How to buy Carnival Corporation-and-Plc stock | 14.15

Carnival Corporation & Plc is a travel services business based in the US. Carnival Corporation-and-Plc shares (CCL) are listed on the NYSE and all prices are listed in US Dollars. Carnival Corporation-and-Plc employs 150,000 staff and has a trailing 12-month revenue of around USD$10.3 billion.

How to buy shares in Carnival Corporation-and-Plc

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2. Open and fund your brokerage account. Complete an application with your personal and financial details, like your ID and bank information. Fund your account with a bank transfer, credit card or debit card.
3. Search for Carnival Corporation-and-Plc. Find the stock by name or ticker symbol: CCL. Research its history to confirm it's a solid investment against your financial goals.
4. Purchase now or later. Buy today with a market order or use a limit order to delay your purchase until Carnival Corporation-and-Plc reaches your desired price. To spread out your purchase, look into dollar-cost averaging, which smooths out buying at consistent intervals and amounts.
5. Decide on how many to buy. At last close price of USD$14.15, weigh your budget against a diversified portfolio that can minimize risk through the market's ups and downs. You may be able to buy a fractional share of Carnival Corporation-and-Plc, depending on your broker.
6. Check in on your investment. Congratulations, you own a part of Carnival Corporation-and-Plc. Optimize your portfolio by tracking how your stock — and even the business — performs with an eye on the long term. You may be eligible for dividends and shareholder voting rights on directors and management that can affect your stock.

How has coronavirus impacted Carnival Corporation-and-Plc's share price?

Since the stock market crash in March caused by coronavirus, Carnival Corporation-and-Plc's share price has had significant negative movement.

Its last market close was USD$14.15, which is 66.06% down on its pre-crash value of USD$41.69 and 79.11% up on the lowest point reached during the March crash when the shares fell as low as USD$7.9.

If you had bought USD$1,000 worth of Carnival Corporation-and-Plc shares at the start of February 2020, those shares would have been worth USD$280.68 at the bottom of the March crash, and if you held on to them, then as of the last market close they'd be worth USD$330.97.

Carnival Corporation-and-Plc share price

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Carnival Corporation-and-Plc shares at a glance

• Key figures

Information last updated 2020-10-20.

Latest market close	USD$14.15
52-week range	USD$7.8 - USD$51.94
50-day moving average	USD$15.6974
200-day moving average	USD$15.2863
Wall St. target price	USD$16.77
PE ratio	5.9852
Dividend yield	USD$2 (19.59%)
Earnings per share (TTM)	USD$2.722

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Is it a good time to buy Carnival Corporation-and-Plc stock?

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Carnival Corporation-and-Plc price performance over time

Historical closes compared with the close of $14.15 from 2020-10-19

1 week (2020-10-23)	-7.88%
1 month (2020-10-01)	-5.85%
3 months (2020-07-31)	1.95%
6 months (2020-05-01)	1.58%

1 year (2019-10-31)	-67.01%
2 years (2018-10-31)	-74.75%
3 years (2017-10-31)	-78.69%
5 years (2015-10-30)	-73.84%

Is Carnival Corporation-and-Plc under- or over-valued?

Valuing Carnival Corporation-and-Plc stock is incredibly difficult, and any metric has to be viewed as part of a bigger picture of Carnival Corporation-and-Plc's overall performance. However, analysts commonly use some key metrics to help gauge the value of a stock.

Carnival Corporation-and-Plc's P/E ratio

Carnival Corporation-and-Plc's current share price divided by its per-share earnings (EPS) over a 12-month period gives a "trailing price/earnings ratio" of roughly 6x. In other words, Carnival Corporation-and-Plc shares trade at around 6x recent earnings.

That's relatively low compared to, say, the trailing 12-month P/E ratio for the NASDAQ 100 at the end of 2019 (27.29). The low P/E ratio could mean that investors are pessimistic about the outlook for the shares or simply that they're under-valued.

Carnival Corporation-and-Plc's PEG ratio

Carnival Corporation-and-Plc's "price/earnings-to-growth ratio" can be calculated by dividing its P/E ratio by its growth – to give 1.41. A low ratio can be interpreted as meaning the shares offer better value, while a higher ratio can be interpreted as meaning the shares offer worse value.

The PEG ratio provides a broader view than just the P/E ratio, as it gives more insight into Carnival Corporation-and-Plc's future profitability. By accounting for growth, it could also help you if you're comparing the share prices of multiple high-growth companies.

Carnival Corporation-and-Plc's EBITDA

Carnival Corporation-and-Plc's EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation) is USD$2.7 billion.

The EBITDA is a measure of a Carnival Corporation-and-Plc's overall financial performance and is widely used to measure a its profitability.

Carnival Corporation-and-Plc financials

Revenue TTM	USD$10.3 billion
Gross profit TTM	USD$7.9 billion
Return on assets TTM	-3.82%
Return on equity TTM	-33.89%
Profit margin	-73.4%
Book value	$22.757
Market capitalisation	USD$13.3 billion

TTM: trailing 12 months

Shorting Carnival Corporation-and-Plc shares

There are currently 96.3 million Carnival Corporation-and-Plc shares held short by investors – that's known as Carnival Corporation-and-Plc's "short interest". This figure is 17.7% up from 81.8 million last month.

There are a few different ways that this level of interest in shorting Carnival Corporation-and-Plc shares can be evaluated.

Carnival Corporation-and-Plc's "short interest ratio" (SIR)

Carnival Corporation-and-Plc's "short interest ratio" (SIR) is the quantity of Carnival Corporation-and-Plc shares currently shorted divided by the average quantity of Carnival Corporation-and-Plc shares traded daily (recently around 41.7 million). Carnival Corporation-and-Plc's SIR currently stands at 2.31. In other words for every 100,000 Carnival Corporation-and-Plc shares traded daily on the market, roughly 2310 shares are currently held short.

However Carnival Corporation-and-Plc's short interest can also be evaluated against the total number of Carnival Corporation-and-Plc shares, or, against the total number of tradable Carnival Corporation-and-Plc shares (the shares that aren't held by "insiders" or major long-term shareholders – also known as the "float"). In this case Carnival Corporation-and-Plc's short interest could be expressed as 0.11% of the outstanding shares (for every 100,000 Carnival Corporation-and-Plc shares in existence, roughly 110 shares are currently held short) or 0.2149% of the tradable shares (for every 100,000 tradable Carnival Corporation-and-Plc shares, roughly 215 shares are currently held short).

Such a low SIR usually points to an optimistic outlook for the share price, with fewer people currently willing to bet against Carnival Corporation-and-Plc.

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Carnival Corporation-and-Plc's environmental, social and governance track record

Environmental, social and governance (known as ESG) criteria are a set of three factors used to measure the sustainability and social impact of companies like Carnival Corporation-and-Plc.

When it comes to ESG scores, lower is better, and lower scores are generally associated with lower risk for would-be investors.

Carnival Corporation-and-Plc's total ESG risk score

Total ESG risk: 29.72

Socially conscious investors use ESG scores to screen how an investment aligns with their worldview, and Carnival Corporation-and-Plc's overall score of 29.72 (as at 10/01/2020) is pretty good – landing it in it in the 33rd percentile of companies rated in the same sector.

ESG scores are increasingly used to estimate the level of risk a company like Carnival Corporation-and-Plc is exposed to within the areas of "environmental" (carbon footprint, resource use etc.), "social" (health and safety, human rights etc.), and "governance" (anti-corruption, tax transparency etc.).

Carnival Corporation-and-Plc's environmental score

Environmental score: 15.93/100

Carnival Corporation-and-Plc's environmental score of 15.93 puts it squarely in the 9th percentile of companies rated in the same sector. This could suggest that Carnival Corporation-and-Plc is a leader in its sector terms of its environmental impact, and exposed to a lower level of risk.

Carnival Corporation-and-Plc's social score

Social score: 16/100

Carnival Corporation-and-Plc's social score of 16 puts it squarely in the 9th percentile of companies rated in the same sector. This could suggest that Carnival Corporation-and-Plc is a leader in its sector when it comes to taking good care of its workforce and the communities it impacts.

Carnival Corporation-and-Plc's governance score

Governance score: 8.29/100

Carnival Corporation-and-Plc's governance score puts it squarely in the 9th percentile of companies rated in the same sector. That could suggest that Carnival Corporation-and-Plc is a leader in its sector when it comes to responsible management and strategy, and exposed to a lower level of risk.

Carnival Corporation-and-Plc's controversy score

Controversy score: 3/5

ESG scores also evaluate any incidences of controversy that a company has been involved in. Carnival Corporation-and-Plc scored a 3 out of 5 for controversy – a middle-of-the-table result reflecting that Carnival Corporation-and-Plc hasn't always managed to keep its nose clean.

Environmental, social, and governance (ESG) summary

Carnival Corporation & Plc was last rated for ESG on: 2020-10-01.

Total ESG score	29.72
Total ESG percentile	33.28
Environmental score	15.93
Environmental score percentile	9
Social score	16
Social score percentile	9
Governance score	8.29
Governance score percentile	9
Level of controversy	3

Carnival Corporation-and-Plc share dividends

We're not expecting Carnival Corporation-and-Plc to pay a dividend over the next 12 months.

Have Carnival Corporation-and-Plc's shares ever split?

Carnival Corporation-and-Plc's shares were split on a 2:1 basis on 15 June 1998. So if you had owned 1 share the day before before the split, the next day you'd have owned 2 shares. This wouldn't directly have changed the overall worth of your Carnival Corporation-and-Plc shares – just the quantity. However, indirectly, the new 50% lower share price could have impacted the market appetite for Carnival Corporation-and-Plc shares which in turn could have impacted Carnival Corporation-and-Plc's share price.

Carnival Corporation-and-Plc share price volatility

Over the last 12 months, Carnival Corporation-and-Plc's shares have ranged in value from as little as $7.8 up to $51.94. A popular way to gauge a stock's volatility is its "beta".

Beta is a measure of a share's volatility in relation to the market. The market (NYSE average) beta is 1, while Carnival Corporation-and-Plc's is 1.9708. This would suggest that Carnival Corporation-and-Plc's shares are more volatile than the average for this exchange and represent, relatively-speaking, a higher risk (but potentially also market-beating returns).

Carnival Corporation-and-Plc overview

Carnival Corporation & Plc operates as a leisure travel company. The company's ships visit approximately 700 ports under the Carnival Cruise Line, Princess Cruises, Holland America Line, Seabourn, P&O Cruises (Australia), Costa Cruises, AIDA Cruises, P&O Cruises (UK), and Cunard brand names. It also provides vacations to various cruise destinations, as well as owns and operates hotels, lodges, glass-domed railcars, and motor coaches. The company sells its cruises primarily through travel agents and tour operators. It operates in the United States, Canada, Continental Europe, the United Kingdom, Australia, New Zealand, Asia, and internationally. As of January 28, 2020, the company operated 105 ships with 254,000 lower berths. Carnival Corporation & Plc was incorporated in 1972 and is headquartered in Miami, Florida.

Frequently asked questions

• What percentage of Carnival Corporation-and-Plc is owned by insiders or institutions?

  Currently 15.438% of Carnival Corporation-and-Plc shares are held by insiders and 76.118% by institutions.

• How many people work for Carnival Corporation-and-Plc?

  Latest data suggests 150,000 work at Carnival Corporation-and-Plc.

• When does the fiscal year end for Carnival Corporation-and-Plc?

  Carnival Corporation-and-Plc's fiscal year ends in November.

• Where is Carnival Corporation-and-Plc based?

  Carnival Corporation-and-Plc's address is: 3655 NW 87th Avenue, Miami, FL, United States, 33178

• What is Carnival Corporation-and-Plc's ISIN number?

  Carnival Corporation-and-Plc's international securities identification number is: PA1436583006

• What is Carnival Corporation-and-Plc's CUSIP number?

  Carnival Corporation-and-Plc's Committee on Uniform Securities Identification Procedures number is: 143658102