What does the company do?
Carnival Corporation is a cruise and vacation company. The Company has a portfolio of cruise brands and is a provider of cruises to all vacation destinations. The cruise brands of the Company includes Carnival Cruise Lines, Princess Cruises (Princess), Costa Cruises (Costa), Holland America Line, P&O Cruises, AIDA Cruises (AIDA), Cunard Line (Cunard), Ibero Cruises (Ibero), Ocean Village, P&O Cruises Australia and The Yachts of Seabourn (Seabourn). In addition to the cruise operations, the Company owns Holland America Tours and Princess Tours, the cruise/tour operators in the State of Alaska and the Yukon Territory of Canada.
How much does the company sell and earn?
Investors need to know how much stuff or services a company sells, and how much of that total it keeps as income (or profit) to grow its business or return to shareholders. The more of each, the better. In general, look for companies that sell and earn more than peers.
- Carnival Corp one-year sales: 13.25 Bil.
Difference from the average for the General Entertainment group: 27.69% - Carnival Corp one-year income: 1.97 Bil.
Difference from the average for the General Entertainment group: 57.57%| Sales & Income (past 12 months) | Company | Industry |
|---|
| Sales | 13.25 Bil | 10.38 Bil | | Income | 1.97 Bil | 1.25 Bil |
How fast is the company growing?
- Carnival Corp one-year sales growth: -12.30%.
Difference from the average for the General Entertainment group: -5.30 pct. pts. - Carnival Corp one-year income growth: -18.50%.
| Sales & Income Growth (past 12 months) | Company | Industry |
|---|
| Sales Growth | -12.30% | -7.00% | | Income Growth | -18.50% | 6.80% |
How profitable is the company?
Investors prefer companies that increase profit margins -- the percentage of sales that they keep -- every year. This is accomplished either by lowering expenses or raising prices. Look for companies that consistently find ways to squeeze more profits out of sales than their peers.
- Carnival Corp one-year net profit margin: 14.9%
Difference from the company's 5-year average net profit margin: -3.5 pct. pts.
Difference from the average for the General Entertainment group: 10.5 pct. pts.
| Net profit margins (%) |
|---|
| Company | 14.9% | | Company 5-Yr Avg. | 18.4% | | Industry | 4.4% |
How is the company's financial health?
The debt/equity ratio shows how much a firm has borrowed as a percentage of its stock equity. The lower, the better.
- Carnival Corp debt/equity ratio: 0.47.
Difference from the average for the General Entertainment group: -31.88%.
| | Company | Industry |
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| Debt/equity ratio | 0.47 | 0.69 |
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