, revenue grew 3.46%, EPS was flat, free cash flow fell 3.26% and total debt fell 9.70%, each against the same quarter a year earlier. Member of the S&P 500; revenue growth for three consecutive years, operating cash flow growth for five.

25.89 0.57 −2.15%
Market cap
$35.6B
P/E
11.2×
Fwd P/E
12.3×
Dividend yield
1.74%
F-score
8/9
Altman Z
1.24
Beneish M
−2.69
Dividend safety
56/100

Carnival Corporation (CCL) Gross margin

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Carnival Corporation's gross margin over the twelve months to 31 August 2026 was 39.5%, down 0.6 percentage points from fiscal 2025 (40.1%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from −113.0% (fiscal 2021) to 42.8% (fiscal 2016); the current reading is higher than 82% of that period. That is below the Travel Services industry median of 76.8% and above the Consumer Cyclical sector median of 35.0%.

Gross margin, annual

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Annual newest first

Period Gross margin Change (points)
FY2025 40.1% 2.60
FY2024 37.5% 3.80
FY2023 33.7% 26.71
FY2022 6.99% 119.94
FY2021 −113.0% (100.74)
FY2020 −12.2% (50.35)
FY2019 38.1% (3.21)
FY2018 41.4% 1.32
FY2017 40.0% (2.72)
FY2016 42.8% 2.87

Quarterly newest first

Period Gross margin Change (points)
Aug 2026 45.1% 8.54
May 2026 36.6% 0.48
Feb 2026 36.1% (2.13)
Nov 2025 38.2% (7.98)
43 more quarters

Against its own ten years

Low −113.0% High 42.8%
Ten-year median 38.1%
Current reading's percentile 56

Gross margin against peers

What Gross margin is

Gross Margin tells an investor how much of each sale a company keeps after paying the direct costs of making or buying what it sells.

Gross Profit ÷ Revenue

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