Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd.

RCL Consumer Cyclical Travel Services

Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd.’s revenue for fiscal 2025 (year ended December 2025) was $17.9 billion, up 8.80% from fiscal 2024.

Revenue
+8.80%
EPS
+11.6%
Free cash flow
+194.7%
Total debt
+10.2%

Quarter to September 2026, against a year earlier

326.24 3.51 +1.09%
Market cap
$86.3B
P/E
19.0×
Fwd P/E
17.4×
Dividend yield
1.70%
F-score
7/9
Altman Z
2.18
Beneish M
−2.86
Dividend safety
57/100

Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. (RCL) Total debt

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Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd.'s total debt at the end of fiscal 2025 was $21.3B, up 6.32% from $20.1B in fiscal 2024. At the end of the quarter to 30 September 2026 it was $22.4B. Over the past ten years it has ranged from $7.5B (fiscal 2017) to $23.4B (fiscal 2022); the current reading is higher than 82% of that period. Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. ranks 2nd of 16 Travel Services companies by total debt.

Total debt, annual

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Period Total debt Change
FY2025 $21.3B 6.32%
FY2024 $20.1B (6.41%)
FY2023 $21.5B (8.29%)
FY2022 $23.4B 10.91%
FY2021 $21.1B 9.11%
FY2020 $19.3B 75.16%
FY2019 $11.0B 2.39%
FY2018 $10.8B 42.95%
FY2017 $7.5B (19.69%)
FY2016 $9.4B 10.09%

Quarterly newest first

Period Total debt Change
Sep 2026 $22.4B (2.11%)
Jun 2026 $22.8B 8.16%
Mar 2026 $21.1B (1.08%)
Dec 2025 $21.3B 5.27%
43 more quarters

Against its own ten years

Low $7.5B High $23.4B
Ten-year median $19.3B
Current reading's percentile 82

Total debt against peers

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Total Debt tells an investor how much a company has borrowed in all, whether the money is due within a year or later.

Long Term Debt (Total) + Current Part of Debt

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