Carnival Corporation Ltd.
Consumer Discretionary · Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure
Structural: largest global cruise operator (~50% capacity share) running 9 brands across NA/EU/AUS source markets. Asset-heavy: ~93 ships, multi-year newbuild pipeline (Excel-class, AIDA evolution). Cruise pricing power tied to occupancy >100% (double-occupancy benchmark) and onboard-spend per diem.
- Booking curve: record forward bookings into 2026/2027 at higher prices than 2025; pricing + occupancy both at all-time highs
- Deleveraging: net debt down ~$8B from $35B peak (2023); investment-grade trajectory on $RCL/$NCLH path
- Onboard spend per PCD compounding on premiumization (drink packages, shorex, casino)
- Yields >2019 baseline; new-ship capacity adds 4-5% annually with fixed-cost absorption
- Private destinations (Celebration Key opening 2026) extend margin on captive spend
- Consumer discretionary cyclicality - recession compresses ticket pricing and onboard
- $27B+ net debt still highest in cruise; interest expense ~$1.6B/yr drag on FCF
- Fuel + EU ETS + sulfur regs raise opex; LNG fleet conversion is multi-decade capex
- Geopolitical / Red Sea reroutes hit European itineraries
- Norovirus / mechanical incidents are headline risk; $CCL had more 2024-2025 outbreaks than peers
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