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Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. RCL

Consumer Cyclical  —  Travel Services
242.70 3.72 1.56% as of 25 Sep
Market cap
$64.9B
P/E
14.9×
S&P 500 Member Dividend Champion (3y) Cash Flow Champion (5y) Revenue Champion (3y)
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Overview Business Profile Financial Analysis Income Statement Balance Sheet Cash Flow Metrics & Ratios 10-Q 10-K

Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. (RCL) Return on invested capital

Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd.'s return on invested capital over the twelve months to 30 June 2026 was 9.84%, down 0.1 percentage points from fiscal 2025 (9.98%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from −11.8% (fiscal 2020) to 9.98% (fiscal 2025) — the current reading is the highest in ten years. That is above the Travel Services industry median of 4.65% and above the Consumer Cyclical sector median of 3.17%.

Return on invested capital, annual

Annual

Period Return on invested capital Change (points)
FY2025 9.98% 0.62
FY2024 9.36% 2.40
FY2023 6.96% 8.93
FY2022 −1.97% 8.33
FY2021 −10.3% 1.48
FY2020 −11.8% (17.45)
FY2019 5.67% 0.19
FY2018 5.48% (0.54)
FY2017 6.02% 1.00
FY2016 5.02% 1.70

Against its own ten years

Low −11.8% High 9.98%
Ten-year median 5.48%
Current reading's percentile 100

Return on invested capital against peers

Company Return on invested capital
VIK Viking Holdings Ltd. compare 26.5%
RCL Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. 9.84%
CCL Carnival Corporation compare 7.83%
TCOM Trip.com Group Limited Sponsored ADR compare 6.10%
NCLH Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings Ltd. compare 5.51%
GBTG Global Business Travel Group, Inc. compare 1.61%
BKNG Booking Holdings Inc. compare 0.00%
EXPE Expedia Group, Inc. compare 0.00%
ABNB Airbnb, Inc. compare 0.00%
Travel Services industry median 4.65%
Consumer Cyclical sector median 3.17%
Market median 0.00%

What Return on invested capital is

Return on Invested Capital shows how much after-tax operating profit a company earns on the money its lenders and shareholders have put in.

TTM: (Operating Income × 0.625) ÷ (Shareholders Equity (Total) (latest quarter) + Long Term Debt (Total) (latest quarter) + Current Part of Debt (latest quarter) − Cash & Short Term Investments (latest quarter)); Annual: (Operating Income × 0.625) ÷ (Shareholders Equity (Total) + Long Term Debt (Total) + Current Part of Debt − Cash & Short Term Investments)

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