CCL
Carnival Corporation
September 22, 2026 · intraday
- Rarity
- 1.19
- Peak move
- +4.50%
- Float cap
- $23.9B
Carnival Corporation is the largest global cruise company and among the largest leisure travel companies. It operates a portfolio of world-class cruise lines, including Carnival Cruise Line, Princess Cruises, Holland America Line, Cunard, Costa Cruises, AIDA Cruises, P&O Cruises, and Seabourn. The company provides cruise vacations to millions of guests annually across contemporary, premium, and luxury segments, primarily in North America and Europe.
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14 events · 0 from SEC or newswire · 0 timed with the moveanalyst_ratingTD Cowen reiterated a Buy rating on Carnival (NYSE:CCL) on Sept. 22, 2026.
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analyst_ratingDeutsche Bank set a $32.00 price target on Carnival (NYSE:CCL) on Sept. 22, 2026.
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analyst_ratingTD Cowen analyst Kevin Kopelman cut his price target on Carnival to $32 from $34 while maintaining a Buy rating on Sept. 22, 2026, citing elevated fuel costs and Q4/FY2026 estimates below consensus.
operational_disruptionA 56-year-old male guest went overboard from Carnival Panorama on the night of Sept. 18, 2026 while sailing from Puerto Vallarta to Long Beach; the U.S. Coast Guard, Mexican Navy and commercial vessels searched.
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commodity_eventCarnival absorbed a nearly 30% year-over-year increase in fuel prices in fiscal Q2 2026, a $73 million unfavorable impact, partially offset by a 5.6% improvement in fuel consumption per available lower berth day.
peer_disclosureMSC Mediterranean Shipping Co. is in preliminary talks to buy the roughly 80% stake in German cruise-ship builder Meyer Werft held by Germany's federal government and Lower Saxony.
product_launchCarnival Cruise Line opened bookings for Carnival Jubilee's 2028-2029 season from Galveston, adding four- and five-day Western Caribbean itineraries to Cozumel and Progreso from April 2028 through April 2029, with five-day sailings from $452 per person.
analyst_ratingGoldman Sachs analyst Lizzie Dove maintained a Buy rating on Carnival but cut her price target to $30 from $35, citing items including elevated oil prices, softer demand, discounting and limited near-term catalysts.
analyst_ratingWilliam Blair analysts Sharon Zackfia and Francis Tian said Carnival could slightly beat Q3 EPS estimates with net yields up about 2% versus Wall Street's 1%, ahead of its Sept. 29, 2026 report.
operational_disruptionAustralia's Ports North brought forward emergency maintenance dredging in Cairns' Trinity Inlet from Sept. 18, 2026 after silt reduced depths, forcing itinerary changes for Carnival Encounter and Carnival Splendor with one ship diverted about 350 km to Townsville.
regulatory_actionCarnival disclosed it remains in talks with the U.S. Department of Justice and Environmental Protection Agency, which notified the company on March 14, 2022 of potential civil penalties and injunctive relief for alleged Clean Water Act violations by its vessels.
class_action_filedSix purported class actions were filed in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida against Carnival in April 2026 over an April 14, 2026 data security incident; the court consolidated the matters in May 2026.
credit_rating_changeMoody's downgraded the senior unsecured bonds of Carnival Corporation Ltd. and Carnival UK Ltd. to Ba1 from Baa2 after the notes lost their secured status, affecting three bond issues totaling about $3.1 billion.
geopoliticalCarnival said the prolonged Middle East conflict weighed on Mediterranean deployments and European booking trends, contributing to a roughly 1 percentage point cut to full-year yield guidance and a couple of points off European occupancy expectations.