Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. RCL

242.70 3.72 1.56% as of 25 Sep
Market cap
$64.9B
P/E
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Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. (RCL) Operating margin

Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd.'s operating margin over the twelve months to 30 June 2026 was 27.3%, down 0.1 percentage points from fiscal 2025 (27.4%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from −252.6% (fiscal 2021) to 27.4% (fiscal 2025) — the current reading is the highest in ten years. That is above the Travel Services industry median of 15.1% and above the Consumer Cyclical sector median of 3.34%.

Operating margin, annual

Annual

Period Operating margin Change (points)
FY2025 27.4% 2.46
FY2024 24.9% 4.21
FY2023 20.7% 29.38
FY2022 −8.67% 243.94
FY2021 −252.6% (44.28)
FY2020 −208.3% (227.35)
FY2019 19.0% (0.94)
FY2018 20.0% 0.09
FY2017 19.9% 2.48
FY2016 17.4% 6.85

Quarterly

Period Operating margin Change (points)
Jun 2026 27.1% 0.97
Mar 2026 26.1% 4.22
Dec 2025 21.9% (11.24)
Sep 2025 33.1% 3.81
42 more quarters

Against its own ten years

Low −252.6% High 27.4%
Ten-year median 19.0%
Current reading's percentile 100

Operating margin against peers

Company Operating margin
BKNG Booking Holdings Inc. compare 32.9%
RCL Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. 27.3%
VIK Viking Holdings Ltd. compare 23.3%
ABNB Airbnb, Inc. compare 20.8%
CCL Carnival Corporation compare 16.4%
TCOM Trip.com Group Limited Sponsored ADR compare 16.1%
EXPE Expedia Group, Inc. compare 16.0%
NCLH Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings Ltd. compare 15.1%
GBTG Global Business Travel Group, Inc. compare 2.14%
Travel Services industry median 15.1%
Consumer Cyclical sector median 3.34%
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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