Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings Ltd.

NCLH Consumer Cyclical Travel Services

Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings Ltd.’s revenue for fiscal 2025 (year ended December 2025) was $9.8 billion, up 3.67% from fiscal 2024.

Revenue
+0.29%
EPS
+15.1%
Free cash flow
+85.5%
Total debt
+3.89%

Quarter to September 2026, against a year earlier

17.76 0.84 −4.52%
Market cap
$8.2B
P/E
9.8×
Fwd P/E
11.1×
Dividend yield
—
F-score
5/9
Altman Z
0.38
Beneish M
−2.59
Dividend safety
n/a

Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings Ltd. (NCLH) Operating margin

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Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings Ltd.'s operating margin over the twelve months to 30 September 2026 was 13.9%, down 2.0 percentage points from fiscal 2025 (15.9%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from −393.9% (fiscal 2021) to 20.1% (fiscal 2018); the current reading is higher than 55% of that period. That is below the Travel Services industry median of 15.6% and above the Consumer Cyclical sector median of 3.88%.

Operating margin, annual

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Annual newest first

Period Operating margin Change (points)
FY2025 15.9% 0.42
FY2024 15.5% 4.57
FY2023 10.9% 42.93
FY2022 −32.0% 361.85
FY2021 −393.9% (121.67)
FY2020 −272.2% (290.45)
FY2019 18.2% (1.90)
FY2018 20.1% 0.69
FY2017 19.4% 0.45
FY2016 19.0% 2.82

Quarterly newest first

Period Operating margin Change (points)
Sep 2026 21.2% 7.43
Jun 2026 13.8% 3.77
Mar 2026 9.99% 1.67
Dec 2025 8.32% (17.19)
43 more quarters

Against its own ten years

Low −393.9% High 20.1%
Ten-year median 15.9%
Current reading's percentile 44

Operating margin against peers

Company Operating margin
VIK Viking Holdings Ltd. compare 23.3%
PRSU Pursuit Attractions and Hospitality, Inc. compare 17.5%
EXPE Expedia Group, Inc. compare 17.2%
TCOM Trip.com Group Limited Sponsored ADR compare 16.1%
CCL Carnival Corporation compare 16.0%
MMYT MakeMyTrip Limited compare 15.2%
NCLH Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings Ltd. 13.9%
TNL Travel + Leisure Co. compare 13.0%
LIND Lindblad Expeditions compare 7.54%
Travel Services industry median 15.6%
Consumer Cyclical sector median 3.88%
Market median 0.00%

What Operating margin is

EBIT Margin tells an investor how much operating profit, before interest and taxes, a company keeps from each unit of revenue.

EBIT ÷ Revenue

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